Some people like to have mustache while some others dislike it. mustache and beard help men to feel impressive and attractive. But the question is , Are these harmful to the health?.
The Russian researchers studied the air inhaled by a person with mustache and beard, they found several dozens of toxic substances including benzene, toluene, hydrogen sulfide, acetone, isoprene acetic acid and plastic etc, these substances were exhaled by the subject themselves,and it will be absorbed by hair surface and then inhales the same again.
The average pollution level of the inhaled air of those who with mustache is FOUR time greater than PMC (Maximum permissible concentration). MPC of clean air, or clean inhaled air is less than 1. A beard person may not have substantial increase in pollution level, But a person who have bot mustache and beard, the pollution level goes higher up to 7 times of MPC.
smoking and mustache
More over, a person with mustache is a smoker too, then according to Russian scientists, the pollution level will be 24.7 when he have mustache only and it will be 18.2 when the is have only beard and if he have both mustache and beard the pollution level will be 79.3. Tobacco smoke contains more than 200 toxic substances, and this may cause many deadly diseases like , cancer, lung problems and it may damage the skin layers too.
Beard is harmful, Mustache is still more so, and have both is the most harmful, says Russian Scientists
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