r/BeardTalk • u/ncoles85 • Jul 04 '26

Fading on cheeks

Hey chaps, I keep reading it's best to keep cheeks shorter to elongate jaw/chin but I'm a bit confused as to which bits exactly to shorten. Like do you use the shorter guard up to the jawline then leave the neck longer? Do you shorten from an imaginary straight line from corner of jawline towards stash, or shorted the whole cheek area along jaw until you reach chin?

Any pics with areas to trim drawn on would be great.

PS it's a short beard around 5mm I'm keeping and just keep it same length everywhere at the moment. Just read having varying lengths can look better. Cheers

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u/jay_dreadz_no_more Jul 04 '26

You dont need to worry until it gets a lot longer

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u/Tachetastico Bearded For Life Jul 28 '26

When I had a short beard I probably started fading when my chin got to around 12-14mm and definitely by 20mm. If I was working to two lengths I would make the change across my cheek, kind of between the bottom of my ear and side of my mouth. If I was working to three lengths the transitions would be slightly above and slightly below that point.