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AIBU to think moustaches rarely improve a man's appearance?

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Humerdu · 04/09/2026 21:02

There is no man on earth who’s looks are improved by the addition of facial hair.

Can someone please tell the young lads with the 1970s ‘taches that they look bloody awful?

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AnneShirleysNewDress · 05/09/2026 20:48

Tom Selleck and Aidan Turner are much improved by a tache so I have to disagree. Also George Michael with facial hair was a thing of beauty.

montysmaw · 05/09/2026 15:13

I generally hate facial hair but don't mind some stubble.

Except.......rewatching Schitts Creek and there is a character called Mutt. Full mountain man beard. Despite that he looks damned hot.
I kept thinking, wow, lose the beard and he would be nuclear if he looks that good with it.

Several episodes later he is clean shaven.
And utterly ordinary with a week chin and little rosebud mouth!
That's my one and only hot hairy though.

Loulou4022 · 05/09/2026 14:56

brunettemic · 04/09/2026 22:35

My DH looks amazing with his beard, he started it about 8 years ago when he’d had an op and couldn’t be bothered to shave. It’s possible I’m biased though.

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DH has one too ever since I’ve known him. I’ve seen photos of him without and told him if he ever shaves it off I’m divorcing him!! 🤣
My Dad has always had a beard so I guess to me it’s normal.

ToadRage · 05/09/2026 09:28

I don't like a mustache on its own, but facial hair can suit done people as long as it is kept tidy and maintained. My brother doesn't do any kind of maintenance and his beard is scruffy and he looks like a tramp. However my husbands beard is trimmed and shaped and it looks great.

TotaleclipseinFrance · 05/09/2026 09:20

I saw a young guy with a moustache, mullet and 80s style neon jumper the other day. I was a child in the 80s.

Odd as it looked like he'd gone through a time machine.

Was he older or younger than me? 😁

Sartre · 05/09/2026 09:11

TreadLight · 04/09/2026 21:12

I give you Clark Gable

He’d look hot without it let’s face it. I agree OP, it makes them look like creeps.

Cyclistmumgrandma · 05/09/2026 09:07

Netcurtainnelly · 04/09/2026 21:16

Disagree. Some do.
Beards on the other handske men.look older.

That rather depends, on my 70 year old husband, it makes him look younger.

DemBonesDemBones · 05/09/2026 08:53

Never seen a man that doesn’t look better with facial hair.

CarpetSlipper · 05/09/2026 08:45

I don’t like a moustache on its own but stubble or a short beard always looks better than clean shaven in my opinion.

Ferro · 05/09/2026 08:43

A moustache is fine but what I can't abide is a moustache combined with three days worth of stubble. Bizarrely a lot of men are wearing this look now. It just looks dirty.

ChaToilLeam · 05/09/2026 08:42

Full beard is fine. These 70s taches on young men though - yuk! They just look spivvy.

GustyGertie · 05/09/2026 08:41

Burt Reynolds was famous for his mooey back in the day

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SwanUpmanship · 05/09/2026 08:35

Oooh, no, I love a proper 70s style droopy moustache! You just don't see them anymore, sadly.

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Littledidsheknow · 05/09/2026 08:34

CharlesPetrescu · 05/09/2026 08:27

On the whole I would agree. However - I give you Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder II. I think facial hair improved him and to me it was only in that role that he was attractive.

He had a whole beard combo though.

A moustache on its works on some men better than others. Some good examples above, especially 1980s Midge Ure, but may I also suggest this fine specimen?

AIBU to think moustaches rarely improve a man's appearance?
Weeellokthen · 05/09/2026 08:33

My dad had a tache my whole life. Very handsome man with the most beautiful blue eyes.
Did'nt look (paeodoish at all) whatever that means 🙄

SexyFrenchDepression · 05/09/2026 08:33

Oh definitely a hairy chest though is better than smooth!

moonbubbles · 05/09/2026 08:32

NChannnnge · 05/09/2026 08:29

improvement by addition of a moustache is completely anomalous. Tom Selleck looked better without!

Ew! no he doesnt

SexyFrenchDepression · 05/09/2026 08:32

Unshaven look is sexy, can't stand moustache or full beard.

There are the odd men I find attractive with proper facial hair but very few. Quite a few of my friends love men with beards but it really gives me the ick.

emmetgirl · 05/09/2026 08:30

I completely agree. They look ridiculous. I’ve never seen a man with a moustache who doesn’t look like a twat.
That’s what I think anyway.

NChannnnge · 05/09/2026 08:29

improvement by addition of a moustache is completely anomalous. Tom Selleck looked better without!

Oganesson118 · 05/09/2026 08:29

I completely agree. Moustaches are awful. There are a few examples on this thread but they are all very very handsome men who would have looked just as fine without a tache.

moonbubbles · 05/09/2026 08:27

CharlesPetrescu · 05/09/2026 08:27

On the whole I would agree. However - I give you Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder II. I think facial hair improved him and to me it was only in that role that he was attractive.

YESSS so true!

CharlesPetrescu · 05/09/2026 08:27

On the whole I would agree. However - I give you Rowan Atkinson in Blackadder II. I think facial hair improved him and to me it was only in that role that he was attractive.

moonbubbles · 05/09/2026 08:27

Completely disagree - Lalo in better call Saul looks way sexier with a moustache

AIBU to think moustaches rarely improve a man's appearance?
AIBU to think moustaches rarely improve a man's appearance?
Glesgalass · 05/09/2026 08:22

likelysuspect · 04/09/2026 21:18

Awful Awful Awful, very rarely does any facial hair on a man look ok. Dont know why they do it.

Each to their own, but I do like a man with a beard providing its neatly trimmed. My husband has one and a hairy chest to boot.