Men with beards are more attractive and flirt more, according to a study.

Science has spoken. In addition, there are other advantages associated with sporting facial hair. "Flirting, girls, self-concept and sex: 8 tricks to attract any woman".

The beard is a trend and there are already many men who wear it.each one faithful to his personal style. The trend has reached such an extent that many hairdressers and barbershops have jumped on the bandwagon and offer a Wide range of services for trimming, styling and grooming beards.

Why are beards so fashionable?

According to Félix, owner of a chain of hairdressers and barbershops in the province of Barcelona, "The trend of growing a beard is closely linked to fashion, which is strongly influenced by the style of celebrities, such as sportsmen or actors. But another very important factor that has made this trend emerge with so much strength is that today's man has more time for leisure and for taking care of himself.. The beard trend began to become popular in magazines and on television. But it has also been a boom because of the diversity of different styles, adapted to each person.

Facial hair, according to Felix, denotes personality and a creative mind.

Hippies, hipsters, Übersexuals?

It is possible to guess the "urban tribe" just by looking at the thickness of the beard. Generally speaking, the thickest beards correspond to hipster aesthetics. hipster, hippie chic o übersexualand look rudas. 

Moustaches are also back in fashion after two decades in which only José María Aznar and a small group of chosen ones wore them shamelessly. It has even become fashionable to grow a moustache for a month to fight prostate cancer.

What are the advantages of wearing a beard?

Among the reasons why many men in these times we are living in have decided to grow a beard, there are several reasons aesthetic as well as psychological motivations. Men who grow beards flirt more: women consider them more virile, attractive and physically stronger than shaved men. This has been proven by a scientific study. But there is more.

1. You will flirt more

"Wearing a two-week beard makes men much more attractive to women," say psychologists Barnaby Dixon and Bob Brooks. The experiment that led to that conclusion was conducted at South Wales University and published in Evolution & Human Behavior.

In addition, other research carried out at Northumbria University and published in Personality and Individual Differences provided a curious conclusion: "People who wear their faces clean-shaven have fewer attributes associated with masculinity and are more docile.”.

2. Greater status and authority

A study coordinated by Paul Vasey and Barnaby Dixson came to this surprising (or not) conclusion. They photographed a series of participants, first bearded and then shaved, showing facial expressions of anger and happiness. They then showed the images to a group of men of different nationalities, whom they judged to be They judged those with beards to be stronger and more socially prestigious..

3. You will be seen as more mature

"Facial hair makes other people think that the person wearing it is older in age than he or she really is. Specifically, they tend to be perceived as two years older than they really are," explains Ángel Barbero, one of the main drivers of the initiative Movember.

4. Wearing a beard is a sign of good health

A study published in the journal Science and which was led by evolutionary biologists Marlene Zuk and William Hamilton concluded that beard is a way of demonstrating a good state of health.. Apparently, this is explained by the fact that, historically, facial hair was a source of parasites and infections. Men who wore beards were considered stronger and more resilient because they defied the detrimental health effects associated with beards.

5. Men with beards... are they better looking?

Many men grow their facial hair to hide skin imperfections, unsightly marks or asymmetry of the jawline.. Not that sporting a beard makes you irresistible, but it can work in your favor.