Does Your Husband's Beard/mustache Bother You?

Updated on March 27, 2011
Y.C. asks from Orlando, FL
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My husband has a short beard and mustache. I really like how he looks but it itches me sooooooooo bad.
I don't have sensitive skin (maybe allergic?), but it only takes for him to lay his beard on my chest for me to start itch. If we are playing and he scratch me with it I get all red, some little bumps appear and it itches.It seems that I am the only one, I really thought that our baby would have the same reaccion since she has eczema and very sensitive skin, but nope, is only me. He doesn't feel comfortable without it and actually hates how he looks without a beard and to be honest, he does look weird without it.

Do any body gets bother by your husband's beard or mustache?

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Nice to see I am not the only one. Me too love his beard and I can't picture him without it. Maybe if the use some of our hair conditioner would soft it?
They are so lucky they don't have to deal with hair problems, can you imagine being sexy/cool have short scratchy hair in our legs, lol.

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M.K.

answers from Kansas City on

If he's clean shaven, fine. If he's full grown out and trimmed, fine. If he's in that in between stubble stage....IT (and you ladies know what I mean!) isn't happening!

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M.L.

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My husband has always refused to grow a beard, but my friends who have bearded husbands say that a little conditioner does wonders.

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answers from Chattanooga on

It only bothers me when he shaves it. Bare-faced he looks 12, and I feel like a pedophile! LOL! BUT sometimes yes, it does irritate me. My 11 month DD loves it though, she will rub his face and giggle if he forgets to shave the sides. :P

You could ask your husband to try a little bit of leave-in conditioner or a beard softener on his... I make my hubby use a little bit every day (2-3 drops is enough.) to soften it up a bit. It helps. :)

OH! There is this stuff called Coochi Cream (Its a conditioner designed specifically for your bikini line) that works AWESOME!!! It's supposed to soften the hairs so it's easier to shave, but I know at least 3 men who use it to soften their facial hair. You should be able to buy it online, or at any 'adult' store. :)

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A.S.

answers from Iowa City on

I am not physically bothered by my husband's facial hair (I don't get irritated or itchy or anything like that). Does your husband use aftershave or anything? If so maybe you are allergic to that.

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B.N.

answers from Fayetteville on

I love my husband's. Hate when he shaves it off.

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T.M.

answers from Philadelphia on

I love my husbands goatee, it makes him sexy ;) I am lucky though, he has very fine, soft hair.

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M.M.

answers from Dallas on

I love my husband's beard! I would hate if he shaved it. It itches me too but I don't get a reaction from it.

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A.D.

answers from Norfolk on

the harrier, the better in my opinion! My hubby is a hairy dude and I find it downright sexy! Hairy chest, hairy beard, lots of thick curly hair on his head, rarrrr

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R.M.

answers from Los Angeles on

I feel like my husband's is like a million tiny needles poking me lol. So yes. But he looks so cute with it, and he likes it, so I just deal with it :)

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P.W.

answers from Dallas on

I have very sensitive skin but my husbands beard has never bothered me unless it was too short. Maybe that's an issue?

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A.C.

answers from Salt Lake City on

Yep. My husband doesn't have an actual beard, but my skin freaks out if it gets rubbed against his stubble. Right now he hasn't shaved in a few days. After we got it on last (sorry if TMI!) I had a major rash . Luckily it goes away in a few hours.

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M.C.

answers from Washington DC on

Can't stand it!!! He is usually clean shaven but will sometime let it go for a few days. I make him go shave.

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R.M.

answers from Cumberland on

Everything about my husband bothers me!

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J.S.

answers from Jacksonville on

Bah YES!!! Stubble is awful! I have super sensitive skin so it's even worse

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T.N.

answers from Albany on

My guy's got a goatee, makes him look like SUCH a bad boy, of course he's hispanic, so it works for him. I LOVE it!

I mean I really really love it!

Tehehe!

:)

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H.W.

answers from Portland on

If it bothered me, it would be a huge problem; after nearly 10 years, I've never seen my husband with a 'naked' face. He does let the mustache and beard grow out a bit, though, and the hair is pretty soft. Perhaps if your husband let it really grow in, it would soften up. My guy is always a little scratchy right after he trims it, but a couple days later, it's fine.

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M.S.

answers from San Francisco on

Oh my, yes! I can't stand it---my hubby looks so sexy with it, but I can't stand the way it feels on my face when we kiss or anything else---it hurts because its scratchy and rough.So, he keeps it clean shaven so he doesn't cut my face up! lol---My skin is very sensitive anyways, so not sure if I am much help.

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C.N.

answers from Baton Rouge on

Nope. I love the way his facial and body hair feels on my skin.

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

Yeah, im always telling him to shave. He works on oil rigs and always comes home scruffy (i mean why bother shaving?, no one else does) It definitely bothers my skin, face, neck, thighs.

I try to get him to shave it while hes in town, but sometimes is friends are growing beards too and its like a man-competition. Guys can be so strange.

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B.C.

answers from Norfolk on

I miss my husbands mustache. He started growing it in collage so he'd look older. He kept it for years. I married him (and his mustache) and was more attached to it than I thought I was, even though it tickled and occasionally scratched me. Last year he noticed more gray in it than ever before and he didn't want to start dyeing it. So he shaved it off for the first time in over 20 years, this time to look a bit younger. I think I shed a few tears and told him he murdered his mustache. But he's still my sweetheart/soul mate and he looks good with or without it. It been over a year and I'm use to his lip being naked again.
Can your husband see if he can let the beard grow out just a fraction longer than he wears it now? A little extra hair length can take the scratchiness out of it.

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J.B.

answers from Boston on

Funny I was thinking about this today! Something reminded me that when I was in HS, my boyfriend experimented with facial hair and when he had a beard of goatee I used to get nasty beard burn on my face and neck from making out LOL! I couldn't figure out what the rash was and one of my teachers asked - in front of a class full of kids - if my boyfriend had facial hair and informed me that it was beard burn. How mortifying!

Anyway...my husband has a mustache and goatee and I was thinking that it was funny that it doesn't bother me, but his is well established and not stubbly so it's fairly smooth and we don't make out anymore anyway!

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K.P.

answers from Seattle on

I personally dont like my hubbys beard he has just because its scratchy lol. It doesnt look bad, but I like him clean shaven, I think he looks best this way. But he was in the Army for years and years, and wasnt allowed to have facial hair so he is doing his own thing, and I support it. Its just a phase, it has gotten shorter and is nice and trimmed. I know eventually he will be back to shaving but for now, its what he wants so I will deal.

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