Insecure Dudes Are Getting Beard Transplants

Image by Getty / Futurism The ability to grow full facial hair is often considered, however unfairly, a key indicator of masculinity and virility. And hose who can't grow their own now have transplant options available to them — though they may not all be safe. In interviews with The Guardian, men who sought beard transplants explained what inspired them to finally go under the scalpel. Vikram Arora, a 47-year-old man in Essex, England, told the newspaper that the sleek facial hair trends of the 1990s and early 2000s left him feeling lacking. He even, at one point, stole his sister's mascara to try to fill in his "patchy whiskers." "Through most of my teens and early adulthood, I was left feeling that I didn’t look mature enough," Arora told the newspaper, "and definitely not masculine enough." The Gen Xer had heard about beard transplants years before he ever began considering it seriously, for fear of the procedure. He wasn't wrong to do so — like with any other hair transplant, ... Read full article.