Going bald can be daunting and requires you to take control of your hair loss.
Being bald doesn’t mean sacrificing your style. Now, bald men’s style allows you to take back that control and upgrade your look by adding a beard.
The bald with beard look is in, and those who rock this stylish trend look like Vikings. You can easily upgrade your look with a mustache, goatee, or beard if you’re balding.
Proper guidance makes a new look easy to achieve and maintain. Keep reading to find your new style.
How to Look Good Bald with a Beard?
Many men lose their hair as they approach their 20s, 30s and 40s. While this process can be devastating, it doesn’t have to define you and is a great opportunity to upgrade your style with a beard.
Looking good is easy with a few tips:
- Let’s start by growing the beard out.
- Always keep your clean, neat, and trimmed.
- Keep your style on point. That means dressing well at all times.
- Wear cologne. It seems obvious most men don’t.
- Add accessories like eyewear, bracelets, rings, necklaces, hats & beanies.
Is the Bald and Beard Look for Me?
There are bald men with beards all over Hollywood. While just looking at one of these guys may be intimidating, this look can transform you into Bryan Cranston as Heisenberg, Jeff Bridges in Iron Man, Tom Hardy, or John Travolta, and all it takes is getting comfortable with your skull.
Bruce Willis is probably one of the best known for this look. He’s been sporting the shaved head with a beard look for over a decade. With his devil-may-care attitude, this look adds an edge to his action sequences.
Why Do Bald Guys Grow Beards?
The simple answer is a misdirection of focus. Having facial hair will shift the focus to the well-groomed cut of the beard rather than the lack of hair on top.
We’re asked many questions about how others receive baldness, beards, and the combination of the two. A few common questions are:
- Do bald men look better with beards?
- Do beards make you look hotter?
- Are bald men attractive?
- Is baldness a turn off?
- Do girls like beards?
The answer is that people have their style preferences and physical attributes that make them attractive to others.
However, from my personal experience with balding, I can say it affects your confidence. It’s that lack of confidence that’s outwardly noticeable to others and can make you less desirable.
A Beard Will Boost Your Confidence
The sheer sight of a beard enhances a man’s outward appearance and exudes masculine power. This new feature has a profound effect on others who see it. Once the effect of your new beard is felt, you’ll get a natural boost in confidence – I certainly did!
So, if you’re ready to accept that your mature hairline is no more, then the promises of a clean-shaven head with a kick-ass beard are far too good to ignore. Easily achieve these amazing looks at home with a pair of clippers, or visit your barber.
Beard Styles for Bald Men
The latest bearded trends partner well with a bald head. Here’s a beard guide rundown for the modern balding man. My top picks…
1. Bald with Long Beard
Long, luscious beards work great with a clean-shaven head. These beards typically grow out along the jaw and slightly into the hollows of the cheeks.
They also wrap around and connect over the lips, but you should keep your mustache hair clipped over the upper lip. You can easily maintain a soft yet professional bearded style with a beard comb and beard oil.
2. Full Beard with Walrus Mustache
This is a bolder, full bearded style that works with bald hairstyles. You place all the emphasis on the grooming of the beard so it’s thick and illustrious.
The beard with walrus mustache is the truly unique part of this look. You style it with a bushier mustache on top that can be slightly curved at the ends.
3. Stubble or Short Beard
For those men who want to keep a short beard and dislike long locks hanging off their jawline, a shorter stubble look may be the best option.
These also work better for men with patchy beards that don’t come in as fast. You can continue growing your beard using a #2 clipper to shape your stubble and keep it short on your cheeks, jaw, and sidles up to the ear.
4. The Hollywood Beard
This full beard wraps around the jawline and helps shape your jaw to look longer or more squared off if you have a narrow jawline.
The style also connects the full beard to a tightly kept mustache. If you have a round face shape, you can trim this beard so it lines up with the bottom of your ear.
5. The Heisenberg
If you were a fan of Breaking Bad, then you know this look. Kingpin Walter White shaved his head bald after losing his hair to chemotherapy.
The Heisenberg is also known as a circle beard that resembles a rounded shape around the chin and connects to the mustache. This is a thick, short, well-kempt beard for those who want to accentuate their chin.
6. Van Dyke (Pointed Beard And Mustache)
For those who like the goatee and also a pointed beard, the Van Dyke is a well-groomed beard that’s styled thick around the thin with longer strands that form a thick point underneath the chin.
It typically connects to a standard or handlebar mustache, but it’s thin around the corners of the lips. Hair is tapered and faded into the hollows of the cheeks and towards the ears.
7. Ducktail Beard
The ducktail beard is a thicker, fuller beard designed to cover the chin with a thick patch of hair. It’s tapered up into the hollows of the cheeks but has an extended point at the chin or bottom of the beard.
The beard is clean cut, faded back to the ear, and shows a little sideburn style that lines up with the top of the ear. This widens and elongates the jaw.
8. Mutton Chops
Some men love this look. We think it’s the most unique look for bald men to try. You can style mutton chops (YouTube) thick and long around your chin.
The main result of this beard is that the chin is exposed with a small patch of hair underneath your bottom lip, AKA the Soul Patch.
The hair to the left and right of your chin is thick and attaches to your mustache. Then, you can grow it up to sideburns. Typically, mutton chops are thick around the jawline and go into the hollows slightly at the start before tapering off towards your ears and sideburns.
9. The French Fork
With a thicker beard that you can trim and style with clippers and a comb, the French fork is the ultimate choice for a manly beard and bald head. These beards grow quite long, but they’re styled to have an indent in the center, giving this look a forked edge.
10. Traditional Box Cut Beard
This well-groomed look is more traditional and often works best if you have thick beard hair. After growing your beard to be long and thick, you may opt for this neatly blended and trimmed down box beard look.
Looks amazing with the bald style!
This is a tamed, thick beard style rather than the wily, long beards that aren’t trimmed as much. The whole point of this look is to fade and taper the edges and sideburns, too.
11. Chin Strap Beard
You can try this beard style if you want to grow a beard without a mustache. With thick hair that covers the jawline and chin, you typically have higher and thicker sideburns with this look.
The chin strap beard may grow into the hollows of your cheeks, but you rarely grow a mustache. If you do, it’s very short and well-trimmed. It compliments the bald style perfectly.
12. Classic Goatee
The classic goatee is often confused with the full goatee (#13 below). The classic goatee has well trimmed hair on the chin, jaw, and soul patch – but no mustache.
Let’s clear up a common misconception. … The “classic” goatee consists simply of neatly trimmed facial hair on the chin (like a goat), with no mustache being the major difference between it and a full goatee.
13. The Full Goatee
The full goatee also has well trimmed hair on the chin, jaw, and soul patch… plus a mustache.
14. Soul Patch
The soul patch is a tuft of facial hair that floats above the chin and below the lower lip.
15. Balbo Beard
The Balbo beard has a disconnected mustache and no sideburns. It slightly resembles a small boxed beard and is perfect for those with a round face and bald or shaved head.
See also Bald with Mustache Styles
Final Thoughts
If you still haven’t given up on your hair, there are always ways to slow balding, regrow hair, or even get a hair transplant.
However, with so many trendy beard shapes and styles available, it’s your chance to regain your swagger. Keep your new beard meticulously groomed, and you’ll turn heads. Remember, you deserve to look your best!
FAQ
Which beard looks good on a bald head?
A stubble beard is ideal for bald men, offering a classic, low-maintenance option. Suitable for those with oval faces, maintaining facial hair between 1mm and 3mm ensures a polished appearance.
Where should I start my beard with a bald head?
Initiate beard grooming at the ears, progressing inward towards the chin. Ensure a ¼ inch separation between the mustache and goatee, achieving symmetry before shaving above the beard and defining cheek lines.
What looks good on bald guys?
Bald men should opt for outfits characterized by simplicity, clean lines, and neutral colors, avoiding loud prints. Select accessories judiciously to enhance appeal without overshadowing facial features.
What not to wear when bald?
Avoid wearing oversized and bulky shirts as they exaggerate the upper body’s proportion compared to a bald head, making the head appear smaller.
How can I look younger with a bald head?
To appear younger, select an appropriate haircut, maintain scalp and skin health, consider skin tone, choose clothes that complement your face shape, wear hats, style your silhouette carefully, accessorize wisely, and consider growing hair on other parts of the body.
