Inland Empire Highland Redlands Barber•Beard Expert• Eric Meza on Instagram: "Most barbers were trained to reduce, not to balance. Psychologically, shortening a beard feels like control it’s fast, familiar, and safe. But balance requires understanding structure, density, growth direction, and facial symmetry. When a barber doesn’t know how to balance a beard, they default to cutting it down, because reducing volume hides mistakes. The result isn’t a better beard it’s a smaller one. True beard ba