I don’t care for facial hair — it looks scruffy and primitive. But alas I’m growing some as an experiment to see what it feels and looks like. I don’t feel like I look that different but I do feel very different.
Obviously air resistance on bare skin is different than with a beard. I go to rub my face and it’s covered in hair!
The other thing is how other people perceive me. I look older and more mature, whatever that means. People look at me like I have more life experience and that I’m focused on some life-long goal or trade.
Being clean shaved might indicate that I haven’t found your groove yet. Whatever. I don’t buy it. I’m shaving this off soon.