faux (pas) fur

[radiantfracture]

I shaved my beard yesterday. I've never really known how to manage facial hair -- I just sort of wing it. On Wednesday it seemed clear even to me that the beard needed trimming. When I did trim it, a legion of wiry white hairs sprung up from the shadows like an army of ghosts.

The the demon of my left shoulder murmured this time shaving will definitely not make you look like a chinless goblin. This time it will make you look fresh and new. So like Aschenbach I took the bad beauty advice (if not the dye job).

I may not be able to leave the house for a few days until it grows back.

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Comments

[sabotabby]

It's probably good that I'm a girl 'cause I would be useless with things like shaving. I would absolutely want, like, a massive hipster beard, and I would not be able to be trusted with it.

[sovay]

I may not be able to leave the house for a few days until it grows back.

Easier to avoid the cholera epidemic that way.

[agoodwinsmith]

Every now and then, when younger, my Dad would have a brain wave and shave off his mustache. Bad idea. His lip looked naked. It was weird.

I have given up wearing bangs because fashion says that only old women wear bangs. Yes, okay - but hey. I don't actually think the vast naked acreage of broad forehead suits me, but fashion doesn't care. I eventually caved on the long hair issue (it's back), so I may yet cave on the bang issue. I wanted to see what it looked like when the bangs had all grown out - which, with long hair, takes *forever*.

I suspect you don't look the way you think you look, but it doesn't matter if it makes you say argh. Fortunately, beards return fairly quickly.

[highlyeccentric]

I think you may need to embrace the salt-and-pepper look....

[bibliofile]

Or the beardy version of Grecian Formula for Men. At least it works.

Or go for all white. Or the pale gray that was so popular last spring & summer?

[switterbeet]

"When I did trim it, a legion of wiry white hairs sprung up from the shadows like an army of ghosts."

It is only noon, but this is a strong contender for my favourite sentence of the day. Best of luck with the facial hair situation. I recently helped my partner trim his down to the point where he could shave it with an electric shaver and realized all of that is a lot more complicated than it seems.

[radiantfracture]

I found that pale grey / very light mauve trend so interesting. Where do you think it came from?

A lesson there maybe in being playful with the signifiers of age...

[radiantfracture]

My dad did that and I almost left home because of it.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's frustrating, but at least hair grows back. There are actually dyes made just for facial hair, too, if you dislike the gray hairs enough to mess with that.

Re: Well ...

[radiantfracture]

Oh, well, I'm getting used to it now...