Published 13:52 IST, April 2nd 2020

Coronavirus: Man shaves off his beard to wear a mask amid pandemic scare

Amid coronavirus pandemic outbreak, a man was forced to shave off his entire beard in order to be able to wear a face mask in an attempt to defy COVID-19.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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Amid fear and cases of vel coronavirus pandemic that have continued to climb at a rapid pace, people all around globe have resorted to isolate mselves at ir homes. Following strict lockdown conditions, people have time and again come around with invative and entertaining ideas to keep ir spirits high, during this tough phase. A man, however, came around with a big sacrifice on social media. In a video that has been doing rounds on internet, a man sacrificed his beard in order to be able to wear a mask.

Amazing transformation

In 1 minute and 57 seconds long video, that was posted on Reddit, a man is being seen chopping off his entire beard for sake of precautions that have been made mandatory for everyone worldwide. Since man was unable to wear a mask because of his beard, he got entirely rid of it, following mandatory precautions of wearing a mask or respiratory item. Recording entire transformation on his own, man begins with entering his washroom and looking at his razor and n mirror. 

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Interestingly, man had t shaven his beard for almost 4 years but decided to do so in an attempt to prevent himself COVID-19 outbreak. entire transformation from a bearded man to a completely beard-less man unfolds as he shaves off his beard, bit by bit, besides keeping alive his humorous commentary on his own chin and bald head. Even though man in some parts of video is seen having a tough time cutting his beard, referring to process as 'hard', he eventually mans to do it, being good citizen that he is.

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Netizens amused

Since posted, video of man's transformation has garnered over 93,200 upvotes and more than 2000 comments. One Redditor commented: "This guy coulda made like 5 different profiles with different beards, and I would think y were separate people each time", while ar user agreed: "Every year after I shave it down, I ALWAYS wonder that too... “is it always this cold?!?”. Redditors ticed man having a difficult time at one point of time in video and left hilarious comments like: "putitbackputitbackputitbackputitbackputitback", "is it always this cold?" - me every time I shave", "People at work will think you’re a new hire!" and "That scream after he first shaved that piece out of his beard kept me laughing whole time". People were also impressed with man's efforts and commented: "It looks great and thanks for making this sacrifice to keep yourself and or safe! You’re a good man" while one more said: "Hilarious!!😅 Thanks for brighten up my day!".

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13:52 IST, April 2nd 2020