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Gonna bump this and add my own take on it:
It feels like custom character unification was dropped in ME2 only to get picked back up in ME3. Characters imported from ME1 DO NOT seem to translate well into ME2 at all. Skin is a discolored, pale color (if your Shepard is white), eyebrows are discolored and lighter (and seemingly chewed-off), and beards are almost non-existent. This goes for both male and female Shepards. It also doesn't feel like the textures were as significantly updated as they were for custom Shepards in ME1.
I really hope EA addresses this, because a lot of us put a lot of work into our custom Shepards and it's disheartening that, after so many years, our custom Shepards still look like they don't belong with the other, more polished characters in Mass Effect 2 (especially coming out of ME1:LE where I could barely tell the difference in quality between my custom Shepard and the other main characters in the game).
My broshep's definitely a bit less scruffy than in ME1, though I do like Cliffme1ster's headcanon. I'm sure those hair follicles have seen better days to say the least.
Appreciate all the feedback, everyone.