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To ask if you have hairy nipples?

60 replies

Cropcircles · 26/05/2013 19:39

I do. I feel like a freak. How common is this?

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ilovepowerhoop · 26/05/2013 19:41

I have a few hairs on my nipples and I just trim them with scissors. I tried plucking but got ingrown hairs that were painful to get back out again

TheFlipsideOfTheCoin · 26/05/2013 19:43

I get a couple and just pluck the, out. I've asked all of my female friends about this and they all get them!

crazycanuck · 26/05/2013 19:43

Fellow sufferer here. I've resorted to plucking.

CockyFox · 26/05/2013 19:43

I have them, and pubic hair that reaches my tummy button at the front and all round my bun and up my back. And an almost full beard and moustache.
I have severe PCOS though so it is part of that.

Cropcircles · 26/05/2013 19:43

I think mine would still be pretty noticeable if I trimmed.

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Itchywoolyjumper · 26/05/2013 19:44

I've got a few too. I remember when I was a teenager my mate's vile boyfriend trying to make fun of her about this and every girl we were with saying they had them too.
Strangely I have a lot less now that I've had a baby.

Cropcircles · 26/05/2013 19:45

CockyFox snap on the hairy tummy. My GP wants to test me for PCOS.

I feel so unfeminine.

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Pouncer1 · 26/05/2013 19:49

Thanks OP for this thread...I thought it was just meBlush

SizzleSazz · 26/05/2013 19:50

No, none here.

CajaDeLaMemoria · 26/05/2013 19:51

No, I don't either.

I'd never heard that this happened. Or that it was so common. I feel odd.

Cropcircles · 26/05/2013 19:51

Well SizzleSazz it's 7-1 so far. Grin

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freddiefrog · 26/05/2013 19:51

Yes. One thick black one appears on my left nipple now and then. I pluck it out

TheFlipsideOfTheCoin · 26/05/2013 19:53

I have a hairy tummy too! Currently being tested for PCOS so my opinion in this thread may be slightly invalid as my "hairyness" could be a medical thing.
But don't feel unfeminine, I think body hair is entirely normal and it's just our silly society that states that women need to be hairless creatures. It's bizarre really. Who woke up one day and said we should all start shaving our legs!? Madness.

Oblomov · 26/05/2013 19:55

Yes. A few. Thought everyone had. Everyone I have ever spoken to about this has said they do. Hate it. So unfeminine.

FarBetterNow · 26/05/2013 19:57

In the USA nostril hairs are removed. That must be painful.

knackeredmother · 26/05/2013 20:01

Yes loads. Dark haired, hair everywhere. No PCOS to blame either!

boatclub · 26/05/2013 20:01

I have to do a bit of plucking. Ex P was appalled when he caught me once

YokoUhOh · 26/05/2013 20:03

Yep - pluck them. I have a fetching blonde 'tache, too - it's kinda comforting to stroke it sometimes really must learn threading

redexpat · 26/05/2013 20:05

Yes, a few, although fewer since I had a baby. Wish I could say the same for my upperlip and chin.

mervynmouse · 26/05/2013 20:11

It's not at all unusual op! I have them, so do many friends. Annoying to deal with though, I had them lasered a few years ago but it only lasted a couple. Fewer grow now and I pluck.

Cropcircles · 26/05/2013 20:11

Well this is all very reassuring I must say, thanks Smile. My mum has also told me that her hormones settled down a lot after having babies. Maybe I should start using this as a chat up line and crack on with it.

I've started getting electrolysis on my stomach and the beauty therapist asked if I wanted to book in for my nipples as well. She hadn't seen them so I guess it must be common, at least among hairier ladies.

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HorraceTheOtter · 26/05/2013 20:12

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CremeEggThief · 26/05/2013 20:37

I am surprised to learn some people don't have them!

juneybean · 26/05/2013 20:38

I don't but I do have dark hair elsewhere

cantpooinpeace · 26/05/2013 20:45

YES!
1 black one, left nip Hmm

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