soul patch

Sub-lip whiskers

A soul patch is a small tuft of facial hair grown just below the lower lip and above the chin.

Unlike a full goatee or beard, it consists only of this isolated patch.

The style gained popularity among jazz musicians and beatniks in the mid-20th century, lending it associations with artistic or bohemian sensibilities.

He's been rocking a soul patch since college.

grooming

stubble

Short regrown facial hair

sideburns · razor · trim · shave · grooming · barber · bristle · fuzz · maintenance · shaped

style

goatee

Chin-only beard style

fashionable · stylish · edgy · retro · cool · groovy · bohemian · artistic · alternative · individualist

jazz

bebop

Fast, complex jazz style

Dizzy Gillespie · scat · saxophone · cool jazz · hipster · coffeehouse · beret · turtleneck · Miles Davis · hard bop

counterculture

rebellion

Defiance of established power

alternative · subversive · antiestablishment · iconoclast · outsider · individualism · statement · punk · grunge · artistic

Categories
Opposites
facial hair coverage

soul patchfull beard

Complete facial hair growth

mutton chops · five o'clock shadow · handlebar mustache · facial hair · sideburns

facial hair presence

soul patchclean-shaven

Having no beard

baby face

facial hair style category

soul patchhandlebar mustache

Whiskers curling upward at ends

mutton chops · goatee · Van Dyke · pencil mustache

Family

patch, souls, patchy, patched, soulful, patching, soulfully, soulfulness, soul food

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G