Mostly the only time I grow my beard out is when I have a fever blister. That's because the best treatment for that particular malady is just to leave it alone. (All the creams and lotions they sell for it are just growing cultures.) So rather than leave a small patch on the upper lip unshaved I just stop shaving everything above the neck.
The thing is, I don't really like having facial hair. It's itchy and distracting. I'm sure you get used to it. And maybe I'll give it another try one of these days, after the beard I briefly had in college. But at present it's one of those things I look forward to getting rid of, which I'll be able to do tomorrow.
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I'm sure you're right about the products sold to cure fever blisters usually do nothing more than spread the blister. Since I don't enjoy the benefit of the ability to grow a beard what I've done instead is to use a well soaked cotton ball to put isopropol alcohol on the lesion a couple of times a day. That will usually dry up the blisters fast.
Some guys do seem to like having a beard, probably because beards just grow and if there's no easy way to remove the whiskers it's easier to leave them. I have no problem with the clean shaven look, but some people don't feel that way:
https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1837147827639595505
Growing a beard doesn't really have much benefit in itself, as far as this goes. It's just a natural consequence of not shaving. But that sounds like a good tip on the isopropyl alcohol. Next time it happens I have that method I can try as well.
Facial hair does seem to be making something of a comeback, one example being America's first Vice President with any kind of facial since Charles Curtis. You don't see many of the really impressive cowboy beards and mustaches, though.
Babies who are just starting to develop object permanence are easily freaked.
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