The Ginger Beard Problem

conorh91

I tried to grow a beard a few months back, but had to shave it all off when part of it turned ginger. It wasn't ginger to begin with, it turned ginger. And only in one area.

What kind of messed-up phenomenon is this among the Irish male?

Now that it's Movember, I'm seeing ginger facial hair all around me. Most of the guys who suffer from gingerbeard are, like myself, not even ginger. Most claim not to even know any gingers.

I tan for crying out loud. I deserve better than this.

What's happening?

Is this a strongly Irish phenomenon? Are many of us carrying the ginger gene, or what? How can we rid ourselves of ginger beards?

0byme75341jo28

I don't get the ginger hate tbh.

minidazzler

When the Vikings did their raping and pillaging the gingerness was one of the traits left behind. The trait manifests itself more often than not in beards

conorh91

Sariyah Unimportant Turnpike wrote: »

I don't get the ginger hate tbh.

It's nothing to do with that. It would be just as odd if we had a blonde or white beards, despite having dark hair, for example.

Fr_Dougal

Sariyah Unimportant Turnpike wrote: »

I don't get the ginger hate tbh.

It's because the have no souls.

Yes op, you're carrying the ginger gene, never have kids.

Iwasfrozen

Be darker skinned op.

pharmaton

your name is conor and you have difficulty accepting your beard is ginger

Useful.Idiot

I don't see it as a problem. Ginger beards are the best beards, even if it's just a little patch.

Tail Docker

You need to die, ginger beard.


Edit: Sorry, I meant dye.

Turtyturd

You're a dormant ginger OP. One of your parents is a ginger (most likely mother and she dyed her hair to hide the embarrassment). Am in the same boat myself but the grey is overtaking it. On the plus side it's a great deterrent for growing one of those currently trendy beards that make you look like a tool.

Its Only Ray Parlour

Include more vitamin D in your diet. Furthermore, if you're young, you'll naturally have blond/ginger hairs in your beard until you shave it a few times.

Bipolar Joe

Live in Ireland, deny knowing any gingers. Sure.

Also, the highest scoring guys in the beard championships have ginger beards. You're just jealous you're not full ginger like me, meaning less ladies want to ride your face. Sorry, Conor.

conorh91

Turtyturd wrote: »

You're a dormant ginger OP. One of your parents is a ginger

No, just one shunned Granny was ginger.

Its Only Ray Parlour wrote: »

Furthermore, if you're young, you'll naturally have blond/ginger hairs in your beard until you shave it a few times.

But I'm 23. Is this true? What's the logic behind it?

Miss Demeanour

It's Gods way of trying to stamp out this terrible scourge on Irish women that they call movember.
Its kinda like the plague.......kinda......

WoollyRedHat

Miss Demeanour wrote: »

It's Gods way of trying to stamp out this terrible scourge on Irish women that they call movember.
Its kinda like the plague.......kinda......

Arguably worse than the Black death.

csallmighty

I have black hair but tri coloured facial hair a mix of black, grey and ginger.

conorh91

Did a bit of googling (probably should have started there tbf) and it seems the ginger beard phenomenon may be down to something which sounds vaguely familiar from leaving cert biology, incomplete dominance.

http://biology.about.com/od/geneticsglossary/g/incompletedom.htm

Basically, we ginger-beard folk are the piebalds of the world.

As it happens, I get natural blonde highlights in my dark-haired fringe if I get exposed to the sun. Not sure if that's a related issue.

smcgiff

Solution. Decapitation, just to be on the safe side.

Highflyer13

I too have gingerbearditis with a dark head of hair. As a result best not to grow a beard. An awful affliction cursed upon me.

Miss Demeanour

csallmighty wrote: »

I have black hair but tri coloured facial hair a mix of black, grey and ginger.

Now a fleck of grey......rawr .........!!! Just a fleck mind......

corner of hells

conorh91 wrote: »

I tried to grow a beard a few months back, but had to shave it all off when part of it turned ginger. It wasn't ginger to begin with, it turned ginger. And only in one area.

What kind of messed-up phenomenon is this among the Irish male?

Now that it's Movember, I'm seeing ginger facial hair all around me. Most of the guys who suffer from gingerbeard are, like myself, not even ginger. Most claim not to even know any gingers.

I tan for crying out loud. I deserve better than this.

What's happening?

Is this a strongly Irish phenomenon? Are many of us carrying the ginger gene, or what? How can we rid ourselves of ginger beards?

Have you eaten many ginger nuts during the beard growing episode ?

mad muffin

It's not an Irish phenomenon. I'm from Eastern European decent, dark hair, skin that tans at the slightest hint of sun. And I have ginger in my beard. No ginger at all in the family.

Here's the reason why. I have green eyes.

KungPao

I have brown hair, all over, but I used to have quite a few red hairs around my chin.

But that was in my early-mid 20s. Over the years (33 now) they went much darker, thankfully.

Although, now I see a fair few more "mature" coloured hairs around there. But I don't mind tbh.

cookie24

I also suffer from this, especially around the chin area. My theory....the ginger hairs will eventually turn grey. A bit like Keano's beard now

Remmy

I tend to offer fire as a suggestion for too many of life's problems but I'm fairly sure this is a situation where you could use fire

bodice ripper

You know what is worse than a ginger beard? A blatantly dyed beard.

**** sake, men, get your **** together.

conorh91

bodice ripper wrote: »

You know what is worse than a ginger beard? A blatantly dyed beard.

Tempted to do that actually.

The gingerness is localised in one specific area of my otherwise normal face.

I could probably just dab on some dye with a cotton wool bud, delete this thread, change my name, and deny all knowledge of a ginger gene. Success.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

I think the ginger beard looks kind of cool, especially when it comes in in that tiger-stripey kind of pattern. It is a bit weird when you think about it though.

internet_user

I too have a ginger patch around my chin. like someone else said, during the summer, parts of my fringe goes blondish due to the sun

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

In my drunken haste, I thought the OP was having issues with a certain type of cookie.

Have a ginger beard myself. I like it, my girlfriend likes it and I don't care less about anybody elses negative comments. Althought I have not heard of any.

I generally get compliments. Most unusual one was from my local chinese "Your beard is comming along quite nicely". I was chuffed

lazybones32

conorh91 wrote: »

I tried to grow a beard a few months back..

Pathetic...simply pathetic.

Are you a man or a self-obsessed teenage girl?

conorh91

lazybones32 wrote: »

Pathetic...simply pathetic.

Are you a man or a self-obsessed teenage girl?

I tried to grow a beard = I grew it until part of it became ginger, at which time I shaved it.

Yes, I am a teenage girl who grows ginger facial hair. why not.

Mint Aero

conorh91 wrote: »

I tried to grow a beard = I grew it until part of it became ginger, at which time I shaved it.

Yes, I am a teenage girl who grows ginger facial hair. why not.

Why did you shave it off when you saw ginger?

Son Of A Vidic

conorh91 wrote: »

What kind of messed-up phenomenon is this among the Irish male?

Sorry OP don't rope the rest of us into it. You're clearly some sort of unfortunate mongrel crossbreed.

I opened this thread wondering what on earth a ginger bread problem could be.

I like ginger beards but I hate ginger beer. Even patchy ginger beards are better than ginger beer.

Paulownia

Ginger ale is good with gin and whiskey, ginger hair (anywhere) is fun!

conorh91

Mint Aero wrote: »

Why did you shave it off when you saw ginger?

Nausea

Mint Aero

conorh91 wrote: »

Nausea

Weirdo.

conorh91

Mint Aero wrote: »

Weirdo.

Ginger.

DoYouEvenLift

Ktf, but mine's patchy anyway so never let it grow long enough to bring out the ginger

Mint Aero

conorh91 wrote: »

Ginger.

Yep.

errlloyd

Run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbeard man.

Epic catchphrase.

_Whimsical_

Has no one in Ireland heard of Just For Men beard dye?

http://www.justformen.com/products/mustache-and-beard/?shade=medium-brown

Note there is no ginger option in Just for Men, it's like a cruel presumption that the gingers will be relieved to be going grey and would prefer to proudly wear the ravages of time than their natural facial hair colour.

masculinist

errlloyd wrote: »

Run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbeard man.

Epic catchphrase.

You must be really really stoned right now. I envy you

DoYouEvenLift

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Has no one in Ireland heard of Just For Men beard dye?

http://www.justformen.com/products/mustache-and-beard/?shade=medium-brown

Note there is no ginger option in Just for Men, it's like a cruel presumption that the gingers will be relieved to be going grey and would prefer to proudly wear the ravages of time than their natural facial hair colour.

Lol @ dying a beard, I'd rather be ginger or grey

entropi

Nowt wrong with ginger beards at all, sure I've got one myself. Its like a portion of the people in this country has some strange fascination that ginger = wrong!

As to the dying your beard option...why bother? Utilise what you have.

biko

One day you'll find a grey hair in your beard OP, it's all downhill from there.

herisson

conorh91 wrote: »

Nausea

Are you for real?

Get the **** over it, ita just a hair colour.

Brock Turnpike

My beard has about 3 different colours scattered throughout it. One of which is ginger. Despite the fact I've never had a hint of ginger anywhere else on my body.

conorh91

herisson wrote: »

Are you for real?

Get the **** over it, ita just a hair colour.

That's what I'd expect you to say

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83339620&postcount=927

Of course I am not "for real". Of course I was not physically sick. I don't even find ginger jokes particularly funny, they're only funny for the ridiculous over-reactions they attract. Ginger snaps, if you will.

Like I said, I would have started this thread if I had a random blonde or white patch too. I already mentioned I get natural blonde highlights in my fringe in summer, and that annoys me too. Stop being so sensitive. Technically I'm one of you, for christ's sake.

lazybones32

conorh91 wrote: »

I tried to grow a beard = I grew it until part of it became ginger, at which time I shaved it.

Yes, I am a teenage girl who grows ginger facial hair. why not.

I'd sooner believe you are a hirsute teenage girl because I don't know men who worry about the colour of their beard or freak out about it. It's usually women who obsess and get upset about these kind of things...