Poo Beard the Pirate
It turns out that beards are as “dirty as toilets” and full of “poop particles” according to some swab testing done by the microbiologist above. I was going to label this under ridiculous study of the week but you know what, this is kind of relevant. Dudes, wash your beards! You are giving a new meaning to the term SHIT FACED.
So if you think that’s bad, check out the National Geographic from a few months ago. Turns out we have mites living in our facial hair follicles — all of us — and they come out at night and have sex on our epidermis! But the electron micrographs of these buggers (as always) are beautiful. Can’t get away from nature…. It’s not so much the actual bacteria — which are prolly benign — but whether we have competent immune systems. And what about mrsa? Go to walmart and every other person is shedding these potentially fatal bacteria like clouds of fairy dust!
Philster, I don’t believe it unless there’s an ICD-10 code for it. “Chronic rhinorrhea from Demodex deuces in partner/intimate associate/snugglebuddy’s beard.” Name that tune in six numerals or less!
Also – MRSA is now a performance measure, and if your patient has chronic MRSA boogers, you get paid less. Search me. I made that up, but you KNOW great minds think alike.
And Wal-Mart? You must be rolling in the change, Jack. I get my White Coats at Goodwill.
And politically incorrected. It should say “Bearded PERSONS…..” not to be gender-offensive.
You know what this means. Not only must physicians ditch their coats, ties and long sleeves, they now need to shave off their beards.
Coliform bacteria… on someone’s face…
Almost as mysterious as HSV-2 on someone’s lips.
… I wonder how on earth that could ever happen.