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Facial hair is a secondary sexual characteristic in human males. Most men develop facial hair in puberty.

Male pogonotrophy (the growing of facial hair; beardedness) is often culturally associated with wisdom and virility. Many men style their facial hair into beards, moustaches, goatees or sideburns. A man's facial hair is often affectionately known as his whiskers (only mammals have true whiskers). However, many others shave their facial hair.

Women rarely grow hair on their faces (apart from the fine fuzz that we all have covering our entire bodies). However, a very few women are afflicted with noticeable facial hair growth. Excessive hairiness (especially facially) is known as hirsutism, and it can be a sign of serious hormone imbalance.

1 Topics about facial hair

Men and facial hair: moustaches, beards, goatees, sideburns and clean-shaven
Women and facial hair: depilationDepilation is a generic term for hair removal which affects the part of the hair above the surface of the skin. The most common form of depilation is shaving. Another popular option is the use of chemical depilatories, which work by breaking the disulfide and bearded women
Shaving: the Romans and Greeks
Straight or cut-throat razors and safety razors, Electric razors

2 See also

Hair, Axillary (arm-pit) hair, Body hair, Leg hair, Pubic hair, Whiskers

Human appearance Human image

3 External links

DMOZ Open Directory Project - Facial Hair

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