A sailor shaves during an exercise in 2012 at Camp Shelby, Miss. The Navy says it no longer will separate sailors who have documented cases of pseudofolliculitis Barbae, commonly known as razor bumps. (Photo by Ernesto Hernandez Fonte/U.S. Navy)
Sailors who have spent at least a year on medical shaving waivers could be considered for separation from the Navy as early as next month under a new facial hair policy, the service confirmed to Stars and Stripes.
The policy is part of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military-wide effort to tighten grooming standards, end permanent medical shaving waivers and re-evaluate religious beard exemptions.
Many of the waivers issued are for pseudofolliculitis barbae, commonly known as razor bumps, a painful skin condition that disproportionately affects Black men.
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