Carnage

Yesterday I had one of the most painful and annoying experiences that you can have as a man with a beard.

I got a pimple somewhere under the beard. If you’ve grown out your beard at least once, like every man should, then you may possibly know this pain. No matter how well you wash your face and beard every day it’s bound to happen. And once it does It’s usually a very sharp and constant pain. It will occupy every bit of your attention until you sift through the meadow that is now your face, ready to execute a deforestation attempt if necessary, until you finally find an execute it. And that doesn’t mean it’s over. That just means that the immediate sensation is addressed.

Now you can get back to work, or sit around, or whatever you were doing. You forget that it ever happened.

Until the next day when it possibly scabs up. I’m not sure what it is about beard zits, but they always seem to. It must have something to do with all the hair. Then the new annoyance begins. It itches, and before you know it you start scratching, and possibly actually tear the scab off.

Now you’ve probably all been there on the intentionally or accidentally ripping off a scab, but when it has hair with it, it’s truly a disgusting result.

Aren't you glad I shared?