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The plus side of growing a beard.



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This has nothing to do with bariatric surgery. It just caught my eye and was humorous. There are positive benefits to growing beards. The added facial hair harbors various bacteria and some of these bacteria are deadly to very harmful bacteria such as E. coli. It is analogous to why we take Probiotics to restore the colony of good bacteria in the gut after receiving antibiotics. Except this is on the outside of the body rather than the inside.

http://acsh.org/news/2016/02/13/beard-microbiology-grubby-hipsters-may-be-on-to-something/

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benefit to growing beards.

@@James Marusek

hmmmm

maybe i'll try it

interesting NSV!!

who would have thought!!!! ;)

wish me luck

kathy

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Fascinating!

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Joan Rivers (RIP) had so many face lifts, that she had a beard too before she died.

;)

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They DO also help cover the turkey neck from all the loose skin.

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I've had some kind of beard since I was 14. I'm guessing I have space aliens living in mine by now.

At least it's starting to get grey streaks in it so I don't get carded just walking near the beer cooler now.

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