I don’t particularly want my new profile to have that meth chic look.
Why did you stop there?
I get that after having a beard and using my CPAP, I think it’s pressure sores. I use some dandruff shampoo on my skin and it clears up in about a week.
I have dandruff shampoo. I’ll try that, thanks.
I have a long beard. I would not be able to have a beard without using dandruff shampoo on it at least 3 times a week. I make sure to use beard oil right after to maintain moisture though.
Hopefully it’s going to be okay. It could be staph infection or cellulitis going on.
Staph and strep infections are more common than you think, they live on healthy human skin after all, and usually no sign to be alarmed. Whenever you get a pustule or redness, it’s probably staph.
Warning signs to watch out for are intense itchiness, affected skin feeling very different to the touch (usually rough or leathery), browning or rapidly growing red patches and a stinging, pulsating pain.
I had a really bad strep infection in my leg in 2023, caused by an infectious a wound that I repeatedly scratched due to itching, and it hurt so much that even just moving the leg into an upright position would cause pain that made me see stars. I have before/after pics from my leg at that time if you want.
Hopefully it’s just really bad razor burn, but it could be anything. I’m in poor health right now for non-skin related reasons, but it could definitely have an effect there. We’ll have to see.
Either way, it annoyed me that I went from “I’ll make myself look presentable” to “well, so much for that idea” just because I did the thing you’re supposed to do in order to look more presentable.
Nothing some make-up or a bit of photo-editing can’t fix in a pinch.
A beard is perfectly presentable so long as it is trimmed and tidy. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
Damn right.
Mine looked pretty awful.
It’s all in the way you trim and neaten it imo. When people let their beards run wild, it tends to not look that great. But if you keep it trimmed neatly, even if it’s long, it can look pretty nice!
Cellulitis usually causes swelling
Source: had cellulitis from jumping into rocks in the James river. Was admitted to the hospital twice and was released on 9/11 because they thought the hospital would be inundated with victims of the pentagon attack
I‘d use Ketozolin shampoo regularly. This looks like tinea barbea.
Definitely some form of fungal skin infection. If the ketoconazol shampoo doesn’t work talk to a skin doctor for some anitfungal pills. It’ll clear up in a few weeks.
Skin issues aside, if this is for a profile pic it should be trivial to remove the discoloration in the pic.
Silver lining and all that.
I’d feel like I was cheating.
Nah. You’re not photoshopping a six pack on yourself. You’re just removing a temporary mark that isn’t part of your regular look. It’s making the photo more representative of your true every day appearance.
I can see it that way, but I still don’t think it would feel right to me to do it. I’d rather have people see my flaws and if this is some long-lasting thing, if it’s there in a couple of days, I’ll use it in the profile picture.
That level of honesty is noble but unwarranted. It’s a profile pic that is supposed to be a “here’s my general appearance” and that’s just a temporary blemish. If it becomes a part of your personality, take another picture. It will give you time to adjust to whatever the skin is going to do.
if you don’t look like an utter piece of shit in your profile picture, people won’t be impressed when they meet with you IRL.
Gotta keep up the game.
But if these blemishes turn up intermittently in different places, aren’t they a part of you in general? Yes, they might not be in that spot all the time, so “sure it’s fine to remove that because it’s not a permanent part of you” but if it keeps reoccurring, then I would argue that they’re a permanent part of you.
I would still remove it, but simply because clear skin makes you look better. I wouldn’t try to explain this vanity away.
How is shaving off a reverse Mohawk in your beard making you look more presentable?
I’ll tell ya the secret sauce. It’s so we can easily filter out people like you in public without having to start a conversation. I like what I like, and don’t give a shit what others find presentable.
Sincerely,
Some dude with non-standard head hair and facial hair.
Because I like this look?
Lemmy, sing to us ace of spades!
I may be on Lemmy, but I could only hope to be Lemmy.
If it helps though, despite it being 4/20, I’m drinking port.
That style is so last year
Look, I can’t keep up with you kids at my age.
I’ve gotten that as well. I have had success using rubbing alcohol on those spots. Also helps to use an alcohol aftershave.
If you use to have lot of flake it might be seborrheic dermatitis it’s mostly give a lot of weird yellow flake but if i shave the skin under the flake look like that
Yeah I get this too if my beard grows for more than a couple days. Also the back of my scalp if my hair gets really long.
I’ve had good luck controlling it on my scalp with this stuff:
https://www.iherb.com/pr/jason-natural-anti-dandruff-scalp-care-shampoo-12-fl-oz-355-ml/6253
No flare ups in a long time since I started using it
Might give it a try i use one of Heads and Shoulders clinical shampoo with some success but could be way better
Wow. You are one ugly lady.
Don’t judge me.
Whatever, bearded lady.
Circus in town?
Would I be in town if it wasn’t?
I have to admit that that is not at all what I imagined the bottom third of your face to look like.
Neither did my face, but it’s used to it.
I seem to recall there was a kids’ game with faces split in three, and you could spin to make different ones with different parts? Don’t they have those on plastic barrels at some playgrounds?
You should find one of those playgrounds, print this picture out, and stick it on one of the plastic barrels.
The long gray beard says “biker in his 60s” but the smooth, (mostly) unblemished skin says “I just learned to drive.”
Also if this is shortly after shaving, it might just be razor burn. It’s clearly been a while so your skin might just be angry and not used to blades.
I am an old fashioned guy in his 40s.
Splitting the difference, then.
got that “just learned to ride a motorcycle in my 40s” look
I have never learned to ride a motorcycle. They scare me.
got that “about to have a midlife crisis and learn how to ride a motorcycle” look
You need to think less motorcycle and more 19th century president.
ah, so are we talking wright brothers “about to develop the airplane” looking fit?
So maybe “I just learned how to ride horses in my 40s look?”
Lean all in, wear an old civil war uniform (ideally Union but if you want some of that southern strange you could go Confederate) and work on your thousand mile stare. It’s like peacocking!
It’ll attract someone. (But I won’t be held responsible for the type of someone).
Ooh yeah, if it goes all the way up he could make a wicked general Burnside.
I don’t know if my wife would want me attracting anyone, right or wrong.
She into dudes from the 1800s? Profile pic still stands!
i’ve been told i’d look good in old war attire.
I’m not sure how i feel about it, but at least im not the only one LMAO.
Jack Black im da house.
Dribble some whiskey on it, clears it right up.
DISCO, BABY
Profile picture is now of The Expression.
Yes, Harry. It is an expression of pain.
