Men Shaving... I'll never understand

[DeathFromBelow]

I shave my head and let me beard grow.

Best of both worlds.

Yup, it's the only way to roll!

 

[Hopkins]

As far as the first part of your statement, the itchiness goes away. That's just while it's growing in. Once it fills in and softens up, the itchiness is gone.

As for the second part, speak for yourself!

I made it through about a month of that itchiness, and had about a 1/2 - 3/4 inch beard and it never quit itching. In fact it just got worse.

 

[Dave W]

Mine gets itchier the long it gets so I keep it short when I have a beard.

 

[Toolmybass]

Mine is only itchy at the beginning

 

[DeathFromBelow]

Mine hasn't been itchy since I was seventeen. That was the last time I was clean shaven, and that's eighteen years ago now. Endure the pain!

 

[fjadams]

Had a beard for many many many years. Now I just find it annoying.

This is me in the mid 70s.


Now no beard, hair is a little shorter and a lot thinner.

 

[ZenG]

I shave everything except my eyelids and eyebrows....

 

[Steve]

can't get an airtight seal on your gas mask with facial hair

OR an oxygen mask if you go down.

That little fact has killed more than one person that was down and being bagged by first responders while waiting for the paramedics.

 

[ZenG]

I used to have a beard/moustache back in the day when I SCUBA-dived......

What a pain in the butt it was having to Vaseline up the moustache every time so the mask would seal.....

 

[Jly56]

I have a mustache, to help shorten my nose and when I was younger, I had a beard to make me look older... Now I don't have a beard because it's mostly white and make me look older... At least older than I feel. Plus my wife likes a clean face.. I figure I only look at myself (in the mirror) a couple times a day, but my wife has to look at it all the time.... Poor thing!

 

[zontar]

I've tried growing a beard, its to itchy for me. If you want to be uncomfortable just to look more like a man then be my guest.

An old man once told me, "Why cultivate something on your face, that grows wild on your back side"

Mine isn't uncomfortable at all.
It's great in the winter when it gets cold, but it doesn't heat me up in the summer.

As for the old man's comment--he probably couldn't grow one.

 

[lokikallas]

I view facial hair as vestigial at best. Much like fingernails, pretty much a nuisance more than anything.

 

[zontar]

I find shaving a nuisance, I would have to do it at least once a day--sometimes twice, if I didn't have a beard.
With a beard I trim it every week or two--longer in the cold winters.

 

[edpal]

Ask most woman why men have to shave

I like women, therefore I shave. But seriously, I grow such a spotty beard it would be pointless.

 

[Swerve]

Anyone else change up their shaving or lack thereof routine since Covid? I've had a beard of some sort for several years but since I don't go out much these days - and when I do I wear a mask - I've rediscovered the joy of shaving.

Feels funny but I definitely look some ten years younger. Also now that I can fully see my face the extra weight I've put on is more evident. Time to lose that 10-15lbs I've been meaning to.

 

[shawshank72]

Anyone else change up their shaving or lack thereof routine since Covid? I've had a beard of some sort for several years but since I don't go out much these days - and when I do I wear a mask - I've rediscovered the joy of shaving.

Feels funny but I definitely look some ten years younger. Also now that I can fully see my face the extra weight I've put on is more evident. Time to lose that 10-15lbs I've been meaning to.

I did the same as well, but my wife wasn’t impressed at all.
So back it grew.

 

[Briton]

I can't stand having a beard as it must be one of the most unhygienic things a man can do to themselves. Mine comes off even after a bit of stubble growth along with everything else including down at the nether regions.

 

[BargeOn]

I love growing out my facial hair, but I hate the feeling of food in my moustache (which would grow long enough to cover my mouth if I let it). I eat several times a day, but only need to shave a couple times a week. That's the beginning and end of it for me.

I have not had a powdered sugar donut in 30 years. Makes me look like Santa Clause.

 

[Gorn]

The hairs on my face aren’t close enough together to look good. I let it go for the three months I was furloughed and it looked awful and itched my shoulders as I slept. My ear hairs? My god damn nose hairs. Those are insatiable. But my beard and the top of my head suck at growing hair.

 

[DirtDog]

Anyone else change up their shaving or lack thereof routine since Covid? I've had a beard of some sort for several years but since I don't go out much these days - and when I do I wear a mask - I've rediscovered the joy of shaving.

Feels funny but I definitely look some ten years younger. Also now that I can fully see my face the extra weight I've put on is more evident. Time to lose that 10-15lbs I've been meaning to.

Yep - I was a daily wet shaver and have all the accoutrements. But with Covid (and I was laid up with a serious infection for a month before the lockdown and on holidays before that) I haven’t shaved since last January. Also have not gotten a haircut. So, I’ve gone from clean shaven, high and tight coif to more like Captain Highliner on a bender. And I like it!