As Lionel Messi has grown more adult, so has his hair. Except for that blonde thing a while back. We'll get to that. Anyway, Messi's hair and beard have gradually mutated from a clean-shaven, moppy-haired boyish look to a bearded, crew-cutted mannish look. Let's take a look at how this transformation came about:
1993: Little Messi Mop
![little Messi little Messi](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-yung-messi.jpg?itok=_t7q-pxK)
@Globe_Soccer | Twitter
2005: Larger But Still Not Very Big Messi Mop
![Messi 2005 Messi 2005](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-messi-2005-mop.jpg?itok=oKAFtB14)
@ADSportwereld | Twitter
2006 World Cup: Ooh It's Getting Long
![Messi 2006 World Cup Messi 2006 World Cup](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-messi-2006-world-cup_1.jpg?itok=m4qg6kMc)
@OldSchoolPanini | Twitter
![messi long hair Messi long hair](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-messi-long-hair.jpg?itok=e5W-AZof)
@leomexxi | Twitter
2009: It's Short Now
![Messi 2009 Messi 2009](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180310-the18-image-messi-2009.jpg?itok=l7DShCXY)
@UnfunnyCule | Twitter
2010 World Cup: It's A Mop Again
![Messi 2010 Maradona Messi 2010 Maradona](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-messi-maradona.jpg?itok=MfI-9HJU)
@theScoreFC | Twitter
![Messi 2011 Messi 2011](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-messi-2011.jpg?itok=IYKwWuyn)
@UtdTJ | Twitter
2016: Extremely Dapper For The Copa America Centenario
![Messi Sports Illustrated Messi Sports Illustrated](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-copa-america-centenario-messi.jpg?itok=RoL3bbxY)
@Messimaniacas_ | Twitter
Post Copa America Centenario: Look We All Have Our Phases
![blonde Messi blonde Messi](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-blonde-messi_0.jpg?itok=Xu2nrMcy)
@bibekrajgautam9 | Twitter
Present Day: Close Cropped With A Beard
![Messi Argentina jersey Messi Argentina jersey](http://stage.the18.com/sites/default/files/styles/photo_story_list_items_1016px_wide/public/photo-story-images/20180320-the18-image-messi-beard-argentina.jpg?itok=jF2pSrXe)
@MessiWorId | Twitter