To think what fresh hell is this?!

[Happyinheels]

Exactly that!!

What fresh hell is this?!!

43 years old... noticed a hair on my chin. Yep. A HAIR on my chin. BTW I'm female. For clarity. I feel that's an important piece of information. Anyway, back to the hair. It wasn't just a little hair. It was jet black and stuck out at an angle - like it was stood on end. I mean - how long has said hair been there?! And why the hell has no one told me?!!! Have people been doing that thing when talking to me where they're trying desperately to maintain eye contact whilst thinking all the while 'don't look at the chin, must not look at the chin.'

Upon said discovery I grabbed my tweezers. I say grabbed but to be honest I weep when trying to pluck my eyebrows so I couldn't lay my hands upon said tweezers straight away since I hid them and vowed to never inflict such pain on myself ever again. Anyway, I digress. Had to stand very close to the mirror because at this point I realised that my eyesight is just not quite what it used to be and focusing on said hair just wasn't quite that easy. It took forever to find the little bugger again and when I did I couldn't quite grab it and as such my chin now looks like it's been attacked by a small animal.

Not satisfied with the discovery of said hair, as I was stood in the bathroom, practically nose to mirror I was a little taken aback at the line of fuzz on my top lip! Again, I ask you all dear people, what fresh hell is this?!!! Knowing that my DD has Veet wax strips (others are presumably available?!!) in her shit tip bedroom I decided I was on a roll and that I'd tackle said fuzz. Fuck me. Dear God. I read the instructions and held the strip in my hand to warm it. The first strip I put on I pressed down firmly. And then?...

Then I was too scared to pull it off. I counted to 3. Then I counted to 3 again. Then I counted to 10. Again I ask you, what fresh hell is this?????? Plucking eyebrows has nowt on this!! Weeping??? Rolling round on the bathroom floor! However... I'd only done one side. There was no one home to dtd and it fell to me to finish what I'd started.

Needless to say that whilst my chin looks like I've been attacked by a small animal , fuck me my top lip has been annihilated!!!!

I ask again dear friends, what fresh hell is this getting older?!!!

How long till the bleeding stops and the red swelling goes down?? I look like I've had lip fillers that have gone wrong!

I’m 53 so De fuzzing is a regular occurance.

My tips:

Get some Dudacreme on that top lip. Rub loads in now and reapply before you go to bed. It will be much better in the morning.

Buy about 5 pairs of tweezers, because you never know when and where the fuckers will appear. You will not regret this! I keep...
A pair in my purse.
A pair in my car.
A pair on the dressing table
A pair in the bathroom.
A pair in make up bag.

Good luck!

Yeah entirely natural to have a forest of hairs on your chin. No need to give in to it, though.

That should be Sudacreme.

Meh, I’ve got pcos I can grow a beard to rival my husbands. I’d love one hair and a bum fluff ‘tache

Hahaha I've had one since I was about 23. It'll be a full blown beard when I hit 60 probably

Oooooh, thank you for reminding me! I felt a bristle on my chin when I was at my desk today pondering over a spreadsheet - I'll get to plucking!

(I'm 31)

😂😂😂 You should do stand-up. I laughed out loud.

I'm 31, and discovered a chin hair about 6 months ago! Ive had to keep plucking it but luckily it's just the one atm. I've always had a tash being dark haired but have got used to waxing it myself since I was a teenager. The pain does get more bearable, just make sure you always use the aloe Vera wipes the strips come with or if u have an aloe Vera moisturiser slap that in, the redness should disappear over night. I accept it's just one of those things I have to deal with!

My DH kindly let me know about a long wiry hair growing out of the top of my nose in between my eyebrows.

We call it my unicorn horn. It also grows from zero to horn at a rate of speed.

Try being of Mediterranean heritage... I've been dealing with chin hair since my early twenties!!!

Samind Me too! My face pube. And I never seem to catch it growing, it just springs fully formed from my face. I usually notice it at a social event when I've gone to the loo and have no tweezers.

Top lip have tried creams (brings me out in a rash) plucking (too painful) waxing (too expensive) and ultimately just went for a lady shaver. It's brilliant. Takes about half a minute, no rash, no pain, sorted.

But it is going to go down isn't it??? In time for the school run in the morning????

It'll have a friend by the morning! Worry not though, just make friends with other women the same age and their eyesight will be too bad to see it

I’ve had them since my 20s..

I’m almost 50 and have a Goaty that most men would pay £s for! Half of me wants to wear a mask 24/7 , i get the 5 o’clock shadow at lunch time!!! The other half wants to join the Greatest Showman cast and never cut it again.
On a more serious side it really takes your confidence cause you’re not a bloody man you’re a woman.

Just shouting out to my fellow beardy PCOSers.

The stubble is quite handy if you have an itchy finger.

Had electrolysis years ago to deal with dark hair over top lip. At 54 I now have electrolysis once every 5/6 weeks to deal with top lip and chin and get my eyebrows tamed at same time. Lizzie you're doing well to pluck - I can't seem to see properly to deal with it. Glasses off no chance, glasses on get in the way of eyebrows. Sometimes I'll get such a long hair on chin and wonder how I didn't spot it. I'm really not a beauty salon type of person but I trust my lady to sort me out under that luminous light, well worth £25 a time.

Until I was 44 I kidded myself that I didn't have facial hair. Then one day I scooped up my 4 year old niece for a cuddle, she stroked my face and then said in surprise " Oh Auntie Emma, I didn't know ladies had beards too".

I booked myself in for electrolysis the next day. I had to have 18 months of it but I'm now almost 53 and haven't had any facial hair for years I'm sure it will grow back post menopause though

Howling ladies!! Thank you! And loving the tips! Absolutely fantastic!

Oh and I'm not frustrated - just in bloody pain!!!! And wanted to share. Apologies if I've offended anyone with oversharing and TMI, wasn't my intention. It was supposed to be a comical slant on my experience and life as a woman and the things we go through...

But just to add - I left the eyebrows for tonight, just too much for my face to cope with!

I have an errant nipple hair. Jet black, strong as steel, sticks straight out.

Will never forget the early days with former DH: during foreplay he began blowing on my breast, to my utter confusion. When I asked what the hell he thought he was doing, he admitted he was trying to blow off an eyelash. Wanted to die then.

My 6yo got into bed with me on Sunday morning:

‘Mummy - why is your chin prickly? I think it’s a beard Mummy. Can I rub it?’

I like pulling out the really deep ones that look like an eyebrow when you get them. Mmmmmmm.

When I asked what the hell he thought he was doing, he admitted he was trying to blow off an eyelash. Wanted to die then.

This is the best thing I’ve ever read.

Hairs on toes anyone? May as well just talk about it all. 😂😂😂 Yes @angus! The fucker literally sticks out to the side! Like an arrow! And when you manage to get it, it's as long as a cats whisker. Then you get the paranoia that everyone thinks you're a hairy munter and then a big ragey cause no one tells you about it 😂😂😂

The THING about whiskers are they always appear fully formed at about an inch long and very black.... overnight.... none of this slow growing bollocks oh no....

BAM

Hag whisker reporting for duty

Hello my tribe. I've loads of chin and cheek hairs. The feckers. I've waxed, I've tweezed, I'm considering IPL on them now as even with daily plucking the buggers are always on show. Peach fuzz? I'd kill for it. Under chin hairs the worst. Kids often remark on Mum's beard. Sigh.

@samind I have hairs on toes, a proper trail from my belly button to my vaj, aforementioned beard and tache, proper monobrow if it’s not controlled, hairy arms and even my arse! I always feel sorry for the beautician when I got for my pre holiday waxing. Feel like I should pay double 🙈🤦🏻‍♀️