In recent years there's been a surge in men getting hair transplants to fix their low follicle count on the top of the head.
Not this: This is my beard, if you even want to call it a beard. This footage was taken after I let it grow for two weeks. Two weeks! It's thin, patchy, and in some spots there's no hair at all.
As far as beards go, his is more measly than grizzly.