Aubrey de Grey's beard

Aubrey de Grey is mostly known for spearheading radical life extension technologies with SENS, however his other claim to fame is his distinctive wizardly beard.

Is senescence modelling and beardedness inherently related? Science has not yet answered this question and perhaps never will. Even the book Death is Wrong doesn't yet have the answers.

Source: rjinvision.com

Time lapse painting of Aubrey de Grey by artist William Hessian