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Long white weird facial hairs

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Name99 · 07/07/2023 18:29

AIBU to think that 3 inch long white hairs can grow out of your face in a matter of hours.
Just pulled one out of my chin, I know for a fact it wasn't there this morning. I know it wasn't there!!!
It was really thin and wispy and long

Its happened before, please tell me I'm not the only freak in the world.

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PenCreed · 07/07/2023 18:30

You’re not alone!

OrangesAndLemming · 07/07/2023 18:31

Yep same here, except it’s my cheek 🤦🏻‍♀️

Florissante · 07/07/2023 18:31

Definitely not alone.

Shortbread49 · 07/07/2023 18:32

No it’s an age thing they aren’t there one day but long the next day and you wonder how it grew so quickly need a good pair of tweezers

Poppyseed14 · 07/07/2023 18:32

I feel your pain OP. I've pulled one out before that wasn't even hairlike. More like a stick! 😳

10HailMarys · 07/07/2023 18:33

Oh, the overnight hairs! Absolute nightmare. Literally one day not there, and the next day an inch-long pipe cleaner poking out of my chin. Madness.

Smoothiecarton · 07/07/2023 18:34

Deffo not alone though mine are frequently black. We just had a super moon didn’t we? So I’ve been wondering whether this is where the werewolf myth comes from, as it seems I now turn into a werewolf in harmony with the moon 🤔

RoyKentFanclub · 07/07/2023 18:34

I have one on the side of my nose. It turns up roughly once every couple of years. It won’t be there and then suddenly I’ll feel a tickle and it will be an inch long

Unexpecteddrivinginstructor · 07/07/2023 18:35

I know for a fact it wasn't there this morning. I know it wasn't there!!!

Unless like me your eyesight is also waning a little too!

Name99 · 07/07/2023 18:36

Thank god!
I've got a long haired white cat, her fur is like rabbits fur ( it goes everywhere)
I thought it was one of hers, nope it was attached 😅

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Name99 · 07/07/2023 18:37

Unexpecteddrivinginstructor · 07/07/2023 18:35

I know for a fact it wasn't there this morning. I know it wasn't there!!!

Unless like me your eyesight is also waning a little too!

Kick a woman when's she's down eh😅

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Scottishlanza · 07/07/2023 18:37

They grow under the skin, curled up usually, then once they break the surface voila a long hair! Every time I get one I’m mortified that it could have been seen for days but seeing as I check my chin daily I know that can’t be true

CC4712 · 07/07/2023 18:37

I assume its the light angle rather than something growing 3 inches overnight OP- and it had been hiding there for sometime!

I'm not even menopausal, but recently found a wispy hair growing out the centre of my forehead! I mean- even men don't get hair there 😬

AuntieDolly · 07/07/2023 18:37

I think they're called Hag Hairs just to cheer you up even more!

Mamette · 07/07/2023 18:39

They grow under the skin, curled up usually, then once they break the surface voila a long hair!

This is true, I saw it happen on my face once when poking around in front of the mirror and that solved that mystery.

shellyleppard · 07/07/2023 18:39

I get long white wispy ones....but when I try and pluck them they stretch!!!

Name99 · 07/07/2023 18:45

shellyleppard · 07/07/2023 18:39

I get long white wispy ones....but when I try and pluck them they stretch!!!

Yes it did stretch!!
It was just getting longer

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Elsiebear90 · 07/07/2023 18:49

I have one on my chest like that, just under my collar bone, I don’t even have hair on my chest so it’s a bit bizarre. Seems to appear overnight as well!

kwetu · 07/07/2023 18:52

Regularly get one right in middle of forehead, I know it can't have been there long without noticing but always an inch long when I find them!

Theoldcuriosityshop · 07/07/2023 18:56

Kwetu.
Me too, but my hairdresser spotted mine, talk about mortified.

MargaretThursday · 07/07/2023 18:58

I get one on my forehead like that. It looks like a loose hair until I go to remove it and then find it's attached.

statetrooperstacey · 07/07/2023 18:58

I have to check my face in good lighting with a magnifying mirror a pair of reading glasses and a set of tweezers at least every other day for hair otherwise I look like a fucking rabbi, I know their favourite spots to hide by now.

I remember once sitting in a cafe with a friend and her saying “keep still , you’ve got something on you” she reached over to pluck a hair off me and I nearly bounced my head off the fucking table, it was growing out of my neck and was SEVERAL inches long .

CC4712 · 07/07/2023 18:59

AuntieDolly · 07/07/2023 18:37

I think they're called Hag Hairs just to cheer you up even more!

This has made be both recoil in horror and laugh out loud 😂

RoyKentFanclub · 07/07/2023 19:01

If it helps even Celebs get hag hairs. Jasmin Roth (American tv presenter) did an Instagram Video of hers on her forehead.

shellyleppard · 07/07/2023 19:02

It feels like an overstretched piece of elastic 😂😂

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