For the past decade, the idea that
beard popularity is a passing trend has been debated, debunked, and then debated some more. And as we rolled into the 2020s, beards continued to be firmly entrenched as the most popular facial hair style.
Then 2020 got all weird—the Coronavirus started spreading, and the CDC released a graphic from 2017 indicating which facial hair styles were best for creating a tight seal when wearing a respirator mask.
