Movember?

awww...to bad. Good try anyhow! Honestly, one man's opinion, but long hair makes one look more like a vagrant. Beards are not only hip, but they can be sophisticated. You coulda trimmed it down to a goatee or van****, which some people think makes you look "professorial." (On the other hand, I think those looks like a mouth vagina.)

Scientifically: www.ehbonline.org/article/S1090-5138(13)00022-6/abstract?cc=y

Post Edited (NKinney) : 11/8/2017 12:39:41 PM (GMT-7)

Not only am I not shaving my new salt and pepper stubble, I'm also wearing a light blue prostate cancer wrist band for the first time.

Let the awareness and discussions multiply! Lots of good feedback while I'm at the National Cancer Institute!!

Well, the itch is subsiding. I'm going to try my luck with the razor this morning to trim my neck and cheekbones. Wife says I'm still scruffy looking, and she's looking forward to December 1.

I did some out-of-state traveling this weekend to see a friend...we went together to an ACC basketball game (season opener) Friday night, and a SEC football game Saturday at noon...so in addition to the airport coming and going, I was in a lot of crowds over the last several days.

It seemed like I saw a LOT of guys with a "heavy stubble" about the same as mine. I only brought it up once all weekend...with the guy sitting next to me at the football game; I'd say he was about mid-40s in age. I asked him, "Are you doing Movember?" and he replied "Yup." He told me his dad has prostate cancer. We weren't real chatty as we were cheering for opposite teams, but it was a good guess on my part about his stubble length.

alephnull said...
We hadn't seen her since October, but when she saw me she commented hows' Movember going. She cares!!

cute!

I went to a monthly Board meeting last night—I'm a Board member for a local non-profit community organization. I got there a little early, and two other Board members were there, both women, and of course they asked immediately about the beard (hadn't seen either in a month)...to which of course I replied with a short conversation about Movember.

They both said that I look like Kenny Rogers, and then they quickly added that they meant "a younger Kenny Rogers" since his got all grey. I replied that I hope that also meant before he had that hideous plastic surgery failure. They clarified that it was due to the cut of my beard on my neck.

Our organization's Executive Director (who also sports a heavy stubble-length beard, for as long as I've known him) walked in and the conversation went on about beard grooming. The women, who both said their husbands had never had beards, seemed to be quite enthralled about the 2-step process of shaving one's neck below the growth line daily, and periodically trimming it back above the growth line...which I hadn't done yet. After 15-days, mine is about ready, however, for trimming back to maintain that 10-day "heavy stubble" look, which according to studies women find the most attractive. ["Heavy stubble is actually the sexual bomb!" declared a study published in the May 2014 edition of Evolution & Human Behavior, which insists that the "heavy stubble" phase is where male attractiveness peaks.]

I think Kenny Rogers was actually a bit beyond peak, in several ways...

Post Edited (NKinney) : 11/15/2017 2:12:51 PM (GMT-7)

NKinney mine is still growing long past the heavy stubble stage kinda at this stage not really worried about looking to sexy! LOL

Larry

While I don't always take part, I've been participating this year and joined a group effort at work. I don't think fundraising is the only motive, I see it as a way to see that prostate cancer gains more recognition.

Personally, I would like to see more celebrities or people in the public take part. For example, it might have an impact if the local newscasters, politicians, or movie actors took part. I think the women have their act together much more in this regard - they've gained tons of support with the pink ribbon campaign.

Stubble is looking more salt than pepper, but that's OK. I'm getting more inquiries about my light blue PCa wrist band than about my scraggly beard. That's OK also.

Since my ED is minimal, I'm very interested in the ten day "heavy stubble", 'peak male attractiveness', trimming back procedure that women find most attractive. So is my wife. ;-)

Details please!

Funny story...walked into the gym this weekend and saw 2 friends/neighbors from my small village chatting together. Both were sporting "heavy stubble" beards of about the same length as mine. I've known both guys >20 years (we all are about the same age and have kids close in age), and I've never seen either guy anything other than clean-shaven.

Jumped into the conversation they were having and had a quick laugh about how widespread Movember is amongst men our age (of course)! But the conversation they were having when I walked up was about none other than beard grooming. They were eyeballing each other's neckline trimming. When I walked up, they both commented about mine (which was like one guy's who had trimmed up a little higher). The guy who had let his grow down the neck a little lower agreed that he was going to take his up next shave.

Not the typical conversation amongst a group of late-50's guys...

I"ve hung in there. I've also decided that the appropriate way to celebrate the removal is to find a real barber who will take it off with a straight razor, with hot towels and the rest.

Saturday is December 2, which, interestingly to me is the 3 year anniversary of my biopsy date.

No, I've never done a straight shave. Yelp has helped me locate a likely place to get it done, I'm going to call today for an appointment.