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People are reporting "beard burn" or "mustache rash" after kissing someone with a beard. But that's not exactly what causes it …
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00:00So, this is for my girls, my gays.
00:02You walk in, he's looking good.
00:04He has that scruff going on.
00:06Don't kiss him!
00:08Can kissing someone with a beard cause rashes like this?
00:12We asked board-certified dermatologist,
00:14Dr. Kimberly Chow, to shave down the scruff on beard burn.
00:18Beard burn is another name for contact dermatitis,
00:22essentially.
00:23What happens is that friction is rubbing on the skin,
00:27which causes irritation, rash, itching, redness.
00:32Another name for beard burn, you might have heard,
00:34is mustache rash or stache rash.
00:36Beard burn itself is really just,
00:39I think about it like it's a rug burn,
00:41so it doesn't have to be an infection.
00:44Like, what the f**k?
00:47It was weeping this morning.
00:49The most common infection is gonna be
00:52from the bacteria that normally live in our skin,
00:54like staph or strep,
00:57but truly anything could cause an infection.
01:01Herpes has a higher risk of getting into any skin
01:04that is just an open wound.
01:06It's actually really bad.
01:08Beard burn is not caused by guys not cleaning their beard,
01:13and that's not to say that guys shouldn't clean their beard.
01:16You should keep a clean beard
01:17because if you were to give somebody a beard burn,
01:20you might increase the risk of their beard burn
01:22getting infected if your beard itself is not clean.
01:27It just keeps getting better.
01:29Lovely screen.
01:30If you tend to have more sensitive skin in general,
01:33you are definitely more susceptible to getting beard burn.
01:37If you tend to have really dry skin,
01:41if you have skin that's very allergic to certain products,
01:45eczema skin, rosacea skin,
01:48any skin that already has existing inflammation or rash.
01:52If you are a guy and you have a beard
01:57and you want to prevent giving somebody else beard burn,
02:00the best thing to do is to keep your beard
02:03sort of a medium length,
02:06and you want to keep your beard moisturized as well
02:10because softer hair is going to be a little less friction.
02:13Ugh, it's right there.
02:15Don't make it look like it's gross.
02:17If you were to get beard burn,
02:19the best thing to do is to be gentle,
02:22gentle, gentle with your skin.
02:24It's a nice crust in there.
02:26You want to avoid the temptation to cleanse it with alcohol,
02:32cleanse it with hydrogen peroxide, throw neosporin on it.
02:36And then the second most important thing
02:37is to keep your skin really moisturized.
02:40So use a gentle moisturizer without any fragrance,
02:45something you already know doesn't irritate your skin.
02:48If you are keeping your skin really moisturized,
02:52it might take like three, five days,
02:55but if it becomes secondarily infected
02:58or you're throwing things on your skin
03:00that's making your skin even more irritated,
03:03it could take even longer.
03:04Hopefully I have this on my chin for my birthday.
03:09No?