Beards have long attracted suspicion, sometimes seen as stylish, sometimes as unsanitary. But how dirty are they, really? Human skin is home to billions of microorganisms – mainly bacteria, but also ...

Donna Drake welcomes Tuscan Sturhahn, a middle schooler turned entrepreneur and founder of Baby Faced Beards, to talk about how he created a beard care line before he could even grow his own. Tuscan ...

More and more men seem to be putting down the razor and letting their whiskers grow. Our critic examines the history of the trend and what it might mean. By Vanessa Friedman These days, between the ...