Electric beard trimmer

A cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements supported relative to each other by a support element, wherein each of lateral ends of at least one of said cutting elements are provided with at least a part of a lateral protection element having rounded and chamfered edge contours for soft skin engagement, said cooperating cutting elements comprising a first stationary cutting element having a side facing a second moveable cutting element and an opposing side defining a skin contact surface, said second moveable cutting element being moveable in a movement direction, said pair of cooperating cutting elements having lateral sides perpendicular to said movement direction and longitudinal sides parallel to said movement direction, wherein said lateral protection elements are protruding only in a direction away from the skin contact surface of the opposing side of said first stationary cutting element, wherein the lateral protection elements do not cross or extend above a plane containing the skin contact surface of the opposing side of said first stationary cutting element, each of the lateral protection elements enveloping or covering a gap movably receiving said second moveable cutting element at said lateral sides and enveloping or covering the support element.