This study explains why men with a narrow jaw/lower third profit the most from stubble/short beards

[GreekGenes]

Study:

Beneath the beard: do facial morphometrics influence the strength of judgments of men's beardedness?

Converging evidence suggests men's beards, like many androgen-dependent masculine secondary sexual traits, communicate masculinity and dominance intra…

www.sciencedirect.com

To cut to the chase:

"Attractiveness ratings were highest for bearded faces with smaller jaws followed by bearded and clean-shaven faces with larger jaws and lowest for clean-shaven faces with small jaws. "

Basically proving the theory that the people who benefit most from stubble/short beard are those with a small jaw and or recessed chin.

 

[Deleted member 24554]

Theyd profit even more from some jawplants

 

[italianmaxxer]

if your jaw is narrow, grow a beard. if u have a wide enough jaw just get a medium lenght beard to make it seem more angular, if u have a top tier jaw, just stay clean shaven or get your beard down to 2mm or even lower. thats pretty simple i guess