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I do have a full face

I have been a bearded subject since I was 18, back in 1994. Yes, during 1999-2000, I shaved for my military service, and I briefly tried the goatee look in 2008… Few people nowadays can imagine my face without a forest of hair.

But sometimes, life happens. And, unlike my good friend Bdale, I didn’t get Linus to do the honors… But, all in all, here I am:

Turns out, I have been suffering from quite bad skin infections for a couple of years already. Last Friday, I checked in to the hospital, with an ugly, swollen face (I won’t put you through that), and the hospital staff decided it was in my best interests to trim my beard. And then some more. And then shave me. I sat in the hospital for four days, getting soaked (medical term) with antibiotics and otherstuff, got my recipes for the next few days, and… well, I really hope that’s the end of the infections. We shall see!

So, this is the result of the loving and caring work of three different nurses. Yes, not clean-shaven (I should not trim it further, as shaving blades are a risk of reinfection).

Anyway… I guess the bits of hair you see over the place will not take too long to become a beard again, even get somewhat respectable. But I thought some of you would like to see the real me™ 😉

PS- Thanks to all who have reached out with good wishes. All is fine!

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