Unshaven

[Eastshire]

Facial hair is a cultural thing and it comes and goes. When the current over 40 crowd gets out of leadership and the current under 40 crowd gets into leadership, neatly groomed facial hair will be of no issue whatsoever. Until then, there will continue to be old codgers who think facial hair is of the devil.

Ungroomed facial hair, on the other hand, isn't acceptable.

I've worn a Van Dyke style beard for 13 years now and as far as I can tell it's had no effect on my assignments.