However, you have a duty of care to look after your facial scruff, regardless of its length and size, because it's not going to do you any favours if it's scraggly, unkept and dirty. Just like makeup, a beard can hide things that you'd rather people didn't see, and accentuate the jawline you've already got, making you look older, wiser and more sophisticated, even if you don't know how to grow a beard as mighty as Thor's. It's true that a beard can do a great deal of the heavy lifting when it comes to enhancing your overall look.