Designer stubble

A three -day beard is the name for a very short beard held, only a very short stubble to be left at the care and shaving.

The three-day beard

Feature of the three-day beard is that the skin under the beard still shines through. He has the length of a - subjectively perceived - Three -day-old beard. The wording is nonsensical, since the whiskers of an individual can grow significantly faster or slower. So it can actually also be a one-or seven-day beard. In addition, a three-day beard is often worn permanently, he then retains its length by regular shortening.

Hormonal he is generally seen only in adult males.

With Stubble is called a renewable or non abrasiertes to the skin surface beard hair before it has the length to cling by its curvature or inclination in the growth of the skin and thereby lose his stubble like, " prickly " character.

The stubble is usually worn as a full beard, but can also be designed by different shaving techniques. To shave best electric hair clippers are suitable, such as so-called beard trimmer with attachment or special electric beard trimmer.

History

A three -day beard is today regarded by many to be fashionable while until around the beginning of the 1980s, an unshaven ( Men's ) face in public was still regarded as " unkempt and unwashed ". Popular and so fashionable the stubble was about 1983 /84 international stars such as the actor Don Johnson in the television series Miami Vice, or the musician Sting and George Michael, both waived during their concert tours on regular (daily ) shave. Also a famous institution of a three-day beard was the politician Yasser Arafat, who according to legend trimmed his beard with a razor dogs.

Trivia

• The German band Die Ärzte dedicated to the three-day beard in 1996 a song.