According to a recent study from the Hirslanden Clinic in Switzerland, mens beards carry more bacteria some of which could be harmful to health than the hair of dogs.

Sounds pretty gross, right? Well, bearded men shouldnt panic just yet. It should be noted that this particular study was extremely small and the sample groups werent equal; 18 men were tested versus 30 dogs. The researchers based their conclusion on the fact that every single man tested had high counts of bacteria living in their beards, while only 23 of the dogs had the same levels. So while there were more dogs with high bacteria counts than men, percentage-wise, 100% of men had high counts compared with about 77% of the dogs.