Beard Itching Because of Spots? Here's What to Do

Special situations call for special measures. Sometimes a man has the best kept beard going, and then out of nowhere the troublemakers creep into the bearded thicket: spots along the beard line. Your first thought is to let the beard grow longer to work against the problem, but nothing improves. With facial hair, it happens often. The beard itches, ingrown hairs and spots turn up either at random or for one specific reason.

So what can you actually do about an itchy beard? Full beard or three day stubble, do you just sit it out? Pharmacy, or the trusty high-street chemist? A good dermatologist? Or the home remedies your mum swears by first?

Given how much response this subject gets, today's Charlemagne Premium blog post takes on the "itchy beard from spots" problem properly. Because the days when a young man had to battle acne through puberty, while getting to grips with his first sexual experiences and not much caring what the object of his desire made of his teenage skin, are long gone.

So we'll walk you through the whole subject of beards itching because of spots. Enjoy this section.

Washing your beard properly:

Your beard needs a deep clean on a regular basis too. Grooming products such as beard oil, beard wax and countless others leave residue in your beard hair. If that doesn't get removed from time to time, you risk giving your skin too much of a good thing. The pores clog, the skin's own sebum can't reach the surface, and the result is an itchy beard and spots.

A practical example: take a classic beard wax as your styling product. It's mainly fat, petroleum jelly for the most part. Used incorrectly, that fat can block your pores and set off the itching. Spots follow. So you should use a beard shampoo or beard wash at sensible intervals to counteract it.

Sit it out, or work on your habits?

Skin type A is not skin type B. Your skin has its own set of needs, and they have to be matched person by person.

Grooming products used wrongly or too often can cause skin irritation for you too, including the itchy beard and spots we're talking about here.

If you have reactive skin that responds sensitively to all sorts of ingredients in grooming products, then it's primarily on you to change your habits and get the problem under control.

Swapping products out, or simply dropping certain ones, often works wonders and can make the itching and the spots that come with it disappear in very short order.

Granny's box of tricks:

Sorry lads, and with all due respect to your grandmother's tips and tricks, but in most cases only one thing counts here. Eating properly. Eat greasy and badly and it shows up on your skin. The beard itches because of spots on the skin's surface. If you want to tackle a trigger like that at the root, only one thing helps: a balanced diet. Eating in a structured way has an enormous effect on how you look and heads off things you'd rather avoid. A drop or two too many of anything that's a poison to the human body makes itself felt over time as well. So steer clear of what isn't doing you or your health any good.

The same goes for tricks like smearing toothpaste on spots. Methods like that are simply unprofessional, and they leave your skin inflamed, which in the worst case can leave far deeper marks and visible scarring behind.

The chemist, blessing or disaster?

If changing how you use grooming products brings no success, this is where the key to fixing an itchy beard and spots may lie.

When nothing else works, go and see a dermatologist

Thank heavens we live in an age with a specialist for everything and everyone. So gentlemen, don't despair, just ask a skin doctor.

A dermatologist has spent years of their life studying to become a doctor specifically for our skin. No false modesty here, don't be shy about asking for advice. They know what they're doing, and particularly if you happen to suffer from a skin condition they'll be able to give you the best advice going for sorting out an itchy beard and spots.

As you've read, there's no one fixed route to solving an itchy beard caused by spots. For person A, remedy X can work brilliantly. For person B, the same thing falls flat. If simple measures within your reach don't get you anywhere, a trip to a dermatologist is usually the only option left. On grooming products, our first recommendation is to reach for natural beard care. And exactly that, in the best quality, made in Germany, you'll find as always in the Charlemagne Premium shop. Good luck.

„A healthy and well groomed beard is important for a real man, that's why we offer everything you need to keep yours doing so.“

As barbers with more than 20 years in the trade between us, we went looking for styling and care products that convinced us completely. There were some good products out there, but none that gave us everything we needed. After some thought, in 2014 we decided to develop our own range. For two years we spent every free minute after work at the barbershop down in our cellar, refining the formulas. When it came to ingredients, only the best was good enough. We bought the finest jojoba oils available in Morocco, and argan oil from Italy.

After two years and a good many attempts, our first product line was ready, and it has been winning our customers over ever since. We think 98% positive reviews speak for themselves. Since the official launch in 2016 we've kept developing it, of course. That's one of the reasons Charlemagne Premium products have won not just one but several comparison tests in recent years.

You'll find all our products right here in our online store. For any questions about them, you can reach us any time at info@charlemagne-premium.com.