Husband has been working throughout the lockdown (deep-cleaning at a High School,no pupils but several other cleaners) and has to wear a mask, plus other PPE stuff.
His beard is very bristly and thick, although only on the very end of his chin. I think it might be something to do with Islam, but I haven't remembered to ask him.
It was indeed getting in the way of the mask and irritating him, so he's now shaved it off. He looks so much younger (it was snow white) that the ladies in our village shop have been teasing me about my 'new toyboy'!