We may earn a commission from links on this page. This cartoon me — created by GQ for my profile there — is giving the real me beard envy. Deadly serious beard envy. Like, I look at this beard ...

For professional beard model Carlos Costa, however, it's the opposite: he wants to shave off his signature look. "It's been 10 years since I've seen my face, and my face has changed," he says.

Christopher John Millington, the hirsute Scottish model whose bristling beard made him the star of shoots for Urban Outfitters and Topman, recently unleashed a torrent of tweets that confirmed ...