Fu Manchu moustache

The Fu Manchu is similar to (and commonly confused with) the horseshoe (or "biker") moustache; the difference between the two types is that the Fu Manchu is grown exclusively from the corners of the upper lip, creating two long "tendrils" that hang down past the clean-shaven mouth and chin area. The horseshoe simply involves growing the hair on either side of the lips and chin along with the moustache, thus creating the inverted-U or horseshoe shape, with none of the hair hanging over the jawline. A true Fu Manchu is considerably more difficult and time-consuming to produce as compared to the horseshoe; one moustache-centred publication declares "You probably don't know anybody who has a [real] Fu Manchu." ==See also==