Men with beards are more attractive, healthier, research says

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20131108/LIVEWELL01/131108909/1685#men-with-beards-are-more-attractive-healthier-research-says

By Leia Mendoza / World-Herald staff writer
November 8, 2013

Have you noticed more fuzzy-faced men lately?

That could be because there are several nationwide projects in November such as "No Shave November" and "Movember," which encourage men to grow mustaches and beards to raise awareness and money for cancer research.

Beards and mustaches have also become more mainstream and trendy, especially among hipsters and 20 to 30-year-olds.

Or maybe guys have just caught on to the research.

FULL story at link.

[idwiyo]

1. EWWWWW. Count me out.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

67. Amazing that men don't realize beards are HORRIBLE. Women hate them. The worst absolute

things are (1) bald men with beards, and those (2) Santa type bush things. OMG...no...the absolute
worst is those creepy creepy long twisty goatees

[idwiyo]

70. Ugh. I once saw a pic of beard after dinner under the microscope. It was covered in food particles.

I don't even want to think about all the bacteria that feeds on it.

And you are so right about goatees - absolutely the creepiest things ever. Just eeeeeeeeeeeeeew.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

91. Lordy...thanks for that visual. I will forever remember it. LOL...nt

[idwiyo]

92. Sorry... I was traumatised for life. I wish I could forget it somehow...

[Neoma]

78. I love my husbands beard. nt.

[GreenPartyVoter]

110. I love mine as well. He looks so handsome in it.

[HappyMe]

84. I think my husband's beard is great.

[FreeState]

86. As a bald man with a beard

you are entitled to your opinion. I'm so glad Im gay and don't give a crap what women think of my appearance

[Laura PourMeADrink]

118. sorry, didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I am sure yours looks great. I think I am more

referring to the long, unkempt Duck Dynasty ones.

[Starry Messenger]

101. I love my husband's goatee.

He's quite healthy too with a nice head of hair.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I like men with beards, as long as they're neatly trimmed.

They look more virile to me.

My husband wears a beard and mustache, and I love how he looks!

I'm glad to hear that facial hair reduces the risk of skin cancer, too.

[Glassunion]

3. Aw man... I'm near 40 years old and I still cannot grow a full beard.

Someday... Maybe.

[B Calm]

112. It's about the only place on my head that will grow hair!

[pinboy3niner]

4. I can't IMAGINE why YOU would post this, Steve

[theHandpuppet]

5. I think bald men with beards are really interesting

Perhaps its the testosterone overload.

[Fearless]

7. Why thank you

[dionysus]

12. as a bald guy, i never could get a beard to look right with a shaved head....

it has to end abruptly at the ears... looks strange to me.

[theHandpuppet]

37. How about this?

[link:http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://coolmenshair.com/2010/05/cool-bald-guy-patrick-stewart.html&h=421&w=377&sz=29&tbnid=eIfVnI3qUPRxBM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=98&zoom=1&usg=__h3PDVpIvJ94ZeCzy72zakUJD-js=&docid=_TShc_jATvrrfM&sa=X&ei=MSJ-Uo7oJcLj4AOBzYBA&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA|

[dionysus]

47. i did the mustache\goatee combo for years thats easy. but a full beard, you either gotta taper

it so it fades out as it gets closer to your ears, or it just stops there abruptly... which to me looks odd.

[Vashta Nerada]

64. I figured out a way how to get it to look good!

I don't have any hair on the top of my head. I go for the Chris Daughtry look:



Notice how the sideburns taper above the ear? It works.

[dionysus]

71. i see. works if you keep it well trimmed. not bad.

[Blue_In_AK]

19. That's my husband. :)

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. Trimmed beards, absolutely.

Not big on just moustaches, though.

[RC]

10. Now, give him some white hair, glasses and a punch and that could be me.

'course I talk different though, as I'm not quite as old as this guy.

[JustAnotherGen]

30. Now see

He's hot. THAT'S why I love Sleepy Hollow. Just had the public epiphany.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

59. Oh, yes. I saw him in...

"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and thought, wow, he's really handsome. Then "Sleepy Hollow" came along... YOWZA. Looks plus that accent!

[bunnies]

95. ick.

I dated a guy with a beard exactly once. Couldnt stand the way it felt on my skin. Eww. Eww. Eww. Never again. Not even a hot guy like this. Im sure he's gorgeous without it, though.

[Bigmack]

8. Of course we are....

In our species, adult, sexually mature males have facial hair. Senior males have grey facial hair... it's a sign of maturity and continued virility.

[arcane1]

52. That's not true for the entire species, just some races.

[Bigmack]

69. OK, then... our subspecies...nt

[Initech]

9. If I had a beard I'd look like Zach Galaifinakis.

And to quote from his stand up special: "When you look like me it's hard to get a table for one at Chuck E Cheese."

[NuclearDem]

43. "I went into my hair stylist and just said 'give me the Amber Alert.'"

[Jamaal510]

11. Did Ke$ha ghostwrite this article? nt

[dionysus]

13. !

from stumbling across an episode I know what you mean...

[Nye Bevan]

14. Dumbledore RULES (nt)

[frazzled]

15. 20 to 30 year olds is the operative phrase

My husband had a beard in his 20s and 30s. We'd been together nine years before he suddenly came downstairs one day with it shaved off. I was in total shock. I'd never seen his face before. I got used to it.

Fast forward three decades or so, and he decides to grow his beard back. Tired of shaving. Let me tell you something: what was sexy and manly at 28 looked like old bum at 58. Really, I had to say, "You look like an incontinent old vagrant bum." He shaved it off and all's well again. He doesn't shave on weekends sometimes. And I totally get that. But no more beards, please.

(Disclaimer: some older men look fine with beards; but others just look, well, even older.)

[PasadenaTrudy]

44. When my boyfriend

doesn't shave for while, he looks like a homeless guy. He's 51 and getting some gray.

[Fla_Democrat]

16. This may explain Duck Dynasty's ratings.

[blueamy66]

58. Have you seen them without beards?

Wow

[sakabatou]

17. No way am I growing a beard

[frylock]

18. does scruff count?

[blueamy66]

116. YES

Most definitely! Live my man with 2 or 3 days' growth!

[Nolimit]

20. MEN GROW BEARDS!!!

In all seriousness, I couldn't grow a beard if my life depended on it.

[ismnotwasm]

21. I'll have to tell my husband

He's always had a beard, seems like. Mmmm

[JustAnotherGen]

31. Mine to ism

.

[cynatnite]

22. I'm not seeing it...

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[Hissyspit]

25. I just absolutely HATE shaving.

[SharonAnn]

60. Yeah, Duck Dynasty came to mind. Frightening!

I suppose they mean neatly trimmed beards in the article, but Duck Dynasty came to mind.

[rickford66]

85. I give up. What's in the photo? nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. I don't know about the virility, cancer, or allergan-catching qualities.

I DO know that without mine, I tend to resemble a walking, talking fetus. With glasses.

[snot]

24. I'm in favor.

[pansypoo53219]

26. zztop & duck dynasty. REALLY??? puleeze.

[TexasBushwhacker]

106. I agree

A well groomed beard, even with a bit of length is fine. But I find the untrimmed look of ZZ and the Duck Dynasty guys to be very unsexy. I don't like it when they let the hair grow all down their neck. FWIW, I'm not fond of the perpetual 3 day growth that some men continue to sport. I prefer a nice trimmed beard or goatee, or clean shaven.


YUCK!

[Mopar151]

27. Ask the Red Sox!

[Agschmid]

108. They all looked so ragged by the end of it.

My dreamboat of a man Stephen Drew just could not grow one... Oh well.

[Fumesucker]

28. Haw haw haw haw

[arely staircase]

53. I always found it fascinating

that the one guy in that band without a beard is named Beard.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

98. Shout out to ZZ Top.

That little old band from HOUSTON!! YOU HOO!!!
The masters of mindless party music.

[JustAnotherGen]

29. My husband

Looks like an Italian Grizzly Adams - and I love it!

[Earth_First]

32. Now *that's* a beard!

Bonus points awarded to those who know who this man is!

[B Calm]

34. Or one hell of a large handlebar mustache!

[ConcernedCanuk]

48. Not telling - but he lives in Northern California

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I'll take one point for the clue Alex



CC

[Scuba]

33. Vindication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KansDem]

35. Remember what George Carlin once said about "beards"...

The word 'beard' shook a lot of people up. BEARD! It's not American sounding. BEARD! Lenin had a BEARD! Gabby Hayes had 'whiskers'...

Maxilyrics

[hobbit709]

36. I started growing a beard on Oct. 2, 1973

Haven't shaved since.

[sendero]

38. I'm an old man...

... with a mustache and beard and I'm keeping them. My wife loves it and I see no reason to shave it.

It is a bit of work to keep it trimmed but then I have no hair whatsoever so I can afford to spend time on the beard

[ejpoeta]

39. i prefer my husband clean shaven.

it feels like sandpaper with hair when he kisses me when he grows a beard.

[kaiden]

40. Married 22 years before I saw my husband's face.

Chemo will do that. For several months I just kept staring at LDub and I became seriously shy, thinking "who is this strange man in my bed? I'm not that kind of girl!"

[MineralMan]

41. I stopped shaving my face in 1969, and never looked back.

I have a full beard. Sometimes it's fairly short and sometimes it's fairly long. While some people don't like beards, others do. If my beard bothers someone, I don't bother with that person.

It's a choice. It hasn't ever affected my life in a negative way.

[loli phabay]

42. erm no, unless they are attractive without a beard its not going to magically make one hotter

Lipstick on a pig is the term i think.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

45. Man Fashions His Beard Into a Bowl & Eats Ramen Noodles Out Of It

http://laughingsquid.com/a-man-fashions-his-beard-into-a-bowl-eats-ramen-noodles-out-of-it/

[pipi_k]

46. Some beards are

quite attractive. And some aren't.

I prefer the well kept ones, myself.

Anyway, I thought I'd share something that was posted on Facebook recently...

[chowder66]

49. I love beards but I also marvel that men CAN grow hair out of their face!

Men grow hair>on their cheeks and chins and under their noses. It's kind of sci-fi to me.

...and yes, I know some women do to but seriously....it's really kind of a wonder. Scratchy kisses and all!

[HereSince1628]

54. I don't marvel at my beard...I marvel at the hair coming out my ears.

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I was psychologically prepared for beard and moustache.

The ear-stache caught me by surprise

[jberryhill]

55. Amen to that

WTF is with the hair growing out of my ears?

[chowder66]

57. My sympathy to you and those effected by ear hair. nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

99. Tweezers are your friend for nose and ear hair.

[chowder66]

113. Ouch! You made my eyes water! nt

[NickB79]

62. The nose-hairs are what blew me away

When they get long enough to irritate your upper lip, wtf?

[HereSince1628]

63. Sounds like a Japanese monster movie Narezilla?

Radium in the water?

[iemitsu]

82. I hate the hairs that grow on the nose itself, most.

Facial hair is a curse, if you ask me, that only gets worse with age. The hair grows higher on the cheeks and lower on the neck, and as several have pointed out, begins to grow out of the ears. And, in my case, the eyesight has grown dimmer, so it is harder for me to determine if I have really cleaned the hair off, before leaving the house.
I hate discovering half way through the day that I missed a patch of hair somewhere. Its like having food in your teeth, that you only discover after a rousing conversation with someone you'd hoped to impress.

[Le Taz Hot]

75. My bearded husband swears there's more hair

coming out of his ears than on top of his head.

[dionysus]

89. the worst is when you get a hair that hides itself in the folds of your ear.. then one day you

discover a 2 inch hair... coming from your EAR....

[HereSince1628]

93. been there,done that

terribly disturbing

[dionysus]

94. it can happen with nose hair too. hair that is growing upwards in your nose decides one day to

change direction and point down... suddenly... the horror.
the horror

[HereSince1628]

97. Gotta say, never been there,

no 2 inch long nasal hairs!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanking my stars that they seem to arrest their growth and fallout WAY before 2 inches.

[dionysus]

107. happened to me, but it seemed to have been growing upwards until it made its debut.

since I have to trim the nose hair, i'd know

[shanti]

50. well, i think so too :)

Glad to see them coming back in style...but guys, if you can only grow a patchy beard, stick with a goatee. just saying...

[SheilaT]

51. I find this highly amusing, as

both of my sons have an auto-immune disorder called Alopecia Areata, which causes hair loss. They both have the most extreme version, called Alopecia Areata Universalis, which means neither one has any hair whatsoever. No eyebrows, no eyelashes, no body hair of any kind. Neither one has ever had to shave.

They both are amazingly healthy, and how attractive they are, well, you can decide for yourself except I'm not going to violate their privacy by posting pictures. Of course, I'm their Mom and so of course I think they're wildly good looking!

In addition, some men just can't grow a decent beard.

Personally, I do like facial hair, and my now ex had a beard when we met and most of the time since then.

[intaglio]

56. This is so totally and obviously true

That there is little reason to do more than affirm how completely accurate it is.

And my Sigoth would like to add that the longer it is the further down it tickles ...

[Arcanetrance]

61. Fuck yeah I knew this beard would pay off eventually

[Vashta Nerada]

65. I'm in my early 30s and I can't figure out how men grow beards.

I can grow a chinstrap beard and that's the closest I can get to one. I can't even get a 5 o'clock shadow.

[iemitsu]

83. Count yourself lucky.

I have to shave each morning and if I am going to attend anything formal in the evening I need to shave before the event too. It sucks. I have spent too much time shaving in my life to think it is anything but a chore.
I work with several men, with light beards and hair color, who only have to shave every several days. I am insanely jealous.

[geek tragedy]

66. Damn they're smooth. nt

[Orrex]

73. heh heh. heh heh.

That was cool.

[geek tragedy]

80. they're totally gonna score nt

[closeupready]

68. Facial hair has been fashionable since the late 90's.

Prior to then, cleanshaven and yuppie was the look. With the advent of the tech boom about 1995, the West Coast hippie casual look came back, and never left, as far as I can see.

I guess in my experience, if something makes a man look more manly and virile, it's a plus in terms of what men are about (traditionally). Sounds like an obvious observation, but if so, why did facial hair ever become UNfashionable?

[Le Taz Hot]

72. My husband has had a beard since high school.

He's 51 now and is still a handsome devil. I think he looks like Dwayne Allman. OK, a balding Dwayne Allman but still . . .

[otohara]

74. Last Week It Was Women With Big BUTTs - Healthier/Smarter

Women With Big Butts Are Smarter And Resistant To Chronic Illnesses


Scientist from the University of Oxford and Churchill Hospital in the United Kingdom have discovered that women with larger than average butts are not only increasingly intelligent, but also resistant to chronic illnesses, Elite Daily reported.
Study found that people who carry their body fat in their thighs and backsides are not just carrying extra weight, but also some extra protection against diabetes, heart disease and other conditions associated with obesity.

The results found that people who carry their body fat in their thighs and backsides aren't just carrying extra weight, but also some extra protection against diabetes, heart disease and other conditions associated with obesity.http://www.universityherald.com/articles/5306/20131031/women-with-big-butts-are-smarter-and-resistant-to-chronic-illnesses.htm

[Manifestor_of_Light]

103. According to that I must be really stupid and chronically ill.

I don't have any hips, and I have a white girl ass that is all muscle--my fat's in my tummy.

[Aerows]

117. Well I'm doomed

Oh well.

[Frustratedlady]

76. Yuck! The most sickening part of having a beard

is the guy who pulls the food out as you're talking to him and then inspects it like he's trying to decide what to do with it. Talk about GAG!

[Wounded Bear]

77. I believe it was in 1971 or so.....

The Commandant of the Marine Corps changed the rules to authorize growing mustaches. I did.

Since then, I've shaved it once or twice. Didn't like how I looked. Grew it back immediately.

Grew a beard a few times, didn't like it. I never got past the itching stage and always went back to shaving.

Over the last couple of decades, I stopped shaving every day, or even 5 times a week. Now, I shave once or twice a week and grow stubble the rest of the time. I look a little scruffy, and I look older when I do that, but I'm comfortable.

[rudolph the red]

79. I absolutely hate to shave,

but my girlfriend doesn't like me with a beard. The compromise we reached allows me to go unshaven on weekends only.

[Sedona]

81. Beards look awful and feel even worse. eom

[rickford66]

87. I save over a day per year by not shaving.

365 (days) * 5 (minutes per day) / 60 (minutes per hour) = 30+ (hours). My wife has never seen me without a beard except in old photos and is horrified when I trim it short.

[retread]

88. Without a beard how would I disguise all my ear hair??

[left on green only]

90. I've Had A Richard The Lionheart......

........since I was 16. I keep it religiously trimmed to the length of a number 4 clipper head, and I shave the rest of my face with a straight razor in order to keep the beard's lines without variation, as well as the rest of my face and neck as smooth as a baby's butt.

I don't seem to have much trouble keeping the food that I eat out of it, but then again, I do eat with a fork and a knife, and the size portions that I place in my mouth closely resemble those of a civilized society.

My beard has now changed to the colour of silver, while the hair on my head has remained brown, so I usually wear a cap to cover the difference. But I guess I am doing it for myself because no one in this red neck culture seems to notice. Most of the dudes who have beards look like they just moved here from Appalachia (complete with nits), as they drive around town in their pick-up trucks with dual American flags mounted to each side of the cab.

There is another area of myself that I also shave smooth because I have found that it increases the sensation of the ultimate act, as experienced by both parties; except in that case, I use a safety razor instead.

[DefenseLawyer]

104. When I first started practicing law

I grew a beard to look older, since at 25 I did look about 15. It worked and I kept the beard til around 40, when it started turning WHITE. Not like flecks of gray, but white like Santa. So I was forced to shave it to look younger.

[left on green only]

111. Try Thinking Of It This Way

This is in no way a comment on your style of representation, but if I was shopping around for a legal defense attorney, and I had a choice between a middle aged street fighter and a sage with the name of Solomon, my choice would be a very easy one indeed. Of course as an attorney, one would never want their persona to be perceived as a threat to the judge in any case, but there is certainly nothing wrong with planting the seeds of doubt into the case of the prosecution, as the result of your persona in the representation of your client.

[bunnies]

96. Not to me.

Beards just arent my thing. Its the texture, really. Ick.

[bigwillq]

100. Most beards are not attractive to me

I find some to be really gross.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

102. It really depends on the man.

As a straight woman who appreciates a good looking man, it depends on the guy.

And it has to be neatly trimmed. The main problem is 'beard burn' from kissyface sessions.

The wild Leo Tolstoy model is not acceptable.

And then there's Viggo Mortensen, who looks manly when he's a scruffy Aragorn.

[840high]

105. Nah - not to me.

[Revanchist]

109. Depends on the beard

This is a good beard



and this is a very very bad beard

[MindPilot]

115. Some guys can make it work; I'm not one of them.

I've tried, I find facial hair uncomfortable, always getting caught in something like the snap on the collar of a parka, and keeping the facial hair properly maintained was more work than simply shaving it off every day.