If you are a man in North Korea, we sincerely hope you have a round face. It's the shape that will work with your new haircut.

That new haircut is reportedly called the "Dear Leader Kim Jong Un," modeled after—you guessed it—North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's impenetrable block of black hair atop his chubby cheeks. The style reportedly became a state-mandated guideline about two weeks ago, though experts familiar with the country have said there's no evidence a new hairstyle rule has gone into effect.

If true, this new rule would be North Korea's most stringent haircut restriction. However, it wouldn't be the first time the government has cracked down on what happens at the barber shop. Last year, North Korea limited the range of men's hairstyles to 10 and women's to 18, though Kim's was strangely not on the approved list. His hair was a bit longer in early 2013, and some bangs occasionally escaped the gel that slicked them back.

Before Kim's time, the BBC reports that his father and former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il led a television campaign against long hair called "Let us trim our hair in accordance with Socialist lifestyle." Long hair sucks nutrients from people's brains, according to the program. Also, it makes you look like a slob. The campaign even picked out individuals on camera who didn't look up to par, named them and broadcasted their addresses. When confronted, some of the long-haired North Koreans ran away.

The younger Kim's government has declared that men should trim their hair every 15 days to ensure it never stops looking like their leader's.

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