Extreme Moustache

The word “moustache” derives from 16th century French moustache, which in turn is derived from the Italian mostaccio, dialectal mustaccio, from Medieval Latin mustacium, Medieval Greek moustakion, which ultimately originates as a diminutive of Hellenistic Greek mustax “moustache”, probably derived from Hellenistic Greek mullon “lip”. Shaving with stone razors was technologically possible from Neolithic times but the oldest portrait showing a shaved man with a moustache is a Scythian horseman from 300 BC.

In more modern history, moustaches have been worn by military men. The number of nations, regiments and ranks were equaled only by the number of styles and variations. Generally, the younger men and lower ranks wore the smaller and less elaborate moustaches. As a man advanced in rank, his moustache would become thicker and bushier, until he was permitted to wear a full beard. In Western cultures women generally avoid the growth of facial hair. Though many are capable, the majority of these women would use some form of depilation to remove it. However some women choose to embrace this growth, often in the form of thin moustaches. The artist Frida Kahlo famously depicted herself with both a moustache and a unibrow. This tradition is followed by some contemporary women in the arts