Has anyone ever done a survey to find out if guys who wet shave look younger as they get older. One has to assume that shaving with a blade exfolliates the skin on your face, so wouldn't that keep you looking younger?
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Has anyone ever done a survey to find out if guys who wet shave look younger as they get older. One has to assume that shaving with a blade exfolliates the skin on your face, so wouldn't that keep you looking younger?
Not only that, but the much closer shave you get wet shaving will make you look younger simply because scruff makes you look older. Especially as the hair begins to grey.
If I didn't shave I would look like a hobo.
There has been some debate about this here and there but never a survey as far as I know.
One side suggests that Str8t shaving may make you look older due to all the stretching of the skin repeatedly.
The other side argues that because wetshavers use more and better health products : soaps/creams with moisturizers, WH and alum, balms and healing lotions that take better care of their skin and therefore look more youthful in their old age.
I love wetshaving too much to ever give it up so I really don't worry about such things myself:)
Mine's a mixed bag, being a young'un myself (22). I find that it causes my beard to come in darker and faster which makes me look a little older between shaves
(I let my stubble grow a little between shaves as I find it makes my beard softer when I'm shaving and prepping).
However, when I'm clean shaven I have a smooth, pink and chubby face, which does make me look younger. It'll be interesting to see how things change once I get a bit older.
I'm way past "looking younger", but since I started wet shaving + straight razor shaving my skin is much clearer and smooth. That's gotta count for something. The rest is genetics!
Steve
When I shaved off my full beard, all of a sudden people were telling me I looked much younger. I think hair on the face makes a person look older, so any shaving will make you look younger. A straight exfoliates a little more I think, which could give a person's skin that rosy young look. :)
What he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto
Well, I'm about to turn 40, and now that I have been straight razor shaving for a few years I look about 18, if that answers your question...
Ok, that's rediculous. It's really more like 22.
There was a very recent thread here by a dermatologist. It's interesting reading.. Do a quick search and it should pop up.
Thanks
David
Judge for yourselves. I'm 39.
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Chris L
I don't know Chris, I still see a little fuzz on the top of your head. Did you not shave that day?Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisL
Looking at your pic Chris makes me want to pick you up and give ya a good burping!
That's a few months growth up there. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by CForrest
Don't you know it!Quote:
Originally Posted by nun2sharp
Chris L
I've been wet shaving for about 45 years and I can't say that it's made me look any younger. Of course, all the years of hard livin' and hard drinkin' haven't helped! :beer2:
It looks like wet shaving can also cause incontinence, loss of speech, lack of co-ordination and an unquenchable desire for nipples.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisL
Don't forget tooth loss...Quote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
How's this different than any other guy? :wQuote:
Originally Posted by ndw76
I look 14 when I shaved off my facial hair (just a simple tache/goatee sort of thing). It doesn't even have to be wet!
ROTFLOL :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ChrisL
While true for most people, that isn't the answer I had in mind. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto
I used to have a full beard and a full head of hair. I looked good till the beard turned grey, and then shaving definitely made me look younger. When my hair started to fall out shaving my head made me look younger, and since head shaving is in these days, I finally have a hair cut that looks cool.
Yeah, removing facial hair, and in some cases head hair, or what's left of it, can make people look younger, but I was wondering, which some of you answered, if scraping all that dead skin off your face will eventually lead to better and younger looking skin. Or, taking overexposure to the sun out of the picture, do people who have wet shaved all their lives look younger, age for age, than people who use electrics?
I'm 61, I started wetshaving about a year ago, and several friends have commented that I look younger since then. My observation is that I do seem to have a healthier, less "aged" look to my face. After all, you're doing a mechanical facial peel every day.
My mom always said I'd grow up to be a hobo if I didn't learn some manners.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto
About a year ago I went on a "speed dating" thing that a genius friend of mine organized. The purpose of the event, however, was not to get a date, but to get brutally honest feedback from the ladies about every aspect of our demeanors.
One consistent comment I got was, "has very good grooming," which really means "has a very nice shave." (One consistent negative I got was my crooked teeth, but I'm not willing to stop boxing to get that fixed).
The ladies do notice the stuff we learn here, of that you may be assured. Dunno whether it makes you look younger, but it definitely makes you look better.
I've notice my skin improve over the last couple months. In particular, I get complements if those nasty silver tips are cut off my chin. Pinaud Bay Rum also leaves the skin with a little shine.
Wet shaving is good for your skin, the brush helps with that. I've also heard that stretching the skin upward on your face when you shave is good for the muscular health of your face.
