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How common is it for women over 40 to have chin hairs ?

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 01:50

I'm a 41 years old woman and I'm very embarrassed. I keep getting these chin hairs and I keep plucking them. I hear that unfortunately this can happen to women over 40 but I'm wondering how common is it.
Also what to do about it, other than plucking them with tweezers.

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CatPawsAreCute · 08/12/2025 01:54

Oh as common as fuck! I've been plucking for years. I call them my witch hairs.

Have you darker, longer hairs on your upper lip yet?

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 01:57

CatPawsAreCute · 08/12/2025 01:54

Oh as common as fuck! I've been plucking for years. I call them my witch hairs.

Have you darker, longer hairs on your upper lip yet?

Edited

The word "yet" in your question scares me. 😂

Just the chin, for now. 😬

Not to be annoying, when you say common, do you at least 10 % of women over 40 ?

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PootlePerkinandPosie · 08/12/2025 02:06

Mine have gone grey now 😳 which is a mixed blessing.

Meadowfinch · 08/12/2025 02:07

Every woman I know over fifty has them

Just keep plucking 😁

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:10

Meadowfinch · 08/12/2025 02:07

Every woman I know over fifty has them

Just keep plucking 😁

Is it sick to say that makes me feel so much better ?
I feel less like a freak.

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:12

PootlePerkinandPosie · 08/12/2025 02:06

Mine have gone grey now 😳 which is a mixed blessing.

The ones I get on my chin are dark.

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Famousinlove · 08/12/2025 02:12

You're lucky, i'm not even 35 and get them, on my neck too. They seem to grow back overnight

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:14

Famousinlove · 08/12/2025 02:12

You're lucky, i'm not even 35 and get them, on my neck too. They seem to grow back overnight

I'm sorry you joined the club so early.

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2021x · 08/12/2025 02:14

Yup... I get a couple of "hairs of strength"... Jennifer Saunders talks about your trusted friend that will come into when you are in a coma and pluck them out when noone is looking :)

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:16

2021x · 08/12/2025 02:14

Yup... I get a couple of "hairs of strength"... Jennifer Saunders talks about your trusted friend that will come into when you are in a coma and pluck them out when noone is looking :)

"Hairs of strength" has a nice ring to it.

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Username19893847477374 · 08/12/2025 02:22

I'm 38 and have had them years. I just shave them off tbh. Sometimes wax.

Wallywobbles · 08/12/2025 02:23

100%. I had my first chin/neck hair at 18! And I’ve had laser more times than I can count and electrolysis which hurts like a bastard.

I think 40 is very late to be getting them.

Sunndays43226 · 08/12/2025 02:25

Yup I have had them years ! From my 20s. I love having ten mins to myself to pluck them… the satisfaction!!

Ruthietuthie · 08/12/2025 02:27

Mine were like wires. They also caused little scabs as they broke through the surface, like little break-outs, which would take ages to fade as my skin is prone to scarring. I was constantly plucking them, waiting for the tiny points to be long enough to pluck, or seeing the little black marks underneath the surface, which would soon become a hair. Electrolysis got rid of them completely. Five years later (and after menopause) I have a new cluster, on my chin, again like wires but now white. I have an electrolysis appointment next week.
Get them zapped and the problem is solved.

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:31

Ruthietuthie · 08/12/2025 02:27

Mine were like wires. They also caused little scabs as they broke through the surface, like little break-outs, which would take ages to fade as my skin is prone to scarring. I was constantly plucking them, waiting for the tiny points to be long enough to pluck, or seeing the little black marks underneath the surface, which would soon become a hair. Electrolysis got rid of them completely. Five years later (and after menopause) I have a new cluster, on my chin, again like wires but now white. I have an electrolysis appointment next week.
Get them zapped and the problem is solved.

I'm sorry. That sounds aggravating.

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:32

Sunndays43226 · 08/12/2025 02:25

Yup I have had them years ! From my 20s. I love having ten mins to myself to pluck them… the satisfaction!!

The comments are so validating because I too understand the satisfaction from plucking them.

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:33

Wallywobbles · 08/12/2025 02:23

100%. I had my first chin/neck hair at 18! And I’ve had laser more times than I can count and electrolysis which hurts like a bastard.

I think 40 is very late to be getting them.

Edited

I will count myself lucky that I didn't start getting them until 41

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HeadyLamarr · 08/12/2025 02:34

My mum bought everyone a pair of decent tweezers for their 40th birthday, with a card saying "you're going to need these..."

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:37

HeadyLamarr · 08/12/2025 02:34

My mum bought everyone a pair of decent tweezers for their 40th birthday, with a card saying "you're going to need these..."

With my situation, I didn't get a heads up. 😂

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Petpeeveoftheday · 08/12/2025 02:41

I'm almost 34 and ive had them for easily the last 5 years. It's terrible, I get a proper moustache, on my chin and down my neck. Easily over 200 hairs I can pluck out if I don't keep on top of them 😭

Flutterbees · 08/12/2025 02:42

Chin, upper lip, neck. Something for you to look forward to!

Tigger18 · 08/12/2025 02:43

As you get older they spread down your neck, sorry 💐

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:45

Tigger18 · 08/12/2025 02:43

As you get older they spread down your neck, sorry 💐

I'll just have to keep telling myself that I'm not the only one this is happening to.

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FruitFlyPie · 08/12/2025 02:52

I just don't understand how fast they grow. I check my jaw/neck area literally daily and pluck any I see, but the next day or even later that day, I can find a new one that's at least 5mm long. Even men's beards don't grow that fast.

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MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 02:53

FruitFlyPie · 08/12/2025 02:52

I just don't understand how fast they grow. I check my jaw/neck area literally daily and pluck any I see, but the next day or even later that day, I can find a new one that's at least 5mm long. Even men's beards don't grow that fast.

Just more validation of my private thoughts. How fast they grow.

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