Beard, an indicator of men's sexual function

Core Tip: If someone suggests that you shave often, and preferably every day, you must not think it is nonsense, because it is related to the quality of sex. This is a research result of the University of Bristol in the UK.

The speed of beard growth is related to sex hormones

Professor Ibrahim of the Faculty of Medicine, who participated in the study, said that the first person to notice the relationship between beard growth and sex hormones was a Scottish man. He worked on a remote island in the Hebrides in western Scotland. Whenever he was about to meet his girlfriend, he would find that his beard was closely related to sex hormones.

Therefore, the researchers of the school have been tracking and investigating 2,438 middle-aged men in Wales for nearly 20 years. The results show that men who do not have the habit of shaving every day generally have a relatively low marriage rate, a slightly lower testosterone level, and fewer orgasms. In short, their sexual functions show different degrees of coldness and obstacles. As for the reasons, Professor Ibrahim, who participated in the study, explained that the growth of men's beards is related to the sex hormones in the body. People who do not shave often have relatively low testosterone levels, which reflects sexual defects or deficiencies!

Mr. Pawel, a sex counselor in Connecticut, USA, believes that although the British survey is a bit unconventional, it is indeed very interesting from the perspective of sexual psychology. A man who does not shave often may reflect that his quality of life is low and he does not pay much attention to his personal image. Men who have a high quality of sex life and often experience orgasm usually pay more attention to their appearance and their image in the eyes of their sexual partners, so they will definitely shave more frequently.

It seems that shaving frequently or even every day means strengthening and perfecting sexual function! So, men, should you take out your razor and shave twice a day?

Thinning of beard and decreased sexual function

As mentioned above, the growth rate of beards is affected by hormones. The more androgen a person secretes, the longer and faster his beard grows. Of course, the growth of beards is also affected by hair follicle receptors: the more hair follicle receptors there are, the more "luxuriant" the beard grows. Because of the existence of hair follicle receptors, men with strong androgen secretion have different beard shapes. Those with more receptors have denser beards, while those with fewer receptors have sparser beards.

However, the amount of hair follicle receptors is affected by congenital factors. Unless there are special reasons such as trauma, the effect of hair follicle receptors on the beard has tended to be stable since birth, but the effect of hormones can last a lifetime. In other words, the thickness of the beard is mainly related to genetics, but the thickness and sparseness of the beard of the same person at different stages is indeed related to androgens, and androgens are closely related to sexual function. It can be seen that the thickness and sparseness of the beard of the same person at different stages is related to sexual function.

In fact, traditional Chinese medicine has long recognized the relationship between beards and health. A medical book written more than 2,000 years ago (Lingshu. Yin Yang Fifteen People) pointed out that if the blood and qi are abundant, the beard will be long; if the blood is less and the qi is more abundant, the beard will be short; if both the blood and qi are less, there will be no beard. Based on a similar principle, modern medicine uses beards to help diagnose diseases: if a man's beard becomes sparse or falls off completely, it is likely a manifestation of decreased sexual function.

In medicine, there is a class of diseases that affect sexual function by affecting the secretion of hormones in the body. For example, pituitary tumors - after the normal pituitary tissue is invaded, the secretion of pituitary hormones is insufficient, and pituitary hormones are the key substances that promote androgen secretion. Once pituitary hormone secretion is insufficient, it will inevitably lead to insufficient androgen secretion. In this way, men's beards will naturally become sparse. Not only that, without sufficient androgen support, sexual function will also be low and decline.

Of course, due to genetic factors, everyone's beard is different. Some are full like Li Kui, some are dotted like Yan Qing, some are long like Guan Yu, and some are long like Sun Quan. However, no matter how strange your beard is, when it stops growing as vigorously as before and suddenly becomes sparse or even falls off, there is reason to believe that your sexual function will also show a downward trend like your beard!

Beards grow wildly, sexual function improves

Beard growth has its own natural rhythm. Beards usually start to grow during puberty, when they are quite soft hair. After puberty, male beards generally grow faster than hair, which is the result of the action of male hormones. The stronger the reproductive function, the faster the beard grows. In adulthood, the color of the beard is generally the same as the hair, and the texture becomes harder. At this time, sexual function also tends to be stable.

It can be seen that men's beards generally have a period of crazy growth, which is from adolescence to adulthood, and this period is the time when men's sexual function matures and enhances. In other words, the large amount of androgen secretion not only accelerates the crazy growth of beards, but also brings about the enhancement of sexual function.

Generally speaking, after this period of crazy beard growth, men's beard growth tends to stabilize, because the secretion of androgen tends to stabilize in adulthood. However, this does not mean that beards will not grow wildly after adulthood. On the contrary, the crazy growth of beards after adulthood also means the enhancement of sexual function.

After adulthood, there are two main reasons why beards grow wildly. One is when the body secretes too much androgen, such as adrenal tumors, the beard will grow wildly under the stimulation of excessive androgen; the other is when taking too much androgen and its products, resulting in excessive androgen in the body, the beard will also grow wildly.

Obviously, in either case, excess androgen will lead to some degree of sexual enhancement, but it should be noted that this may be a pathological sexual enhancement.