5 reasons to shave.

[jklinders]

Pretty sure I was growing a beard when I met my fiance. Also since I don't live in a cave the hygiene related ones don't amount to a pile of pig shit to me.

There is one very good reason to not allow the beard to grow right now. It adds about 10 years to my appearance. That might have been desirable when I was 19 but not now when I am 39.

 

[KyuubiNoKitsune-Hime]

Well being trans and I opted for laser hair removal, to the point where I no loner get unwanted hair growth. So for me I have a reason not to shave: I don't grow unwanted hair.

Personally I like people I'm romantically interested in, to indulge their feminine sides(especially if they're male) and be smooth in most places. Girls with shaved privets are a turn off though, it's disturbing that women want to look like children down there.

As for the OP on this topic: As most have said 1-4 are easily enough remedied with having even decent hygiene. As for women hating men with beards? Some women don't like them, but plenty do, and plenty don't care either way. Since it's subjective the point is moot, and the assertion is totally false.

 

[Vigormortis]

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Question:
If I listed similar reasons and articles, proclaiming women should shave off all of their hair (save for what's on their head), would you be in agreement or would you be offended?

Follow up:
Why did you claim "Beards make you more susceptible to parasites" after linking a CDC article that has absolutely nothing to do with beards?

 

[Arshaq13]

I've had a beard for a couple of years now. I had gone clean-shaved once for a job interview and I felt like a naked mole rat when that happened.

So no, I be keeping muh beardy beards.

 

[Godhead]

I personally identify as a beard, and if you shave off your beard you are killing my brothers and sisters. And that's beardphobic.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I'll never shave my beard, a clean chin is a waste of space.

 

[likalaruku]

5)Well, I can't disagree with this one. My mother thinks beards make a man look handsome, I think it makes him look like he's already married & 10-30 years older than he really is, plus I don't like the way they feel or look. I am however willing to compromise with one beard & one beard only.

 

[Lufia Erim]

Considering you think it's perfectly fine to break up with your partner if they choose to grow a beard...yeah. I'm gonna go ahead and not listen. Not to mention Point 5 is complete bullshit as it is.

Look at a mens model magazine. Completly hairless! Hair in general is not considered "sexy" by media. That being said, you could reply that you don't care what others think, and that would be a valid argument, however just because you don't doesn't mean others down. Take the weight loss industry for example, they are a multi-billion dollar industry because people follow the medias idea of what is sexy and attractive. Some would have you believe it's for health reasons, but most pf the time that is bullshit.

OT: a well groomed beard can work wonders, but usually the big beards are nasty.

If you're basing what is and isn't sexy based off of the media...you're doing it wrong.

I guess you live in a vaccum. Immune to the outside world and it's subtle and not so subtle influences. Lucky you.

 

[Steve Waltz]

Maintaining my beard takes just as long as shaving. The only difference, that I see, is that I don?t have to maintain my beard every day. Whereas, if I?m trying to keep a clean face, I have to shave every day otherwise I look like a lazy scruff that forgot to shave.

But this beard shaming thread! A beard is a part of the natural me! How dare you attempt to shame me for having a beard! Fucking triggered, yo! Check your clean-face privilege! I have to go back to my safe room to cry in the beard of a lumberjack and do some weight lifting to calm down.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I'd shave more regularly, but I have ridiculously sensitive skin - particularly my neck. I've tried just about every type of razor, every type of shaving cream, every type of aftershave - I've even tried going to an actual barber with one of those sweet straight razors. No matter what I do, I end up getting a ton of red irritated spots that makes my neck feel like it's on fire and occasionally some bleeding.

So now I just use an electric razor with a hair length adjustor, and set it to the minimum. It ends up cutting close enough that I have a perpetual "didn't have time to shave this morning" look, and no irritation/bleeding. I'd prefer to be clean-shaven, but honestly, if it's between beard or HOLY SHIT MY FACE IS ON FIRE - I'll take the beard.

Seconded.

The skin on my neck is hella averse to having razor blades dragged over it.

 

[Poetic Nova]

I certainely won't mind dating a guy who has a beard, but it needs to look good on that person & well kept.

 

[Smooth Operator]

And there is one reason to rule them all... "shaving is a pain in the ass".
And the cleaner you want to look the more frequently you got to scrape your face with razors, so once a week or month is just fine with me.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Reasons 1-4 probably could be avoided all together if it's was properly washed/groomed and shit... and I ain't touching Reason 5 because of how subjective it already is...

Other than that, I'm too lazy to shave... or, "better yet", I don't see a good reason to change something I've already grown accustom to in the first place... Is the general "you" trying to change who I am or something?

The difference between shampooing your head and shampooing a beard, is you do not constantly have bacteria from the mouth/ eating coming in contact with the hair. Unless they are washing the beard multiple times a day and using an antibacterial agent, it is going to have bacteria in it regardless of once a day shampooing. Using a napkin alone to wipe a beard after eating is not sufficient to remove the bacteria. 2- 4 hours after eating, a beard that came in contact with food can have the same bacterial growth that occurs when food is left out. In addition, washing a beard will not prevent fungus growth, in fact it is moisture that can cause the beard to be susceptible to fungus growth. Not thoroughly drying the skin beneath the beard is what makes it prone to fungal infection, or the moisture caused by sweat.

IF you are "too lazy" shaving is the easy out, otherwise it is far more work to maintain a good hygiene with a beard than it is to shave.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

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Question:
If I listed similar reasons and articles, proclaiming women should shave off all of their hair (save for what's on their head), would you be in agreement or would you be offended?

Follow up:
Why did you claim "Beards make you more susceptible to parasites" after linking a CDC article that has absolutely nothing to do with beards?

Why would I be offended? I actually do not grow much hair outside of eyebrows and hair on my head, but that is due to my tribe's genetics not growing much hair. Te men in my tribe also do not have body hair or facial hair as well. I have also shaved everything off below the eyebrows since middle school due to being on the swim team, and it just feels gross to have hair touching my skin. IF when you start dating a girl she shaved her armpits, legs, bikini area, then all of sudden just decided she wasn't going to do so anymore, I do think that would be a game changer, and a guy really shouldn't have to ask her to shave, she should understand that is a part of the deal in the first place. Deciding to grow a beard is like a girl deciding to grow out her armpit hair. YUCK!

The CDC article listed some common parasites found in your hair, including your beard. Having a beard increases the likelihood of contracting these parasites, AND spreading them to others.
For example:

"It is possible to 'catch' pubic lice through close non-sexual physical contact with an affected person - such as kissing someone who has lice in their beard."

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/pubic-and-body-lice-leaflet

If you notice in the CDC article, it mentions beards as well.

 

[sky14kemea]

I get the OP wasn't a hostile attack on anyone, but the beard has already consumed me.