Boob pubes. What next?!

[WilsonMilson]

I’m being lighthearted (ish) about this, but jeez what’s next? I recently, at the ripe old age of 44, have started sprouting what can only be described as displaced pubic hair on my breasts.
Not on my nipples or areola, on the actual boob. I mean, not a rug or anything too noticeable, but just a few stray dark hairs here and there. Mortifying really - who wants hairy boobs?

I’ve been scared to pluck them due to the old saying that two will come to the funeral, so I’ve been cutting them carefully with scissors whilst wondering that’s coming next?

I’m assuming this is part of peri menopause as I’m also having terrible heavy and achey periods, my lower back aches generally despite being fit and slim, am increasingly miserable interspersed with moments of incredible anger at everyone and everything. Am not sleeping very well, am tired all the damn time and am dry as a bone downstairs (sorry). I suppose the boob pubes feel like a small concern in comparison, but somehow also the icing on an increasingly shitty cake.

Aibu to ask what next? So far my forties have felt like an increasingly speedy decline into misery and decrepitude.

I just shave mine off lol.

I had boob pubes since my 20s. I'm 44 now

Same @blackheartsgirl

I've had them since my teens. I shave them.

I've also had hair on my neck at the front since early teens. Shave that too. Pluck or microblade my chin, cheeks and jaw.

Brings no end of amusement to DS11 as I do it in the mirror while he is in the bath next to me 😁

Not shaving breasts near DD, just face bits

DS

My boob pubes started when I was pregnant with my son. I was about 23 at the time. I pluck them. No problems.

I've been using a home electrolysis kit to get rid of the bristles on my toes, chin and boobs, 10/10 would recommend.

Also started in my 20s here! 36 now. The fuckers get plucked sharpish. I also get ingrown ones which are rank.

Goodness, I didn’t know this was a thing. Mine have only just appeared and assumed it was yet feature of my advancing years.

Maybe I’m not over the hill yet, this is indeed good news!

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its normal. its just random body hair. We get this due to being mammals

Just pluck them. Are your eyebrows really thick from lots of plucking?

I have hair sprouting literally everywhere and I am younger than you. I guess you are dark haired? God damn my light haired friends who are like "but what do you mean?"

@WilsonMilson

Goodness, I didn’t know this was a thing. Mine have only just appeared and assumed it was yet feature of my advancing years.

Maybe I’m not over the hill yet, this is indeed good news!

Hmmm, personally, I'm not a fan of the 'it's your age, what do you expect'? argument when it comes to women's health. I wouldn't assume, just because you're possibly in peri, that that is the only cause. It might be something else, like PCOS - not uncommon to develop for the first time in perimenopause. I'd probably want to see a GP, get bloods done maybe. Having PCOS in later life can delay menopause, affect blood sugar and make you less responsive to insulin, affect testosterone levels amongst other things. If I'd never experienced this before, I'd want to get it checked out.

I’m fully willing to embrace grey head hair. I like it.

Grey pubes however, not so much.

I'm very darked haired and very dark hairy

I pluck the fuckers.

I always have random long dark hairs coming from my nipples I pluck the buggers out - but yes, more then show up!

This is the best thread ever - love a thread that makes me feel normal!

I have these too and mine cause ingrown hairs! Being a sporner though, I kinda like it

My god. I empathise. Some of mine come through pure white!!!

I am nearly 44 and also feel I am peri.

I have just prepped the tea really angrily. Chopping the spuds, imagining Boris Johnson.

Now I feel like I could just burst into tears and I can't keep up with the plucking. Jesus the plucking. 'Tache, beard, weird 1 neck pube. The nips.

It's never ending.

Electrolysis. Not shaving etc.

Could you have your hormones checked?

WTF?! As if monthly bleeding, child birth, chin hairs, menopause etc are not enough... book hairs are a thing?!

I’m blonde haired - dishwater these days, which I guess might be why I’ve never noticed this before as I’m not generally dark of hair.

I’m glad I’m not alone! I don’t think it’s PCOS as I don’t have any other symptoms of it. Am a bit fed up of GP fobbing everything off as my age though - palpitations, heavy periods, generally low mood etc.
Wondering if hrt might help me, didn’t fancy the coil and not on the pill. Would rather now feel a hundred years old, but also feel a bit young to be thinking of hrt.

I'm loving the idea of microblading your chin. I'm not sure that's really was meant...

Hide the real hair with a tattooed beard

@FrankButchersDickieBow you have my entire sympathy. My moods generally go between rage and near tears these days, not really not much else in between.