The Benefits Of Growing A Beard

You might think highly about having a beard as a fashion or health statement, but other people may not be of the same view. Nevertheless, your beard may be making your life better in the following seven ways.

1. Beards Can Slow The Aging Process

According to a study done by Journal Radiation Protection Dosimetry. Full beard covers a good percent of your face thus acting as a UV shield blocking around 93% of the harmful rays from reaching your skin. So, thank your scruff for keeping you cancer and wrinkle free. It’s no wonder they’re now a global phenomenon.

2. A More Masculine Look

A man with a full beard tends to have a manly appearance that one without a beard. Men and women perceived men with facial hair to be more masculine that those with smooth; will it’s all about the grooming. Evolution and Human Behavior issued a study that suggests the ideal beard hair length is about ten days' growth.

3. Beards Keep You Warm

Your scruff acts like a shield that protects your face from outdoor elements, a theory that was put to the test by Canadian, Pete Hickey. He saved the facial hair on one side of this face during the winter and discovered the bearded side was better protected than the other.

4. Keep The Skin Moisturized

The beardless skin tends to dry and crack thus men without these facial hairs need to moisturize adequately. The hairs are a natural facilitator of moisture helping your skin to retain the natural oils it produces. The beard is a shield protect your skin from wind and abrasion such as those caused by the towel when wiping; it helps retain the oils around your cheeks and chin making is feel peppy and smooth.

5. No Ingrown Hairs

Painful ingrown hairs and reddening not forgetting rashy bumps on the skin are outcomes of shaving, cutting the hairs against the grain. The skin gets dry and irritated making it look dirty and unsightly. So, growing a beard takes away these issues.

6. Can Reduce Risk Of Asthma And Allergies

According to the medical director of New York's Allergy and Asthma Care Center, Dr. Clifford W. Bassett, beards and other facial hairs can trap dust and other small particles floating in the air that preventing them from getting into the respiratory system. The act as barriers that keep disease-causing contaminants from getting inside the body.

7. More Free Time

In 1972, the then Boston University's Chairman of the Department of Dermatology, Dr. Herbert Mescon told the Spartanburg Herald that the average man without beards spends around 3,350 hours shaving. In retrospect, the bearded man will have more hours on his hands to engage in other actives such as going for run, reading, or engaging in a hobby.

For years, you would have been forgiven for thinking that beards had largely been consigned to the dustbin of the 1970’s as they were a rarity amongst most men (Brian Blessed aside). However in the last five years in particular there has been huge re