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Omaha Steve

(108,381 posts) Fri Nov 8, 2013, 10:58 PM Nov 2013

Men with beards are more attractive, healthier, research says [View all]

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.

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Men with beards are more attractive, healthier, research says [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2013 OP

EWWWWW. Count me out. idwiyo Nov 2013 #1

Amazing that men don't realize beards are HORRIBLE. Women hate them. The worst absolute Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #67

Ugh. I once saw a pic of beard after dinner under the microscope. It was covered in food particles. idwiyo Nov 2013 #70

Lordy...thanks for that visual. I will forever remember it. LOL...nt Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #91

Sorry... I was traumatised for life. I wish I could forget it somehow... idwiyo Nov 2013 #92

I love my husbands beard. nt. Neoma Nov 2013 #78

I love mine as well. He looks so handsome in it. GreenPartyVoter Nov 2013 #110

I think my husband's beard is great. HappyMe Nov 2013 #84

As a bald man with a beard FreeState Nov 2013 #86

sorry, didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I am sure yours looks great. I think I am more Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2013 #118

I love my husband's goatee. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #101

I like men with beards, as long as they're neatly trimmed. CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2013 #2

Aw man... I'm near 40 years old and I still cannot grow a full beard. Glassunion Nov 2013 #3

It's about the only place on my head that will grow hair! B Calm Nov 2013 #112

I can't IMAGINE why YOU would post this, Steve pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #4

I think bald men with beards are really interesting theHandpuppet Nov 2013 #5

Why thank you Fearless Nov 2013 #7

as a bald guy, i never could get a beard to look right with a shaved head.... dionysus Nov 2013 #12

How about this? theHandpuppet Nov 2013 #37

i did the mustache\goatee combo for years thats easy. but a full beard, you either gotta taper dionysus Nov 2013 #47

I figured out a way how to get it to look good! Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #64

i see. works if you keep it well trimmed. not bad. dionysus Nov 2013 #71

That's my husband. :) Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #19

Trimmed beards, absolutely. WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2013 #6

Now, give him some white hair, glasses and a punch and that could be me. RC Nov 2013 #10

Now see JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #30

Oh, yes. I saw him in... WorseBeforeBetter Nov 2013 #59

ick. bunnies Nov 2013 #95

Of course we are.... Bigmack Nov 2013 #8

That's not true for the entire species, just some races. arcane1 Nov 2013 #52

OK, then... our subspecies...nt Bigmack Nov 2013 #69

If I had a beard I'd look like Zach Galaifinakis. Initech Nov 2013 #9

"I went into my hair stylist and just said 'give me the Amber Alert.'" NuclearDem Nov 2013 #43

Did Ke$ha ghostwrite this article? nt Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #11

! dionysus Nov 2013 #13

Dumbledore RULES (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #14

20 to 30 year olds is the operative phrase frazzled Nov 2013 #15

When my boyfriend PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #44

This may explain Duck Dynasty's ratings. Fla_Democrat Nov 2013 #16

Have you seen them without beards? blueamy66 Nov 2013 #58

No way am I growing a beard sakabatou Nov 2013 #17

does scruff count? frylock Nov 2013 #18

YES blueamy66 Nov 2013 #116

MEN GROW BEARDS!!! Nolimit Nov 2013 #20

I'll have to tell my husband ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #21

Mine to ism JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #31

I'm not seeing it... cynatnite Nov 2013 #22

I just absolutely HATE shaving. Hissyspit Nov 2013 #25

Yeah, Duck Dynasty came to mind. Frightening! SharonAnn Nov 2013 #60

I give up. What's in the photo? nt rickford66 Nov 2013 #85

I don't know about the virility, cancer, or allergan-catching qualities. Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #23

I'm in favor. snot Nov 2013 #24

zztop & duck dynasty. REALLY??? puleeze. pansypoo53219 Nov 2013 #26

I agree TexasBushwhacker Nov 2013 #106

Ask the Red Sox! Mopar151 Nov 2013 #27

They all looked so ragged by the end of it. Agschmid Nov 2013 #108

Haw haw haw haw Fumesucker Nov 2013 #28

I always found it fascinating arely staircase Nov 2013 #53

Shout out to ZZ Top. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #98

My husband JustAnotherGen Nov 2013 #29

Now *that's* a beard! Earth_First Nov 2013 #32

Or one hell of a large handlebar mustache! B Calm Nov 2013 #34

Not telling - but he lives in Northern California ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #48

Vindication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Scuba Nov 2013 #33

Remember what George Carlin once said about "beards"... KansDem Nov 2013 #35

I started growing a beard on Oct. 2, 1973 hobbit709 Nov 2013 #36

I'm an old man... sendero Nov 2013 #38

i prefer my husband clean shaven. ejpoeta Nov 2013 #39

Married 22 years before I saw my husband's face. kaiden Nov 2013 #40

I stopped shaving my face in 1969, and never looked back. MineralMan Nov 2013 #41

erm no, unless they are attractive without a beard its not going to magically make one hotter loli phabay Nov 2013 #42

Man Fashions His Beard Into a Bowl & Eats Ramen Noodles Out Of It Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Nov 2013 #45

Some beards are pipi_k Nov 2013 #46

I love beards but I also marvel that men CAN grow hair out of their face! chowder66 Nov 2013 #49

I don't marvel at my beard...I marvel at the hair coming out my ears. HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #54

Amen to that jberryhill Nov 2013 #55

My sympathy to you and those effected by ear hair. nt chowder66 Nov 2013 #57

Tweezers are your friend for nose and ear hair. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #99

Ouch! You made my eyes water! nt chowder66 Nov 2013 #113

The nose-hairs are what blew me away NickB79 Nov 2013 #62

Sounds like a Japanese monster movie Narezilla? HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #63

I hate the hairs that grow on the nose itself, most. iemitsu Nov 2013 #82

My bearded husband swears there's more hair Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #75

the worst is when you get a hair that hides itself in the folds of your ear.. then one day you dionysus Nov 2013 #89

been there,done that HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #93

it can happen with nose hair too. hair that is growing upwards in your nose decides one day to dionysus Nov 2013 #94

Gotta say, never been there, HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #97

happened to me, but it seemed to have been growing upwards until it made its debut. dionysus Nov 2013 #107

well, i think so too :) shanti Nov 2013 #50

I find this highly amusing, as SheilaT Nov 2013 #51

This is so totally and obviously true intaglio Nov 2013 #56

Fuck yeah I knew this beard would pay off eventually Arcanetrance Nov 2013 #61

I'm in my early 30s and I can't figure out how men grow beards. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #65

Count yourself lucky. iemitsu Nov 2013 #83

Damn they're smooth. nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #66

heh heh. heh heh. Orrex Nov 2013 #73

they're totally gonna score nt geek tragedy Nov 2013 #80

Facial hair has been fashionable since the late 90's. closeupready Nov 2013 #68

My husband has had a beard since high school. Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #72

Last Week It Was Women With Big BUTTs - Healthier/Smarter otohara Nov 2013 #74

According to that I must be really stupid and chronically ill. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #103

Well I'm doomed Aerows Nov 2013 #117

Yuck! The most sickening part of having a beard Frustratedlady Nov 2013 #76

I believe it was in 1971 or so..... Wounded Bear Nov 2013 #77

I absolutely hate to shave, rudolph the red Nov 2013 #79

Beards look awful and feel even worse. eom Sedona Nov 2013 #81

I save over a day per year by not shaving. rickford66 Nov 2013 #87

Without a beard how would I disguise all my ear hair?? retread Nov 2013 #88

I've Had A Richard The Lionheart...... left on green only Nov 2013 #90

When I first started practicing law DefenseLawyer Nov 2013 #104

Try Thinking Of It This Way left on green only Nov 2013 #111

Not to me. bunnies Nov 2013 #96

Most beards are not attractive to me bigwillq Nov 2013 #100

It really depends on the man. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #102

Nah - not to me. 840high Nov 2013 #105

Depends on the beard Revanchist Nov 2013 #109

This message was self-deleted by its author ecstatic Nov 2013 #114

Some guys can make it work; I'm not one of them. MindPilot Nov 2013 #115