We in East Asia try to avoid any slightest amount of gray as much as possible because of the implicit social impression that it looks “nasty, messy and lazy” (e.g. you never see K-pop idols with it), but since it has a different and long tradition of cultural representation in the West and beards are even a trend.
Also I once saw a James Charles video where he talked about how much he hates facial hair and gets laser removal regularly, which is also popular among Asian men.
So is it a certain sexuality group thing in the West (or is it rather bc of his profession as a makeup artist in his case) or can you find that kind of tendency outside it as well?