The truth about Sideburns

Sideburns are patches of facial hair grown along the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.

The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original ‘burnsides’, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a bushy moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven.
Sideburns can be worn in many different ways: mid-ear level, ear lobe level, or all the way down to the jawline or chin level. They can be cut in a narrow strip, or left very wide. The hair length of sideburns can be cropped very close to the face or allowed to grow to a more bushy length.

Sideburns can also be shaped and cut creatively. Care should be taken when shaping and trimming sideburns to make them even on both sides.
In general, shorter haircuts tend to feature shorter sideburns, and longer cuts feature longer sideburns, though there is always room for creativity if you want to go with a non-standard look. Longer sideburns can help balance a face with an unusually long chin, and shorter sideburns can balance a short or weak chin.

Some more famous Sideburns

1. Ambrose Burnside
2. John McCririck the C4 racing expert
3. Elvis Presley the king himself
4. Ronald Magill who played Amos Brearly in Emmerdale Farm
5. Wesley Snipes in the film Blade Trinity
6. Hugh Jackman Wolverine of X-men fame
7. John Lennon famous for long hair and side burns

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