5 Hairy Facts About Men

1~The average man shaves 20,000 times in a lifetime. That's a total of 3000 hours in front of the mirror. 2~More than 50% of younger ...

1~The average man shaves 20,000 times in a lifetime. That's a total of 3000 hours in front of the mirror.

2~More than 50% of younger men sport some kind of facial hair, be it a moustache, goatee, chin strap or "soul patch" (a beatnik-style triangle extending from the lower lip to the chin).

3~The global men's shaving market is worth $9 billion a year. Gillette accounts for 70% of sales, with Shick/Wilkinson Sword in 2nd place with 20%. Gilette has 86% of the replacement catridge market; Schick has only 14%.

4~Over his lifetime, an average man removes about 8 metres of facial hair.

5~The Gillete Mach3 blade catridge is said to be the single most shop-lifted item in the world.