I have had one off and on for years now. Since I rarely attend meetings I don't get any flak for it. BUT...And there is ALWAYSW a BUT, isn't there. When I was "IN" and serving as an attendant my mustache reached down past the lip line and I was counseled for it by one elder. I asked him just how I should trim my mustache and he suggested I look at the service overseer's mustache and use THAT as my example. I sort of chuckled and he said that I am lucky to be Hispanic. He asked if I knew that if I was at Bethel I would be one of few who are allowed facial hair. Apparently only Hispanics and Arabs in the org cvan even grow a puny mustache at Bethel.
I had a cousin who when he was alive wore a beard for many years and was allowed to go in service, but was denied an eldership because of it. So the hypocrisy of it all is pretty staggering. Imagine, there are scriptures from the OT that they use to this day to condemn homosexuality and even the idea of a man or woman dressing in the others' clothing, but they skip the one two pages away that demands that a man NEVER cut off his beard.
I read somewhere on this forum that Judge Rutherford HATED beards about as much as he hated CTR. There is no biblical basis for not having a beard. Just another watchtower stone to throw at someone that does not fit into the collective.