A man of two halves: Practical joker shaves off half his hair and beard on opposite sides of his head for unique driving licence photo

By Suzannah Hills
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A practical joker went to extraordinary lengths to secure a unique driving licence photo - by shaving off half of his hair and half of his beard on opposite sides of his head.

And the 26-year-old was so delighted with the finished look he showed off the result with step-by-step pictures on the social network website Reddit under the username of Adam Bard.

The end result left Adam, from British Columbia, Canada, with two completely different looks on either side of his head.

Two faced: Reddit user adambard two sides of his face look completely different after he tested alternate shaving

Two faced: Reddit user adambard two sides of his face look completely different after he tested alternate shaving

Mission accomplished: Adam has achieved his goal of having a very unique driver's licence

Mission accomplished: Adam has achieved his goal of having a very unique driver's licence

On his right side, Adam still has a full crop of thick brown hair and is freshly clean shaven.

But on his left side, he looked like a completely different person, with a shaved head and full beard.

His post, entitled 'I decided to do a novelty driver's licence. How did I do?', on Reddit has received an incredible 6,094,048 views.

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To the right and to the left: Adam Bard shows off his two new hair and beard styles from either side

Before the chop: Reddit user Adam Bard had both a beard and a full head of brown hair

Before the chop: Reddit user Adam Bard had both a beard and a full head of brown hair

Adam, a software developer, has been inundated with more than 1,000 personal messages on the site.

He told of his difficulties in finding the right shaving technique, the reaction when he went to get the driving licence photo done, and how he still went into work the next day after making the chop.

He wrote: 'They deliberately said nothing, then broke down and asked me if I just did it for the photo. Some chuckles, no problems.

Close shave: Adam Bard wrote on Reddit that he forgot the trimmer after struggling with a razor on his beard

Close shave: Adam Bard wrote on Reddit that he forgot the trimmer after struggling with a razor on his beard

Barber shop: After shaving half his beard, Adam headed to the barber's to get his hair cut

Barber shop: After shaving half his beard, Adam headed to the barber's to get his hair cut

Cut price: But Adam didn't tell fellow Reddit users if he got a half-price discount for having only half of his head shaved at the barber's shop

Cut price: But Adam didn't tell fellow Reddit users if he got a half-price discount for having only half of his head shaved at the barber's shop

'I shaved it all off that night, I had work the next day. I'm keeping the head shaved and growing the beard out now.

'My apartment had the water turned off that day, by coincidence. So I had to go to my brother's place to shave. I just forgot the trimmer.'

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