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Bastard chin hairs

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EnchantedQuill · 31/08/2025 00:32

How the fuck are you meant to deal with them ? They grow at a massive speed!! 3 x a week im plucking the bastards out. I’m 34 and frankly this is ridiculous. it’s going to get worse and honestly I cba dealing with them but I will become the bearded lady if I don’t pluck them out and don’t even get me started on the lip hairs!

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AlertEagle · 01/09/2025 20:28

I started having darker chin hairs once I started removing my facial hair ( silly me you could barely see any hair) now I have to do it and probably in 10-15 years time I will have a proper beard 😂

Pengane · 01/09/2025 20:24

I shave my chin and upper lip with a razor in the morning daily, when washing my face

2chocolateoranges · 01/09/2025 20:01

EnchantedQuill · 31/08/2025 00:56

Yes! I have car tweezers now as I’m driving along and find another fucking hair!! It’s the really thick ones too. I can’t laser them off because I’m ginger and it doesn’t work on my hair sadly but I could try threading however I’m such a coward when it comes to pain! I can cope with eyebrow threading and lip hair is a step above! Why does it hurt so much??

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I have car tweezers too because I noticed 2 chin hairs enroute to work one day and I had to stop and get tweezers to pluck them out before I could start.

ive told my dd is I ever end up in hospital my chin hairs are her priority!

Overtheatlantic · 01/09/2025 19:59

I recently had a dark one actually hiding in a marionette wrinkle. It was fully formed and wily when it emerged but I’m an experienced tweezerer at this stage in life.

Vegalyra · 01/09/2025 19:55

I feel your pain. Never had a problem until a year or so ago 😞

However, I’ve started using an IPL device and it really works. It’s been a month and I haven’t had to pluck any spiky chin hairs.

saltinesandcoffeecups · 01/09/2025 19:51

I call them goat hairs. Yeah they’re a lot of fun.

Isobel201 · 01/09/2025 19:51

PCOS and combination of dark hairs make it worse. I manually shave in the shower, couldn't do anything like plucking. Used to use hair removal cream, but I find shaving is faster.

Yesidoactually · 01/09/2025 19:47

Wait until you find your first CHEEK hair. DP thought I had an eyelash on my cheek and thoughtfully tried to brush it away. No. It was a bastard cheek hair, about 2cm long that had appeared overnight.

GreorgiePorgyPuddingandPie · 01/09/2025 19:39

I pluck from the chin & never go anywhere without mirror & tweezers. Skin sometimes goes lumpy. Occasionally pluck a lip one if its quite long but quite often get a bic razor on the long ones. It hurts so much to pluck above the lip!
Ive got dark hairs on one side where a man would have sideboards. Luckily my hair mostly covers it. Would like to know the best way to get rid of them though. Am a bit wary of shaving them in case they grow back thicker & coarser like a man's.

SummerFrog25 · 01/09/2025 19:05

cheesycheesy · 31/08/2025 03:32

I have one random coarse chin hair. Love plucking it. My upper lip I wax easily myself with strips.

I'm couldn't. It hurts too much & I can't inflict that much pain on myself

SummerFrog25 · 01/09/2025 19:02

whoboo · 31/08/2025 05:38

Bizarre, you got me fondling my face. Thankful not to be a hairy person rn

I wasn't either, then one day they just started randomly sprouting, then bringing friends to the party...

SummerFrog25 · 01/09/2025 19:00

Wallywobbles · 31/08/2025 10:12

Get them lazered before they turn white and you’re stuck with them.

I'm tempted, just not sure who/where to use? (Well to find out the cost first?)

how long does it take to be rid of them?

SummerFrog25 · 01/09/2025 18:58

SummerFrog25 · 31/08/2025 01:01

It does hurt! But it's only seconds & it's SO good to be minus the grey shadow above the corners of my mouth.

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I had to remind myself if this today when it was hurting SO much.

can I not just grow it & plait it?

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 31/08/2025 10:57

I’ve got one of those JML hair remover things, which is great.

Having said that, it’s very satisfying to pluck the hairs with a pair of tweezers.

Wallywobbles · 31/08/2025 10:12

Get them lazered before they turn white and you’re stuck with them.

YetanotherNC25 · 31/08/2025 10:11

Dermaplaning and tweezers in-between. Although some sneaky buggers hide away until they’re noticeable. They’re particularly satisfying to yank out.

Oblomov25 · 31/08/2025 05:40

I had electrolysis years ago, now I only need it 2 or 3 times a year.

whoboo · 31/08/2025 05:38

Bizarre, you got me fondling my face. Thankful not to be a hairy person rn

JustStopItNora · 31/08/2025 05:34

I know people hate this but I do a combo of facial hair removal cream and shaving. I don't have PCOS but have extremely dark thick wiry facial hairs.

I'm saving up for laser removal in theory (but there is always something else that makes demands on my funds).

I am 52 though and this has been an issue for 30 odd years.

ohyesido · 31/08/2025 05:23

I’ve had them since I was 17, never leave the house without a pair of sharp tweezers. I often find my DH bearing down on me with tweezers when he spots rogue one, he loves pulling them. He calls it weeding my face

Yamamm · 31/08/2025 04:59

Chin maintenance is part of my daily routine. With phone torch. They don’t sprout in a day. They are there all wispy and invisible then go dark in a day.

SiameseBlueEyes · 31/08/2025 04:55

I have a short electrolysis session when I notice one popping up. it works out at about three month intervals - it's menopause in my case. This avoids suddenly realising you've been walking round with a half inch black hair poking out of your chin. The skill of the operator is key - you shouldn't feel the hair being plucked out at the end. I have to say its on the painful side.

I did use a home IPL unit for legs and underarms but it's very dangerous to get IPL near your eyes. Professional medical people will insist on lead shields over your eyes if they are anywhere near the eyes and goggles for other areas.

cheesycheesy · 31/08/2025 03:32

I have one random coarse chin hair. Love plucking it. My upper lip I wax easily myself with strips.

FortuneFaded · 31/08/2025 03:26

I hated PCOS chin hairs. I’m starting to get tit hairs now. Like areola eyebrows ffs.
I used my Phillips Lumea which works very well, except on the thick white ones which I pluck. One thick wiry white hair is always in growing and creates a lump. I need to have patience to cut if off and allow the skin around it to heal.

Charltonstrek · 31/08/2025 02:12

I love plucking them out lol waiting for some nice fresh ones