# What Grooming Trend Made a Comeback Around 2010?

> In 2010, beards and beard designs made a major comeback as a fashion trend for young men, becoming a significant part of barbershop business again.

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**The answer is beards and elaborate beard designs. The beard boom hit hard starting around 2010, after years of being out of fashion.**

Clean-shaven faces, pompadours, and buzzed military cuts were all popular in earlier eras, but 2010 specifically marks when full beards and custom beard shaping became a major part of barbershop business again, a trend that's still driving demand for facial-hair services today.

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