Hairy Facts

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




• 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 lower lip to chin).




• The global men's shaving market is worth US$11 billion a year. Gillette accounts for 70% of sales with Wilkinson Sword in second place with 20%. Gillette has 86% of the replacement cartridge market.




• Over his lifetime, an average man removes about eight metres of facial hair.




• The Gillette Mach3 blade cartridge is said to be the single most shop-lifted item in the world.