Men Wash Your Beards Properly As Study Finds Dangerous Bacteria Harboring In Facial Hair Worse Than Found On Dogs

April 15. 2019

Beard (photo courtesy of Alive.com)

A newly released study finds the average man’s beard is harboring more germs and bacteria than dogs. Professor Andreas Gutzeit of the Hirslanden Clinic in Switzerland has concluded that the average man’s beard contains “significantly higher bacterial load in specimens taken from the men’s beards compared with the dogs’ fur.”

The Daily Mail reported that “seven men were even found to harbor microbes that posed a threat to human health” who volunteered for the study. Therefore, men, when you wash your faces, wash your beards thoroughly as well with soap and water. The beard is so close to the mouth that it is vital you keep it as clean as possible for your own health. Deadly germs and bacteria entering the mouth can cause a host of illnesses.

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Men with beards carry more germs than DOGS with deadly bacteria in their facial hair, study reveals

Published: 17:45 EDT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 17:49 EDT, 13 April 2019 - It's bad news for hipsters but men with beards harbour more germs in their whiskers than dogs carry in their fur, scientists say. The alarming news follows a study that found every sampled beard was crawling with bacteria, and nearly half had bugs that were hazardous to human health.

By contrast, a number of the dogs tested proved to have lower levels of microbes. Now men have been left bristling with fury, with claims that the results stem from pogonophobia – the irrational fear of beards. In the study, scientists wanted to discover whether there was a risk that humans might pick up a dog-borne disease from an MRI scanner that was also used for examinations by vets. Researchers took swabs from the beards of 18 men and the necks of 30 dogs, across a range of breeds, and compared the results...

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