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Schick recently conducted a survey dealing with facial hair trends among 60 college campuses around the country, and University students should take note because the poll says shaving regularly has major benefits.
According to the Schick Skin-dex survey, a national research poll conducted by StrategyOne, guys who shave regularly have about twice as much sex (15.5 per month vs. 7.8 times), tend to be happier (89 percent vs. 82 percent) are more outgoing (41 percent vs. 32 percent), more social (42 percent vs. 34 percent) and more likely to report more attractive significant others.
Researchers gathered data through student observations, according to a Schick news release.
“It’s clear that a lot of guys avoid shaving regularly, and they might be developing bad shave habits on campus,” Dan Kinton, Schick senior brand manager, said in the release.
Bert Sperling, president of research firm Sperling’s Best Places who helped conduct the poll, said Schick sent researchers around the country to observe shaving habits among male coeds.
“The one trend that stuck out the most was that guys at southern schools preferred the clean shaven look, while guys at Northeast-city schools tended to sport more scruff,” Sperling said in the release.
LSU was not included in the research, but students had a strong opinion on the matter.
Louis Anzalone, biochemistry freshman, agreed with the poll.
“I have friends who have beards, and they like them,” he said. “They aren’t very outgoing, and I wouldn’t consider any of them to be ladies men.”
Jonathan Cruse, pre-nursing sophomore, just recently shaved his beard and admits it has helped.
“Shaving definitely helped me get more women,” he said. “Girls didn’t dig the beard like I thought they might.”
Female students on campus also agreed that scruffy men might need to pick up a razor.
Paulina Williams, mass communication sophomore, said she isn’t into beards.
“Guys that keep it clean get more action in my opinion,” Williams said. “Making out with a guy who has a beard is just uncomfortable.”
Emily Miller, environment management systems junior, disagreed.
“My boyfriend is scruffy, and I personally think facial hair makes them more manly,” Miller said. “As long as they don’t look like mountain man, it’s sexy.”