Here's an article about a twenty year study of shaving habits, in which the researchers show that if you shave less often you have a greater chance of a stroke, have fewer orgasms, tend to be shorter, and have angina. And what caused the study in the first place?

Ebrahim told Reuters the link between circulating sex hormones and beard growth was first established when a man on a remote island in the Hebrides noticed that his beard grew vigorously when he was about to rejoin his girlfriend on the Scottish mainland.

http://msnbc.com/news/869647.asp?0cv=CB20

This kind of speaks to me about what is considered serious research and how tenous the results really are.

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