Basicially im afraid to shave my face. But i look like a scrub with a beard. There is this irritation that comes and goes just above the corner of my mouth. I also have little tiny red spots on my lip border. Those im not too worried about. I believe i have the peeling lips, however this burts bees lip balm has been very helpful. My face feels kinda greasy all the time, which used too never be the case until the first month of 2009. I kept on telling myself that once my lip return to normal, and that irritation goes away, than ill shave. I grew the beard to conceal the irritation. I tried all types if stuff for the irritation, which fairly recently i found out is seboreec dermattis, or irritant contact dermatitis. It was almost a blessing because i thought it was herpes. After months of isolation, i resurfaced about a month or two ago. I wasnt going to let it ruin my summer completely. The irritation pisses me off so much because it just looks so awful. To add insult to injury, my lips themselves are often very dry and have flaky white skin on them. For whatever reason, i think that this beard could be making it worse for my skin. But if i shave then my lips will be much easier to be seen. Im more or less afraid of what people might say. But at the same time, this beard doesnt look too attractive either. Im in a mini dilema, because i could shave now and the redness wont be too noticiable, but tommorow or next week it could become red and noticable. I guess that i would grow another beard or something. I just dont know what to do.