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Around the World |
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More than 1.6
billion men age 15 years and older remove hair. |
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1.3 billion men
shave with a blade and razor. |
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360 million men
shave with an electric shaver. |
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In 2000, the global
blade and razor industry [male and female blades and razors] was
a $6.4 billion business. |
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In 2000, the global
male shaving industry [male-positioned blades, razors and
shaving creams/gels] accounted for more than $7.1 billion in
sales. |
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In 2000,
male-positioned blades and razors accounted for $5.8 billion in
sales. |
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In 2000,
male-positioned shaving creams/gels accounted for more than $1.3
billion in sales. |
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Other Shaving Facts |
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The average human
face contains 615 hairs per square centimetre. |
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Beard hairs grow
about half an inch per month. |
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There are
approximately 5,000 to 25,000 whiskers to a man's face.
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Beard growth rate
actually varies from person to person and from place to place on
the face. |
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Every year the
average man will spend 60 hours shaving. |
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Generally, a man
uses between 100 and 600 strokes to shave his beard.
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It takes about 16
years of clippings to weigh one pound. |
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The outermost layer
of the skin consists of cells that are constantly dying. These
dead cells are removed during wet shaving. |
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When you shave, you
remove almost as much skin as hair. New cells are generated in
about 10 to 20 days, so the skin you see, is rarely more that 20
days old. |
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Generally hairs
emerge from the skin surface at an angle of 30 to 60 degrees.
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Out of the world male population it
is estimated that: |
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Approximately 75%
shave their face daily. |
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15% don't shave (or
maybe just trim) due to discomfort from shaving. |
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7% don't shave
because of culture or religious beliefs. |
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3% don't shave
because they simply don't want to. |
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Things you did
not know about shaving. |
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Facial hair is 70% easier to cut if it has been soaked in warm
water for 2 - 3 minutes before shaving. |
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The
average man spends 3,500 hours of his life shaving. In this
time, he removes about 30ft of his whiskers from his face. |
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On average, men's
beards have the same number of hairs as a woman's legs and
underarms combined. However, women shave an area that is
approximately nine times larger than men's. |
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