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Men with beards dirtier than dogs, study finds
kvue ^ | Apr. 15, 2019 | Tim Chong

Posted on 04/16/2019 11:57:50 AM PDT by bgill

Shaving may not only make men look cleaner, but it actually makes them cleaner, a new study found. Researchers say men's beards carry more microbes than dogs, The Daily Mail said. In the study at Switzerland's Hirslanden Clinic, swabs were taken from 18 men with hairy chins. They also were taken from 30 dogs of varying breeds. Professor Andreas Gutzeit said all of the beards were carrying "a significantly higher bacterial load." Only 23 of the 30 dogs had high counts. Seven of the men were even carrying harmful microbes, Gutzeit said.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bacteria; beards
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To: al baby

“Christ had a beard.

“Can’t be all bad.

.....

“So did OBL

......

Clearly, you can’t blame the beard.


41 posted on 04/16/2019 1:15:33 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: dfwgator

Hmm, a possibility, if Sci-Tol is really as powerful as said...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_sexual_orientation


42 posted on 04/16/2019 1:17:21 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Boomer

“What a pant load! First they tell us women who don’t shave their crotch are cleaner;”

Funny, I noticed an extroverted often-sexually candid FB poster a couple weeks ago, one of Hussein’s daughters, telling her sisters that hair is back in style.


43 posted on 04/16/2019 1:24:01 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: bgill

Thought this was going to be an article about obama.


44 posted on 04/16/2019 1:24:38 PM PDT by AFret.
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To: dfwgator

Ha, I remember a similar situation with South Park, lice, and Angelina Jolie.


45 posted on 04/16/2019 1:26:49 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: bgill

All full of old food, scabs, dead skin cells, and spit. Then there are the bearded gay guys giving each other rim jobs.

What could go wrong?


46 posted on 04/16/2019 1:27:30 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Then there are gay actors like Raymond Burr giving rim jobs.


47 posted on 04/16/2019 1:28:58 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Then there are gay actors like Raymond Burr giving rim jobs.


48 posted on 04/16/2019 1:31:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bgill; All

Beards are disgusting. However, they are great for breeding all sorts of nasty critters and as a snot catcher. Regardless the GQ fad is expected to last for another few years.


49 posted on 04/16/2019 1:33:33 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: dfwgator

And I thought I would win this gross-out contest. Well played sir.


50 posted on 04/16/2019 1:33:42 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: bgill

I have read articles that say beards help protect mens skin and keep bacteria off the skin. That they are a helpful protection from that and from scrapes, wind, etc.

Now maybe a variable that may be important to consider is the length of of the beard hair.


51 posted on 04/16/2019 1:35:20 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: bgill

OK then, DON’T save a horse.


52 posted on 04/16/2019 1:52:31 PM PDT by polymuser (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: Daffynition

Dang!

I think first dog fought in the Civil War, no?


53 posted on 04/16/2019 1:56:41 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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Paint on brows may be the fore runner of paint on beards


54 posted on 04/16/2019 2:05:30 PM PDT by deport
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To: bgill

I believe it!

Personally, I’m not fond of beards on men.

I’m sure I’d hate beards on women! LOL.


55 posted on 04/16/2019 2:44:58 PM PDT by onyx (Join 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 t! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WINNING WAY!)
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To: bgill
Researchers say men's beards carry more microbes than dogs

Duh. Most men probably couldn't even put a chihuahua in their beards. So yeah, more microbes than dogs is a given.

56 posted on 04/16/2019 2:52:19 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC
Researchers say men's beards carry more microbes than dogs

It's called "Building up your immune system."

57 posted on 04/16/2019 2:53:06 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: al baby

Well, technically, almost all adult human males have beards. Some shave them off at the skin level, but all the hairs are there...growing.


58 posted on 04/16/2019 3:03:36 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The media is after us. Trump's just in the way.)
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To: bgill

Men who are Demonicrats are far dirtier. They carry the infection of liberal rot.


59 posted on 04/16/2019 3:53:29 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Daffynition

LOL!!!


60 posted on 04/16/2019 3:54:50 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The USA and President Trump.)
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