I tried the displacement routine with and it kinda worked but I have had trouble replicating it perfectly. Low cut is on my wishlist as a maybe but I am concerned about head shape. I am looking for a texture to add to a map... I have tried making speckles and smearing them into the growth patern and then taking up the contrast and it hasn't worked... No luck either sampling from images of stubble though I just thought just this second to try close ups of beard stubble... but even just getting the hairline right is proving tough for me. I think working right on the head skin texture map is the way to go though. Thanks.