GH's Maurice Benard: It's over

GH's Maurice Benard: It's over

General Hospital's Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) has made a drastic change to his appearance.

Get ready to say sayonara, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital) fans. No, not to the actor, but to his beard!

The fan-favorite Emmy winner has been on the fence about shaving the facial hair he grew as part of Sonny's shooting storyline last fall, even polling fans on Twitter about whether it should stay or go. When that resulted in a perfect 50/50 split, he finally decided to bite the bullet and cut it loose.

"It's over," he posted to Instagram along with a video of himself reverting back to the clean-shaven look. The post also includes the hashtags #beard #nobeard #byebyebeard, and #cleanshaven.

As fans of the actor know, this isn't the first time Benard and Sonny have had facial hair. Benard has sported all kinds of different looks over the years, one of the most recent during Sonny's time in Pentonville.

Which facial look do you prefer on Benard's Sonny? How much do you care or pay attention to soap characters' hairstyles? We want to hear from you -- so drop your comments in the Comments section below, tweet about it on Twitter, share it on Facebook, or chat about it on our Message Boards.

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