I have always had facial hair. Whether it was a goate, or full beard. The full beard was mostly due to laziness.
So my face is rather sensitive so I can't shave on a daily basis. So that was part of it, the other thing was I wanted to look older. Till about my early 30's I would get carded and just found it annoying. I figured the facial hair would help me look a bit older and not be mistaken for a kid.
Now with no facial hair people comment how much younger I look. From early 20's - early 30's. I personally don't think so, but hey, what do I know.
Oh yeah I used to shave everything off maybe once a year. :p So this has been the longest I have ever gone without facial hair since I've started having facial hair. I definitely look a lot different. Sadly, my brother made the lovely comment that now I look like our dad.

Now I look in the mirror and that's what I see. Well honestly I kinda saw it before but chose to ignore it. :p