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50 Men Before & After Shaving That You Won’t Believe Are The Same Person
Growing out a beard can dramatically change a man's look, but shaving one off can be even more of a shock, revealing the dreaded post-shave baby face. Some say that the right choice of beard styles make men's faces look stronger and more masculine, while others argue that it all comes down to bone structure. We're definitely not evolutionary scientists here at Bored Panda, but we've compiled some photos of guys before and after grabbing the razor, and we'd like to know which one you'd rather ride off into the sunset with.
Beards certainly have their place in this world, and they do a lot more than just aiding in human mating rituals. Bearded men, especially with thick facial hair, can boast about having a healthy balance of bacteria in their stubbles that are actually good in keeping skin healthy, according to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection. Male hospital workers in the US who were in the habit of shaving beards had higher amounts of harmful bacteria present on their faces than their bearded counterparts, possibly due to the damage skin often sustains after a shave. The youthful glow of a smooth look is worth a few nicks, though, and shaving has also been proven to scrape away dead skin cells.
It's hard to say whether having a beard is healthier or not, but it's undeniable that men with beards are either a hit or miss in aesthetics. Check out a whole list of before-and-after shaving comparisons below, and just try to believe that it's the same person in each photo.
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#1
Before And After Beard
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#2
Kyle Amor Shaved His Head And Face To Raise Money
#3
After 3 Years Of The Beard Life My Buddy Matt Shaved His Beard
#4
Beard Is Gone
#5
I Decided To Shave My Beard And In Doing So, I Unlocked Instant Baby Face
#6
It Happened
#7
Shave My Beard The Wife Said. You Will Look Young Again She Said
#8
This Transformation
#9
I Shaved My 9 Month Old Beard For Prostate Cancer Awareness
#10
Shave In Half
#11
8 Months Sober, Down 17kg (38ibs) And Finally Shaved Off My Neck Beard
#12
Complete Transformation
#13
Mike Donated His Hair And Luckily Has A Pretty Good Mug Underneath All That Scruff
#14
Harley Morenstein Before And After Shaving His Beard
#15
Roy Asotasi Shaved His Beard To Raise Money
#17
Before And After Shave
#18
Before And After Shave
#19
Little Difference
Viktorija Gorcakovaite 9 years ago
Noooo!!!!!!!! Don't keep the beard. Super good looking without!
#20
Bye Bye To My First Beard, Lol Feel So Naked
#21
Daughter's Reaction To Dad's Clean Shaved Face. She Does Not Approve
#23
Decided To Donate 10" Of My Hair To Locks Of Love. Shaved The Beard While I Was At It
#24
Shaving My Chance To Be In Star Wars VII Off My Face
#25
Transformation
#26
I Used To Get A Lot Of Attention - From Men
#27
Before & After Shaving
#29
Hair-B-Gone
#31
No More Beard
Barbara Jones 9 years ago
Handsome either way, but better without the beard. What a great jawline!
#32
I’ve Made A Terrible Mistake
#33
Half/Half
#34
Shaved My Beard, Feeling Incredibly Naked, Self Conscious And Full Of Regret
#35
Shouldn't Have Done That... I Should Not Have Done That
#36
Beardless
#37
Before And After Shaving Beard
#39
A Friend Of Mine Shaved His Year-Long Beard And Recorded "The Process"
#40
Thought My C Pap Mask Would Fit Better If I Shaved But It Still.. Just As Bad
#41
I Shaved My Beard Off
#42
This Is My Brother After No Shave November
#43
Time For A Change. Before And After
#44
It Was Time For The Beard To Go, Compulsory Before And After Shot, And Shameless Selfie. Till Next Time
#45
At The Request Of My Wife, Daughter, And General Comments Of Me "Looking My Age," I Took Part In Transformation Tuesday
#46
Adios
#47
My Wife Calls Herself A “Beard-Widow.” I Guess I’m Not The Only One Missing My Beardy Face
#48
Illustration Vs. Reallity
#49
This Is My Plight Every Year For Movember... Yes, Thats A Soul Patch.
Final score:
58points
#50
It Was Time To Change
Final score:
58points
#52
Shaving Mistake. I’m Growing My Beard Back And Will Wear It Proudly
#53
Difference In Face After 120 Lbs Lost And A Shave
#54
What A Difference A Beard Made On Me! What The Hell, I'll Grow It Back
#55
Fresh Face
#56
9 Month Affair
#57
Bye Bye Beard
#58
Before And After Shaving
#59
No Idea What To Say
#60
Shaving Facial Hair Before And After
#61
I'm A Brand New Man
#62
Fun With Shaving... It's Off!
sunnyrei82 9 years ago
From drunk jokester at the bar, to "hello, I'm Matt, your personal gym trainer".
#63
Oui, I Did Shave Today
#64
This Is About What Happened To Me When I Shaved. I've Grown It Back Since Though
Barbara Jones 9 years ago
aww, no! keep shaving, why hide that handsome face under all that hair?
#65
Before & After
#66
Half Man, Half Beard
Petra Rola Cole 9 years ago
I think a short beard and kinda long hair would be the perfect combination for you. You're handsome anyway.
#67
Why I Won't Shave My Beard Again
#68
Here Is A Very Rare, Once A Year Glimpse Of What's Known As... My Face
#69
Today Mood
#70
Had Some Fun Today
#71
Before And After. The Playoff Beard Is Gone And So Are Years From My Face. Until Next Season
#72
Shaved
#73
Start The Summer Off With A Fresh Shave
Petra Rola Cole 9 years ago
With the beard he looked like a Viking warrior, without it looks like one of Santa's elves.
#75
When You Do Something And Instantly Regret It
#77
Before And After
#78
After 6 Months I Had Enough ... Grew It Back Though ;)
Final score:
35points
#79
Now I Can Smile Again
#80
So I Shaved My Beard After Growing It For 4 Months
#81
A New Day Has Dawned My Friends
#82
Before And After I Shave
Trude Donnelly 9 years ago
Ooo beautiful eyes. :D Looking good either way. I like em hairy... I like em bald. Or any in-between. Geez I sound like a hussy hahaha
#83
That Moment Shortly After A 'Trim' Where You Realise You Looked Better With The Beard
#84
Before And After! From Beard Twins To Tash Twins
#85
Before And After Shave
#86
Before And After!
#87
2 Years Worth Of Beard Gone. Got Tired Of The Grooming Regimine.
Final score:
30points
#88
I Know This Pain Well
#89
Gonna Cry Like A Baby
#90
Before And After. Goodbye Beard, You Were A Good Friend
#91
Lumberjack To Baby Face
Esmeralda Ureta 9 years ago
He actually looks better with a beard to be honest, but he looks good either way
#92
Half Way
#93
Had A Fun Shaving 5 Months Of Bearding
Friedlander Rosenzweig 9 years ago
Now that was a nice beard and very well kept. It's a coin toss, but he tapers it in such a flattering way it subtracts a few pounds. Lucky Guy!
#94
Before And After
#95
After 100 Days I Finally Had A Shave. RIP Beard
#96
The Beard
#97
Beardless Once Again...smooth As Baby Seal Nalgas!
#98
The Beard Is Gone
#100
Two Faces
Lakia Hawkins 9 years ago
Very handsome, nice eyes. I say leave hair on head very low cut beard and that would be awesome!
#101
Man 💪 --------> Child🚼
Final score:
25points
#104
Birthday Moustache
#105
Annual Beard Removal
#106
Winter Look Vs Summer Look. Btw, I´m 44...
Final score:
23points
#107
Before After 4 Years With A Beard, Feel Strange Without It
#108
It Is December First And I Have Been Reborn
#110
Half Bearded Man
#111
Well, Now That No Shave November Is Over
#112
Job Interview Of A Lifetime! So Time To Shave
#113
Before And After Shaving
#114
Boyfriend Shaved His Year Long Beard For Thanksgiving (Beardsgiving)
#115
Michael Phelps Before And After He Shaved His Beard
#116
So, I Decided To Shave After 12 Years Of Beard/facial
#117
Shaving Makes You Sad
#118
Kido Is Back
#119
Before And After
#120
Asked My Boyfriend To Shave His Beard. Big Mistake. Now He Has A Mustache
#121
I Just Finally Shaved Off My Movember Beard. I Immediately Regret This Decision
#122
Con O Sin // With Or Without
#123
Forced To Shave. Now To Grow It Out Again And Repeat
#124
Before/After Shave
#125
Had A Little Fun With My Beard Before I Shaved It
#126
Movember
#127
Well I Have Completely Lost My Intimidation Factor
#129
Change Is Good
#130
I'm A Lazy Shaver.
Final score:
16points
#131
Before And After
Final score:
15points
Georgann Haeffner (Submission author) 9 years ago
He did it as a promise to our youth group. If they raised $2500 for missions, they could shave him completely. They raised $3300!!!
#132
I Shrunk Myself Today
#134
My Playoff Beard: Before And After
#135
Ajinkya Rahane Before And After Shave
#136
I Had To Shave For A Job Interview. RIP Beard
#137
I Shaved My Beard
#138
Beard Vs. Clean Shaved
#139
Finally Had To Let Go Of My Beard Baby
#140
My Before & After Shaving
Jocelyn Kennedy 9 years ago
Either way is good - your eyes draw the most attention anyway! :-)
#141
Before And After The Shaving Of The Year
#142
30 Years Since I Last Shaved, And It Aint Going Anywhere! A Beard Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas!
Final score:
12points
#143
It's Gone. No More Beard
#144
So Many Different Looks
Final score:
11points
Lakia Hawkins 9 years ago
all 3 pics are great can't choose out of the 1st & 2nd pics but 2nd pic looks younger
#145
I Recently Shaved My 16 Month Old Beard. I Now Look Like I'm 12
#146
Before And After Shaving
Jocelyn Kennedy 9 years ago
I can't take you seriously in the pink floral bathroom. LOL. Kidding - I think better with a beard, just kept shorter. Nice features.
#148
Before And After Shave
#149
There Is No Better Way To Loose Some Years (at Least For Me)
Final score:
8points
#150
Winter Look With Natural Gray Hair, Summer Look With Painted Black (the Original) Hair
Final score:
8points
#151
..;(
Final score:
8points
#152
The Beard Is Gone But Will Surely Return. Just A Matter Of Time
#153
This Is The Story Of My Adult Life. I Have Made A Huge Mistake
#154
That Transformation Though
#155
Before & After Of My 7 Month Beard Growth
#157
Me With About 6 Months Of Growth Vs Freshly Shaven
Final score:
6points
#158
Grew My Beard For 15 Months, Then Shaved It All Off For Movember!
Final score:
6points
#159
6 Month Beard Before Sending Visa Application
Final score:
6points
#160
Before And After!
Final score:
6points
#162
Shaved My Beard Off
#163
Twins, Not Really.
Final score:
5points
#166
I Made That Mistake Once...
Final score:
4points
#167
Half An Hour And A Change Of Clothes
Final score:
4points
#168
Say Hello To Steve Wilkos...lol
Final score:
3points
#169
Me With About 6 Months Growth
Final score:
2points
#170
3 Steps Of Social Integration With A Razor
Final score:
2points
#171
Lol
Final score:
2points
#172
Decisions Were Made.
Final score:
2points
#174
After No Shave November 2016 👌🏼
Final score:
1point
#175
I Am / I Am Not Khaleesi
Final score:
1point
#178
3 Month Of Facial Hair
Final score:
1point
#179
Before
Final score:
1point
#183
The Sad Face And Smile Are In The Wrong Picture
Final score:
0points
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Sierra Hall 9 years ago
I must be a beard girl. I guess it's from being married to a man with a beard for the last 6 years. Some of these fellows look so much better with a beard. If you want the beard, wear it with pride!
Aunt Messy 9 years ago
I would add that a well-groomed beard is key. Some of these guys look homeless before they shaved, and you know they aren't. Guys, if you want a beard, then keep it trimmed and groomed.
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Sierra Hall 9 years ago
I must be a beard girl. I guess it's from being married to a man with a beard for the last 6 years. Some of these fellows look so much better with a beard. If you want the beard, wear it with pride!
Aunt Messy 9 years ago
I would add that a well-groomed beard is key. Some of these guys look homeless before they shaved, and you know they aren't. Guys, if you want a beard, then keep it trimmed and groomed.
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