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

394 replies

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.

OP posts:
notacooldad · 19/12/2025 18:06

has anyone mentioned toe hair yet or am I the only hobbit?
On our breaktme durimg development day someone mentioned hairy toes, I cant remember how the subject came up but I denied knowledge of such things. I didnt want to admit my toes don't need socks as they are well covered!!

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 19/12/2025 18:13

ohnotthisagain2020 · 08/12/2025 03:07

I'm in my 50s and this has never happened to me, but I am overall not a very hairy person, I mean I have head hair and eyebrows, but my underarm hair was always quite sparse, and I never had to shave my legs, so I might be the exception.

In my 50s and not had these either. My under arm hair wasn’t sparse though and I did shave my legs when younger.

janj52301 · 04/01/2026 18:09

I also have Denis Healey eyebrows that pop up overnight. They get plucked as well

TheAmusedQuail · 13/08/2026 10:50

MomWithChinHairs · 08/12/2025 01:57

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 ?

I used to sit at the table in the staff room and pluck mine, and the younger staff would laugh at me. They're all doing it now.

It comes for us all.

Redhotwater · 13/08/2026 11:03

TheAmusedQuail · 13/08/2026 10:50

I used to sit at the table in the staff room and pluck mine, and the younger staff would laugh at me. They're all doing it now.

It comes for us all.

Surely staff room tables aren’t the place for plucking chin hairs!🤯

Crikeyalmighty · 13/08/2026 11:58

I am at it with a razor twice a week at 64! Can’t have laser as they are on moles

LoafofSellotape · 13/08/2026 12:23

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

The second I turned 30 mine started !

BigSkies2022 · 13/08/2026 12:28

Ha! I started getting them in my twenties! I pluck. Also, use those Japanese brow blades/dermaplaning blades to smooth my top lip and the peach fuzz around my jaw line. If it’s good enough for Caroline Hiron, it’s fine for me. I did wax when younger, but it often resulted in spots- blades and tweezers quicker, more thorough and less messy.

SlightlyTerrifiedButPolite · 13/08/2026 17:38

Mine started at 26! 😂. And now I’m pregnant at 36 they’ve started growing further down the chin onto the neck!

TansySorrel · 13/08/2026 17:49

I normally check mine every day with a light up magnifying mirror. I like it when I miss a day or two as they are easier to tweeze out

MarbleDrive · 13/08/2026 18:38

I feel so lucky that despite being old (53), I have just one chin hair. And it only appears once or twice a year. It was black, but I zapped it with my lumea and it disappeared for years. When it dares to reappear, it’s now white. I’ll confess, I get a thrill if I feel it poking through and I have to tell all of my colleagues.

janj52301 · 13/08/2026 18:46

How about the random eyebrow hairs that appear an inch long over night?

Atleastitsnotsunstroke · 13/08/2026 20:24

I have ahem a few. I tried a Lumea but I am convinced it has made the fuckers more resilient.

Neck WTAF.

Atleastitsnotsunstroke · 13/08/2026 20:25

janj52301 · 13/08/2026 18:46

How about the random eyebrow hairs that appear an inch long over night?

I call these my grandad hairs. They are also blonde and the rest of my brow is dark brown.

Atleastitsnotsunstroke · 13/08/2026 20:26

I have finger hairs - anyone else. The section between the nail and the knuckle. I am undecided if or how to deal with them.

Newsenmum · 18/08/2026 21:03

Atleastitsnotsunstroke · 13/08/2026 20:26

I have finger hairs - anyone else. The section between the nail and the knuckle. I am undecided if or how to deal with them.

I have a few there but a lot more between my knuckles and where my hand starts. I use one of those things where you rub and then rub in different directions (not sure what they’re called?)

Newsenmum · 18/08/2026 21:04

SlightlyTerrifiedButPolite · 13/08/2026 17:38

Mine started at 26! 😂. And now I’m pregnant at 36 they’ve started growing further down the chin onto the neck!

Pregnancy got my neck too!

readingmakesmehappy · 20/08/2026 17:35

been tweezing them out for years but they are def getting more

Radiator981 · 21/08/2026 08:05

My neck!!! Arghh also jeez I read that as 40 chin hairs 😂

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