Many men style their facial hair into beards, moustaches, goatees or sideburns. However, many others completely remove their facial hair. A man's facial hair, especially short hairs that were missed in shaving, is often referred to as whiskers.

Women usually have little hair on their faces, apart from eyebrows and the fine fuzz nearly all people have covering most of their bodies. However, a few women have noticeable facial hair growth. Excessive hairines is known as hirsutism, and is usually an indication of abnormal hormonal variation. In modern western culture, almost all women shave, tweeze or otherwise depilate facial hair which does appear, as there is considerable social stigma associated with facial hair in women.

Typical parts on the facial area are:

• Ears
• Eyebrows
• Eyelashes
• Face
• Nose
• Top of the head
• Upper lip