Electric beard trimmer

Cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements movably supported relative to each other by a support element, wherein lateral ends of at least one of said cutting elements are provided with lateral protection elements having rounded and chamfered edge contours for soft skin engagement, said cooperating cutting elements comprising a first stationary cutting element having a skin side and an opposite side facing a second moveable cutting element, said moveable second cutting element being moveable in a movement direction, said pair of cooperating cutting elements having lateral sides perpendicular to the movement direction and longitudinal sides parallel to the movement direction, wherein said lateral protection elements are protruding only in the direction away from the skin contact surface the cutting element having a portion enveloping or covering a gap movably receiving the other cutting element at the lateral sides and enveloping or covering the support element.