Almost Half Of Women Won’t Date Men With Beards

Trending News: Almost Half Of Women Won’t Date Men With Beards

Long Story Short

Your immaculately trimmed beard is going to win you all the women, right? Wrong.

Long Story

Tempted to grow a beard? Facial hair has been trending in recent years. Idris Elba, David Beckham and Brad Pitt [have been seen owning it on the red carpet. And we’re willing to guess that all your local barkeeps and baristas and cheesemakers and whiskey makers and winemakers have one.

But maybe don’t throw away that razor just yet. Because a survey coming out of the UK says that a beard may scupper your chances with women. The Sun reports that as many as 43 per cent of women will flat out refuse to date a man who’s sporting a beard. And 61 per cent claimed a lack of facial hair didn’t bother them at all. Wow.

The survey comes from Bathroom Takeaway, a UK-based bathroom supply company, and rounded up 2,000 British men and women for their opinions on various aspects of grooming, including body hair. Beards or no beards, there was a heap of interesting results.

Sixty-three percent of respondents said they felt self-conscious about their body hair and 13 percent of men embarrassed about the fact they can’t grow a full beard. Away from the fluff, ten percent of men had considered getting dental implants. (It’s worth pointing out the 43 percent figure isn’t included on the infographic at the above link, but the Independent backs up he Sun’s reporting on the figure)

“It’s clear that people are spending lots of time and money following strict skincare and grooming regimes, even resorting to measures such as botox and laser hair removal,” Bathroom Takeaway managing director Julian Smith told the Independent.

“It’s important that people maintain their appearance for themselves rather than being hellbent on following the latest fad.”

The anti-beardo result is yet another portent of the facial hair fad’s impending doom, then 2016, then 2017… and then 2018 were all the years the beard was going to disappear. It hasn’t happened yet, although some publications reckon that while the scruff ain’t done yet, we’re definitely moving towards a smoother look.

In short, if you must sport a beard, keep the damned thing under control.

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If beards are in decline, does that mean hipster culture is in decline? (strokes beard)

Drop This Fact

The record for the longest beard in history belongs to Hans Langseth, who dies in North Dakota in 1927. His beard was over 17 feet long when he died. It’s now kept in storage at the National Museum of Natural History.