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One Chin Hair?

102 replies

FryTheEggs · 30/07/2023 19:45

Why does this happen? I am 38 and every now and again I will suddenly get one long coarse hair on my chin?

Presumably something hormonal - but what? Perimenopause?

Is late thirties not a bit young to be growing a whisker?!

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NoNeedToArgue · 30/07/2023 19:46

Soon it will be joined by several other sporadic buddies. Completely normal for 38 I'm afraid! I keep tweezers in the car for traffic light plucking.

Possimpible · 30/07/2023 19:46

I've had a chin hair since my teens! Suspect PCOS so yeah, hormones. Be glad you've escaped it this long!

Batshit1 · 30/07/2023 19:47

I get one on my nipple, not exactly sure when it started but it gets more pube like every time it grows back and will grow forever if I don’t get round to plucking it!

Blueroses99 · 30/07/2023 19:47

I’d like to know too! I’m a couple of years older than you and have been having one stray coarse hair on my chin for the last few years…

minipie · 30/07/2023 19:47

Just ONE? Be grateful 😆

BeaumontLivingston · 30/07/2023 19:48

Haha! Yes I tweeze it out, how does it get so big and long seemingly instantly? One on the chin, right at the bottom. Why?!

Seeingadistance · 30/07/2023 19:50

It will soon have a host of friends!

I also keep tweezers in the car.

Dovetail40 · 30/07/2023 19:50

It will progress to a few..

I went for electrolysis because i just didnt want the chore of plucking chin hairs.

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FryTheEggs · 30/07/2023 19:52

how does it get so big and long seemingly instantly?

Yes! This is the mystery!

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Whyiseveryonesomean · 30/07/2023 19:52

I’m 45 and have about six now. 4 are black and 2 are white.

I check myself every day and pluck in the morning.

Sometimes they ‘appear’ as about 1cm long (I guess they’ve been trapped or in-growing and suddenly break free.

One of Mother Nature’s blessings is that, with increased age your eyesight also deteriorates, so you don’t notice as much! I remember being a young teacher in my 20’s sat across from a parent (at parents evening) with a similar number of 1cm course chin hairs and being horrified she hadn’t plucked them.

I’m probably her now.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 30/07/2023 19:52

You just haven't spotted the others yet.

Go for a face and eyebrow wax (not threading, I'm not that evil). Every oooh, that stung, is a long, black (or white) hair.

Axcis · 30/07/2023 19:52

My ONE hair is on my right cheek. Nothing there and poof! Half inch of pube suddenly appears. I left it for a week once. Such a rebel

Elieza · 30/07/2023 19:53

I have half a dozen.

They seem to grow from 2mm to 2cm in like 24 hours. How the hell…!

BigMandsTattooPortfolio · 30/07/2023 19:54

I used to have one for years and then it just disappeared. Hormones are such fickle things.

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FryTheEggs · 30/07/2023 19:54

I don't have tweezers but feel I may need to invest in some now. It's so bizarre!

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Azaeleasinbloom · 30/07/2023 19:55

Good news is, once you are through menopause, they are slower to grow. I can’t say they disappear completely but they are less frequent.

OhhhhhhhhBiscuits · 30/07/2023 19:57

I have one on my neck that grows a million feet long in about 5 minutes it seems. Nothing there, nothing there, oh hell it's enormous and always when I'm in the office. Keep tweezers on you at all times.

Imdrivinginmygetawaycar · 30/07/2023 19:57

Just one 😭. I have about 20.-30.

user64827771 · 30/07/2023 19:58

minipie · 30/07/2023 19:47

Just ONE? Be grateful 😆

Yeh exactly!! I've been plucking my chin hairs (and nipple hairs!) for years. Those damn dark hairy Mediterranean genes from my mother.

Upanddownthemerrygoround · 30/07/2023 20:00

If you’ve managed this long without tweezers you’re doing well (don’t buy cheap ones… they don’t get the buggers!).

Defiantlynot41 · 30/07/2023 20:01

OMG. You need a sharp pointed tweezer Eg tweezerman and a x 15 mirror (also tweezerman) asap. Not for nothing is this known as the scary mirror in my house

lap90 · 30/07/2023 20:02

You're lucky it's only 1. I am early 30's and have been plucking hairs from my chin since i was mid - late 20's. No PCOS.

crochetmylifeaway · 30/07/2023 20:06

I'm also 38 and this past year I'm getting loads of coarse dark hairs on my chin. I'm guessing I'm headed towards perimenopause. When the little one is in the bath I grab the mirror and pluck away.

TkkkOnMe · 30/07/2023 20:07

My son is 14 and he and I seem to be sprouting beards at the same rate right now

Cinnamope · 30/07/2023 20:07

Yes! I’m early forties and I keep finding the same one every now and again.
it seems to grow so long overnight…