Here is an odd thing: Since changing my exercise routine to include 20-25 miles a week of walking, I have noticed I need to shave half as often (once a day to every other day). It is dramatic how different my beard grows. Has anyone else noticed this?
Exercise and shaving frequency
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Interesting.... I haven't noticed this. Of course I don't exercise all that much either.
I can't say that I notice any difference when I'm working out heavily or not quite so much. In fact, the only difference that I've seen in my beard growth over the years is that having had a goatee for years has produced a thicker patch of hair. If I go for a couple of days without shaving, the ghostly outline of my long-shorn devil beard emerges.
When did you start your exercise routine? Members here often think their beard growth increases after they join here simply because they end up paying more attention to it. This could be entirely coincidental. To my knowledge this level of exercise would not impact beard growth in any way in an adult male.
Odd. I would expect the opposite to happen, due to increased testosterone levels. Maybe the wind erodes your beard while you walk.
I haven't noticed this, but since I get up early to run, I now shave at night.
I can't say I've ever noticed this. I played lacrosse in college, which is when I first seriously started shaving every day. However, I soon had to stop as I found shaving that day would cause me face to feel like it was on fire and itchy during practice as the chinstrap and my face got all sweaty. I stopped shaving except for on days when I did not have practice or a game, which was usually on Sundays, by which time I'd have a nice beard started.
Since I've been out of college for a few years and no longer active in daily sports I've not noticed any change in beard growth, still have to shave everyday otherwise I'll have significant growth by the end of the day.
Since I've been out of college for a few years and no longer active in daily sports I've not noticed any change in beard growth, still have to shave everyday otherwise I'll have significant growth by the end of the day.
That is interesting. I wonder if the slight increase in testosterone due to working out more often (after not doing so for a while) can accelerate beard growth. Of course, it's nothing like the testosterone surge in puberty, but it might be a possibility.
brilliantIf you're walking outdoors, perhaps the sunlight is slightly tanning your face. And maybe a one day growth of stubble is less noticeable against the somewhat darker skin.
Well, it's a theory. Now to get the government to cough up $6.2 million for a study...
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Michael
Well, it's a theory. Now to get the government to cough up $6.2 million for a study...
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Michael
