Brian's medical school class had a "Beard Growing Contest" right before their final exam of 1st year. It lasted 3 weeks.
Here is Brian before the contest started:

After week 1:

After week 2:

After week 3:

Hairy BEAST! EEEEeewww.

Apparently he named his beard Veeachislahv (since I nixed it as a potential name for our first-born). I guess he was rather attached.
He was a finalist (top 3) in the competition, but lost to a gorilla.
Then he shaved it off bit by bit.




And we're back to the sweet soft-faced Brian that we all know and love!