Comments on: Why is there hair growing on my chin?

By: Eliza

Eliza — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:24:16 +0000

@Julie – ‘unzipped zipper ‘ LOL It’s true, eh?

By: Eliza

Eliza — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:23:14 +0000

@Lori – yes, funny eh? I can accept curves that weren’t there before and wrinkles. But facial hair? NOOOO!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:42:29 +0000

Being olive-skinned, I tan easily. Nevertheless, I often wondered why in the world my upper lip tanned so much more than the rest of my face. …until the moment I was sans contact lenses (all the better for close-up clarity), was looking in the mirror while coincidentally standing in the ray of sunshine that came through the window. OMG, it was a MUSTACHE! And no one had been kind enough to tell me. (Maybe they couldn’t see, either?) Please. It’s akin to have an unzipped zipper. Embarrassing. People, please please please tell us these things! My solution is to periodically stand in the sun with my mirror and tweezers—and have tissues handy for when I sneeze. (Why does tweezing trigger sneezing?)

By: Lori Hoeck

Lori Hoeck — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:45:01 +0000

Hi Eliza,

I wondered when you would get to this topic. No wild hairs yet, just a trace of facial fuzz that wasn’t there before. I don’t mind a lot of what happens as we age, but scary hairiness is too weird!

By: Davina

Davina — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:25:12 +0000

Yes these hairs DO grow at a mutant speed! I was thinking that after I’d commented. Like… how come I don’t see it when it’s at least a half inch? Why does it just magically appear overnight and wave at me in the bathroom breezes? *she shrugs*. If I’d known what this aging thing was like, I would have had more compassion for my mother and grandmother.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:04:06 +0000

@Davina – comb over … you are too funny. Okay, so it’s not just me. These hairs do grow at some mutant speed.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:02:12 +0000

@DeepFriar – I can’t say really. My grandmothers were always ‘made up’. They didn’t go to salons and stuff, but they always had their hair done nicely, and their faces ‘powdered’. But then I read Davina’s response to you, and I think she nailed it. Seems it’s all YOUR fault *grin*

By: Davina

Davina — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:55:38 +0000

Every once in a while I’ll notice a long, wiry hair growing out of my neck about ONE INCH long, for crying out loud. The comb-over won’t hide it, so I pluck it while I shudder in disgust! Almost seems as if it’s watching and laughing at me.

And it comes back,too well… sneaks back, more accurately. I watch for it, checking often in the mirror and, nothing. Then, one day I wake up and there it is! That’s when I wonder how long it’s been there and how many people have seen it. I wonder if that’s why so many ladies wear those pretty neck scarves.

I use a product call Zain that is made by a friend of mine for her own business. It’s a natural sugaring system and the only product I’ve found that works for me. My “extra” hair is very fine, blond hair and hard to get a grip — ha, ha — but I suppose it’s better than having curly black hair.

@Friar… I’d blame the family of those elderly ladies with the moustaches. Here’s the thing: either their eyesight is not what it used to be and they don’t see the hair, or they’ve got the shakes and are tired of poking themselves with the tweezers. It’s the responsibility of those youngins to remove the hair. I bet you wish YOU’D thought of that for your grandmother’s sake

By: Friar

Friar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:14:39 +0000

I never understood those old ladies who have mustaches. My grandma had one. (I think everyone has a grandma who had one).

It’s only a few dozen hairs. For God Sakes, HOW COME you don’t pluck those out?

Is it because at that age, they just no longer give a shit about their appearance?

Or maybe it’s a violation of some Double-Secret Probation Old-Lady Code (??)

Ladies, you tell me.