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" A borderline TMI fact about John Hamm? When working, he gets his face shaved up to three times a day. That bizarre news comes by way of an interview with Mad Men makeup artist, Lana Horochowski in this week&amp;#039;s OK magazine. This is so, she says \u2014 and we&amp;#039;re paraphrasing here \u2014 because ad exec guys back in 1968 were incredibly clean-shaven and days on the Mad Men set are so long that Hamm&amp;#039;s dark facial hair starts to shadow before the work day is up.  That didn&amp;#039;t sound too healthy (or very fun) to us so we checked and found that, true, having your face shaved thrice per day is no bueno. &amp;quot;Never in my 23 years have I ever come across a time where I would recommend shaving more than once a day,&amp;quot; says Dr. Peter Hino, Board Certified Dermatologist. &amp;quot;I understand he&amp;#039;s doing it for TV but, well, shaving that much would definitely cause irritation, razor burn, and razor bumps.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Not so good for men&amp;#039;s health,&amp;quot; adds Dr. Rosemarie Ingleton, also a Board Certified Dermatologist. But will it, like, permanently damage your perfect-looking dermis? Remove so much skin as to leave you bare to airborne diseases? &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not that bad, just irritating,&amp;quot; Dr. Hino says.  We asked both doctors if they had any advice for slowing down beard growth, you know, so Hamm might not have to endure three shaves a day while shooting, and both recommended an interesting product called Vaniqa. We looked into it and well, we&amp;#039;re not sure if it&amp;#039;s better or worse than just shaving three times a day. Or four or five. It&amp;#039;s the first ever prescription grade cream that, well, we&amp;#039;ll let Dr. Hino explain:&amp;quot;This medicine, predominately used by women is a topical cream that when applied at least twice a day, helps slow the growth and lessen the appearance of women&amp;#039;s facial hair. Results are often seen in six-to-eight weeks of constant use. For most men, this would seem like an unlikely substitute and unattractive alternative to shaving because of the amount and texture of a man&amp;#039;s beard.&amp;quot; Needless to say, we agree. And while we could have done without having that feminine veil pulled back, at least we know John Hamm doesn&amp;#039;t have a completely perfect life. Follow The Style Blog on RSS and on Twitter at @ESQStyle "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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