One of the key markers of the Millennial generation is that a lot of people will date, fall in love with and even marry someone whose face they have never seen unbearded.

This means that some folks will be getting a nasty surprise in a few years when the beard trend dies down and the facial hair comes off.

Finding out your partner doesn’t have a chin isn’t the worst of your problems though.

According to Mashable, a research team in Switzerland recently measured bacteria from the facial hair of 18 men. They then compared it to samples taken from the necks of 30 canines and found that all of the men had higher germ counts than the dogs.

Let that sink in for a second. Now watch this:

Still a fan of beards.

Even bigger fan of beard hygiene.

Get it together hipsters.

[source:mashable]