i just started growing my beard back in, too. gonna keep it trim this time around but i look so young cleanshaven, or at least young enough that all the ambassadors i met the other night looked surprised when my boss (who's the CEO and knows all the ambassadors and other senior muckety-mucks in this city pretty well) introduced me as a director. it was funny to watch their facial expressions go from blank being-introduced-to-nothing-person-who-i-won't-ever-have-to-remember to eyebrows-up-oh-i-see-okay-then-slight-head-tilt.