ORIGINAL QUESTION received from - and thanks to - Sarah Conner: Did Aztec men ever grow beards prior to the Europeans' arrival? (Answer compiled by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore) The short answer is 'No'. ... Hair on the face was considered unpleasant, but nature collaborated with art by endowing the men with only meagre beards.

Why did Aztecs not have facial hair?

Hair was coarse, black, and straight. ... Shaving was therefore unnecessary; facial hair was plucked out with tweeezers, and, as a further aid towards good looks, Aztec mothers applied hot cloths to the faces of their young sons in order to stifle the hair follicles and inhibit the growth of whiskers.

Did Mayans grow beards?

The Maya,like all Native Americans,do not have much facial hair,but many Maya men could grow beards and Mustaches . ... In the 16 th century,mothers rubbed hot cloths on the faces of their sons to burn off any peach fuzz,tweezers were also used to pluck out facial hair,both men's beard and women's eyebrows.