The French Cut Beard Doctor

Dr. Dev (fictional name) met his friend from AIIMS, New Delhi after a long time. His friend had shifted to his hometown to do private practice after completing his post-graduation from AIIMS.

Dr. Dev was surprised to see that his friend was now sporting a ‘French Beard’ or ‘French Cut Beard’. During his entire stay at AIIMS, his friend had always been clean shaved. Dr. Dev could not stop himself from asking his friend for the new style.

His friend replied, ‘On shifting to my home town, although I was well qualified and experienced due to my higher studies at AIIMS, but to my patients and even colleagues I appeared young and inexperienced. You know that a clean-shaven face makes you look younger.' 

'In contrast, a beard gives you a mature and experienced look. It makes you appear as having superior knowledge and expertise in your field. All this helps in quickly establishing good practice and clientele in private practice. So I adopted a bearded look after remaining clean-shaven for my entire life in AIIMS.’

‘But why the ‘French Cut’ and not just a full beard?’ Dr. Dev wanted to know who was not fully satisfied with his friend’s explanation.

His friend elucidated, ‘A full beard may make you look too old or aged. You may look outdated and out of sync with the modern world and medical science. You may appear careless if the beard is not well kept and groomed.’

‘So as to balance between appearing too young or too old, inexperienced vs. outdated, a neatly maintained French cut beard with well-shaved rest of the face was a good option.’

Not just doctors but many other professionals adopt the French cut beard early in their career for that experienced, mature, but well-groomed appearance to quickly impress their patients and clients, and even their employers. 

— ND

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