Anderson Cooper is going full-beard ahead.

While the CNN anchor is known for his signature silver hair, he debuted a new look while on hiatus from the news network: a shock of silver beard.

“Heading back to work soon,” Anderson wrote alongside an Instagram Stories selfie Aug. 7. “Shave or keep?”

The 58-year-old gave a subtle smile for the camera in the pic, rocking a New York Yankees baseball cap, navy polo and black glasses along with his scruffy beard.

While he’s rarely sported a beard on air in the past, Anderson—who is dad to kids Wyatt Morgan , 5, and Sebastian Luke , 3—has been praised for his gray locks, with many calling him a silver fox.

“I don’t know how I got that,” he mused about the label on the Let’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa podcas

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