Scientific Benifits of having a Beard.

Let us look at the benefits of males
wearing a beard.
Doctor Daniel G.Freeman, of University of Chicago, did
research on the reproductive value of
male beardedness. To test his theory
Doctor Freedman and his graduate
students asked a group of
undergraduates about their feelings
about beardedness by giving them
questionnaires and interviewing them.
Furthermore, on e of the graduate
students interviewed seven women
about their feelings towards men with
beards. The female students rated a
bearded male face as more masculine,
independent, sophisticated and
mature compared to a clean-shaven
male face. They concluded from their
studies that beard increases "sexual
magnetism" and attractiveness and
makes men more appealing to
women. The presence of a beard
makes a man appear more masculine
to women, and she feels more
feminine towards him.
This research carried out by Doctor
Freedman in the field of social
psychology shows that the presence
of a beard on man's face makes him
more sexually attractive to women.
MAN'S PERSONALITY
In a 1973 issue of psychology , Robert
J. Pelligrini, a psychologist from
California State University published
the results of an experiment on the
perception as a function of different
state of beardedness or
beardlessness. To carry out the
experiment, Pelligrini hired eight full-
bearded young men from the ages of
22-25 years, who were willing to have
their beards completely shaved off.
All men were professionally
photographed in each of the
following states:
1. Full beard
2. Goateed
3. Mustached
4. Clean shaven
Upon completion of the photographic
sessions, there were a total of thirty
two photographs i.e. four photos of
each of the eight men. In the
experiment, those photos were
randomly distributed to subjects who
were asked to rate their first
impression based on a number of
personality traits. The subjects who
evaluated the photos compromised 64
male and 64 female psychology
students. Hence, each photo was
judged by two males and two
females.
The result of this study by Pelligrini
indicated a generally positive
correlation between the amount of
hair on the person's face and his
being perceived as masculine, good
looking, dominant, mature,
courageous, liberal, non-confirming,
older healthy and attractive.
MEDICAL BENEFITS
According tot he researches of
herbalists, allowing the beard to grow
prevents a person from contracting
diseases of the throat and of the
gums.
AN AMERICAN DOCTOR CHARLES
HOLMES...
States, "I don't understand why
people feel uncomfortable growing a
beard. When people have hair on their
heads then what is the problem with
keeping the hair on the face. If a
person is suffering from loss of hair
on the head then the person feels shy
but it is astonishing that people
today shave their beard with
pleasure. A long beard saves a person
from the cold affects reaching the
neck....
We find that the beard is not only a
command of the sacred law but
beneficial for a person too. The
Doctors and Philosophers of many
years ago would keep a beard; take
for instance, Charles Darwin, Louis
Pastar, Abrahim Lincon and many
others. It is only recently people have
been removing it
THE JOB INTERVIEW
A person went for an interview once
and he got the job with the condition
that he removed the beard. The
person refused and left the interview
room. On his way out he saw a
picture depicting Jesus on the wall.
Taking this off he presented this to
the interviewers and said, 'If Jesus
came to the interview, would you
have told him the same.' The
interviewers were dumbfound, the
person left leaving the picture with
them. This is the attitude Muslims
should have, meaning, if you want
our expertise then you take us as we
are physically and spiritually.
MYTHS
You may hear that some people say
that bacteria grows in the beard is
unhygienic. The answer tot that is
shaving the beard rid natural cells
from the face, hence leading to
cancer of the face. The question to
ask is that how can the beard have
bacteria when one washes it five
times a day whilst doing ablution.
SAVE YOURSELF
Another benefit of the beard is that it
saves a person from a sin. For
instance you can change your clothes
and become one of the common
people, however, the beard
differentiates from a believer to a
non-believer. So a person will think
twice before going to a place which
are disallowed.
TIME WASTED IN SHAVING
Doctor Herbert Mescon from Boston
University calculated that if a
teenager begins shaving at the age of
15, then in his 55 or so years of
shaving, he is likely to spend
approximately 3350 hours, equivalent
to 139 days, at this task in his
lifetime.
WHERE DOES THE HAIR GO?
A man should think, how can he
possibly place the hair which Allah,
The Exalted, has commanded him to
keep and practice of the Messenger,
May Allah bless him and grant him
peace, down the same drain pipe as
one urinates, Is this the respect we
have for the practice loved by the
Prophet? We are so weak in faith that
we want to follow the practices of the
west rather than the Prophet. We are
living in such a time where the
women are wearing shirt and pants
and trimming their hair, whilst the
male are disfiguring themselves with
rings on their faces. If a person does
not keep a beard then how can he be
recognized as a male, may Allah have
mercy on us.
Scientific benefits for having a Beard
1 A beard protects the face from
harmful chemicals, and pollution in
the air, which will cause cell damage,
and increase wrinkling and bad skin.
So keeping a beard protects your skin
from the elements, reduces wrinkles,
ageing, and bad skin.
2 The beard covers the skin, which
protects the sebaceous glands from
being infected by acne vulgaris
bacteria, thus preventing acne/spots/
pimples!
3 Keeping your face warmer and
protects your chin from dangers.
4 It prevents disease of throat and
gums.
5 Most of the respiratory problems are
prevented by keeping beard.
6 It is the identity for a man with
respect to woman.
7 Research says the longer and thicker
the beard the wiser the person is
supposed to be.
8 What is the total time spent in
shaving by a man in his whole
lifetime? Dr. Herbert Mescon from
Boston University did research to
give an answer to this question. Dr.
Mescon calculated that if a teenager
begin shaving at the age of 15, then
in his 55 or so years of shaving, he is
likely to spend about 3350 hours
(which are equivalent to about 139
full days) at this task in his lifetime.
That is an incredible amount of time
which literally goes down the drain.
You can add to it thousands of
dollars one spends during his lifetime
on products for shaving (razors,
shaving gels, after-shave lotions
etc).