LogFAQs > #980004356

I noticed like a 15 years ago, when I was flying and had noticeable facial hair (not even a beard or mustache, just like..thick stubble) TSA would make me go thru the body scanner machine.
When I was clean shaven, I always got to go thru the metal detector instead.
After like 8 instances in a row of it always working out that way based on my facial hair ("hornyposting" for the screeners if I had facial hair; "no peeking" if my face was clean), it became way too much of a coincidence to not be intentional.
I started intentionally shaving within 24 hrs of a flight and literally never again have gone thru one of those body scanning machines.

Anyone else experience this phenomenon? I found it funny that apparently having some facial hair makes me look like a terrorist apparently.