How a Dude's Facial Hair Affects Your Odds of Having a Relationship with Him

When it comes to judging how hot you think a guy is, facial hair probably
isn't one of those things you spend a lot of time obsessing over. 

But, according to new research, a dude’s facial fuzz may play
 a bigger role than you think.

The study, published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, found that we’re more
into guys with beards when we’re looking for a long-term relationship.

For the study, researchers showed more than 8,500 women computer-generated
 images of male faces. The images had a variety of facial hair—none, a light stubble,
a heavy stubble, and full-on beards. Researchers also altered the guy’s brow ridge,
cheekbones, jawline, and other features to make the same guy appear more or less
 masculine. Then, they asked women to rate the attractiveness of the images
for different types of relationships.