Welcome to the support group. We understand your pain. The biggest problem is the Internet – and everyone you know – glorifies beards. You feel like you’re the only guy you know who can’t grow one. Because you’re a long term sufferer of Eternal Boy Face Syndrome. You only care because people say that facial … Read more
Men’s course facial hair is the perfect trap for festering food and bacteria from colds, not to mention germs transferred from hands during a good old beard-stroking session. Add in the incubation effect of heat from the skin and you have the perfect environment for a very grim stew indeed. Carol Walker, a consultant trichologist … Read more
A century or so after the handlebar mustache made boardrooms look like a convention of Kaiser Wilhelm II impersonators, facial hair has found its way back to the professional setting. As a new generation of men rises into positions of power in the workplace — helping to relax standards for what constitutes executive style — … Read more
You might want to think twice before you run out and get a facial hair transplant, because beards are soooo over. At least that’s what an actual beard historian says. In a recent article by The Times UK, Dr. Alun Withey talks about his three-year research project, titled “Do Beards Matter? Facial Hair, Health and … Read more
A beard with ornaments, of course! This was the creative thought process behind Beard Baubles, a festive charitable drive. Creative duo Mike Kennedy and Pauline Ashford from London ad shop Grey London came up with the idea when the agency asked staff to work on the company Christmas card. Inspired by the brief: “Do something … Read more