Facial Hair

[Mickey]

Do you like it on men? Which do you prefer:

Clean-shaven
Stubble
Mustache Only
Beard Only
Mustache and Beard Together
Goatee

I like clean-shaven. Facial hair seems so dirty to me...it's a collector of bacteria and food! YUCK! LOL!

[Diane]

I also like Clean-shaven men. My dh had a mustache for many years and while I didn't mind it at first... after about 15 years I was really bugging him to shave it off... When he FINALLY did, it took me 3 days to notice that it was no longer there. 8o LOL I just think a guy looks neater and cleaner when their clean-shaven! :)

bye... :wave:

[Mickey]

It took you THREE days to notice??? :lol: That's too funny!

[PamE]

*sigh* Dh has a beard and mustache. I've been bugging him to shave it off but no such luck. He has such a baby face (or did last time I saw it, LOL!) that he feels he needs to look as old as he can for work since he is younger than any of the people he supervises. Our 4 1/2 and 6 year olds have never seen him without and probably wouldn't recognize him and our 9 year old probably doesn't remember seeing him without one. Maybe I can get him to shave it on his vacation this year! (I usually say that every year!)

Diane, don't feel bad about not noticing.... my Dad shaved his mustache and it took my Mom THREE WEEKS!!! YIKES!

[AnnW]

I hate stubble and goatees!!! yuck!
I think a well trimmed mustache is nice, but probably prefer clean shaven.

[stasee]

Im a clean shaven kinda gal! My DH also has a baby face and its too cute to hide under that gross looking hair! I wont let him kiss me if he dont shave it scratches my face!! LOL

[kat]

Oh, I'm in a minority here. Dh has well trimmed mustache and goatee. I love it. Ds does too, but his still needs to thicken up some. :lol: ds (at 12) already has a little mustache which would take off if we let him shave it off.

Also I love hunky guys with stubble. George Clooney :* :* :* :* :* :* , come on ladies! Don't think I'd like kissing it though.

[kat]

I thought this post would be about facial hair on women. I also have a little mustache which I hate and seems to be getting darker. So I finally decided to get rid of it. I looked for wax, but couldn't find any. So I bought some dibliatory (sp) cream for the face. Ouch! It was very irritating and made my face feel strange for a couple of days.

What to do? I think I'll let it grow and try facial bleaching. What do you do?

[angie r]

I like clean shaven. Even George Clooney! My dh had a beard when I met him. Occasionally he will grow a van dyke but it doesn't last long. He had to grow a beard last year to play a diciple in our church's Easter play.

[KarlaB]

Clean shaven, but I don't mind stubble as long as I don't have to kiss and worry about being scratched! LOL! :)

[AnnW]

Originally posted by kat
I thought this post would be about facial hair on women. I also have a little mustache which I hate and seems to be getting darker. So I finally decided to get rid of it. I looked for wax, but couldn't find any. So I bought some dibliatory (sp) cream for the face. Ouch! It was very irritating and made my face feel strange for a couple of days.

What to do? I think I'll let it grow and try facial bleaching. What do you do?

Beauty salons will wax it. I use NADS on my underarms and bikini, you can use it on your face. Have you tried electrolysis?

[MaryL]

My dh has a trimmed mustache. He's had it since before we met....so I really don't even notice it!!!! (blond hair...so it's a light colored mustache) I always tell people that if I need to describe him, I almost never mention the mustache! LOL....I forget that he has it!!!! My MIL never saw my FIL without a mustache...EVER! I kind of hope that dh will decide to shave it off one day, but it really doesn't bother me.

[darlene]

Guess I'm lucky! Dh always has a mustache (shaved it off once and I was shocked!) and beard for the winter, and so long as he keeps it trimmed up neatly, I love it. Then come the warm weather, off comes the beard. I get a new man every 6 months or so! LOL
:)

[Ryleigh]

It's clean shaven for me too! I'd hate for dh to have a beard and hide the cute little dimple in his right cheek.


David, Brichard, what is your opinion - to shave or not to shave -that is the question? Let's hear a male point of view.

[Brichard]

Originally posted by Ryleigh
It's clean shaven for me too! I'd hate for dh to have a beard and hide the cute little dimple in his right cheek.


David, Brichard, what is your opinion - to shave or not to shave -that is the question? Let's hear a male point of view.

Well, I like to grow out a Van Dyke (technically a goatee is only a tuft of hair under the chin, a Van Dyke is the hair around the lip and chin) or a full beard from time to time. But usually I do it just to alter my appearance. I can't really do much with my hair, so it is about the only thing I can change.

I usually keep clean shaven for a few reasons:

1. I'm in sales- some people feel that sales people with beards have something that they are hiding behind that hair. Rather then risk offending somebody it is much more conservative to stay clean shaen.

2. A beard is itchy at first, and more work overall- You still have to shave everyday to trim your beardline, whatever that may be. And on top of that, now you have to trim it. If you are getting out the razor anyway, you might as well do the job!

3. When I go stubbly I'm treated subpar- It was amazing. Everytime I used to go into the Doctors office with my kids, clean shaven and in a Ralph Lauren shirt... I checked out like normal. When I was stubbly and in a hat w/ sweat pants I was always asked if I was on WIC. So, I rarely go out in public without a shave just to avoid those situations. It is really amazing how people judge by your appearance.

Angie R has some stories of how she was treated at a bank based upon driving our old clunker at the time vs. our newer car. If you are intersted and she hasn't told you, ask her about it.

[Mickey]

Originally posted by kat
I thought this post would be about facial hair on women. I also have a little mustache which I hate and seems to be getting darker. So I finally decided to get rid of it. I looked for wax, but couldn't find any. So I bought some dibliatory (sp) cream for the face. Ouch! It was very irritating and made my face feel strange for a couple of days.

What to do? I think I'll let it grow and try facial bleaching. What do you do?

I agree with Ann--check out a salon. I also heard there's a new permanent treatment using a laser.

I always laugh at those NADS commercials! LOL! "I just LOVE my Nads!" Does it work well, Ann?

My personal opinion is that I don't like bleaching at all. You can still see it. I think removal is the way to go. But, whatever you do, DON'T shave it!

[Mickey]

Originally posted by MaryL
My dh has a trimmed mustache. He's had it since before we met....so I really don't even notice it!!!! (blond hair...so it's a light colored mustache) I always tell people that if I need to describe him, I almost never mention the mustache! LOL....I forget that he has it!!!! My MIL never saw my FIL without a mustache...EVER! I kind of hope that dh will decide to shave it off one day, but it really doesn't bother me.

LOL! Mary, I had a boyfriend with blonde hair and a mustache once and like you, I would forget he had one! And I would never think to describe him with one either. One day he shaved it off for me--a surprise! 8o I didn't like it AT ALL! Told him to grow it back! LOL!

[Mickey]

Originally posted by Brichard

3. When I go stubbly I'm treated subpar- It was amazing. Everytime I used to go into the Doctors office with my kids, clean shaven and in a Ralph Lauren shirt... I checked out like normal. When I was stubbly and in a hat w/ sweat pants I was always asked if I was on WIC. So, I rarely go out in public without a shave just to avoid those situations. It is really amazing how people judge by your appearance.

Angie R has some stories of how she was treated at a bank based upon driving our old clunker at the time vs. our newer car. If you are intersted and she hasn't told you, ask her about it.

Isn't amazing how people are so judgmental! I'd love to hear Angie's bank stories! (I hate banks on a good day!) I have a bank story myself...

Several years ago, dh and I were on our way up to the lake to go hiking one Saturday and we decided to stop at the bank before they closed at 1 p.m. We wanted to set up a savings and have a significant amount of money automatically transferred into the account from our checking account. I had on these ripped jean shorts and an old t-shirt and dh was dressed similarly and was unshaven. Well, we sat in the reception area for 20 minutes and we were totally ignored. The bank manager came out and sat at a desk near us and proceeded to make a personal phone call. I said, "THAT'S IT! I'm outta here!" and I got up and walked out. The bank manager hung up the phone and my husband told him why we were there and the guy came out to the car and apologized profusely and begged me to go back in with him. Grrrrrr!!! All because of how we looked!

[angie r]

Originally posted by Brichard
Angie R has some stories of how she was treated at a bank based upon driving our old clunker at the time vs. our newer car. If you are intersted and she hasn't told you, ask her about it.

At the bank drive thru day 1.....I was in the old car, hair in a ponytail, shorts, baby in the back seat. I had a $25 check to cash. They sent it back saying I needed a picture ID and did I have an account, no thank you at the end. Day 2.........same drive thru, in the new car, dressed for work, makeup. I had a $325 check to cash, sent it in, they cashed it, thank you very much, have a nice day. Grrrr.... The same thing happened another time I was in a ponytail cashing in my son's "penny" bank to put into his account. They have these freebie banks for kids and I commented that I'd like one and they said it was for new accounts only.

I mentioned my experiences to a loan officer at the bank who is a friend, he told the president of the back and he was upset by it. They called and wanted to give me one of the kids banks and apologized. I said I didn't care about the stupid bank, I just didn't want to be treated differently because of how I hapened to be dressed that day. They must have marked my account because ever since then they go out of their way to be overly nice to me.

OH!!! I will also never forget the day after our house burned down. I was at the mall in my brother's clothes (and shoes!!) as we had lost everything. I was trying to buy some new clothes and walked around and around different stores and no one would even speak to me. I had all kinds of money and when I finally walked up to a sales clerk and asked for help she just kind of looked down her nose at me. I started crying and telling what had happened to me. I was so ticked off and overwhelmed at what had happened to me. I just left the store.

[Ryleigh]

Originally posted by angie r


OH!!! I will also never forget the day after our house burned down. I was at the mall in my brother's clothes (and shoes!!) as we had lost everything. I was trying to buy some new clothes and walked around and around different stores and no one would even speak to me. I had all kinds of money and when I finally walked up to a sales clerk and asked for help she just kind of looked down her nose at me. I started crying and telling what had happened to me. I was so ticked off and overwhelmed at what had happened to me. I just left the store.

How awful for you. :grimace: Some people can be so rude.
Sadly enough I have seen it in a couple of women who teach at the centre I'm at. They are good enough teachers, and are there for all the children making them all feel loved but even the kids can tell you who the favorites are. All the ones with the BabyGap, Roots, Oshkosh brands as opposed to good old Wal-mart and Zellers. I have even noticed it in some of the childrens attitudes towards one another. It's very sad to see.:(

[KarlaB]

These stories are so sad and frustrating. Why does it have to be like that?? :( A good reminder for all of us to treat people equally regardless of their appearance or the "brand" of their clothing!!