randibear
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i swear i'm getting a beard!! no wait, it's true.
it's like a very soft downy white hair. but it's getting noticeable gang!!
i looked in the mirror this morning and whoa!!! you have to look close but it's there.
the hair is long enough that you can tug on it. i think some call it "peach fuzz".
wth is going on? anybody else get this???
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Keebler
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- Caution: do NOT shave, wax or otherwise try to remove it or it will grow back thicker and darker. I've not done this with my face but, even with eyebrows, which were never thick, once I had them waxed and they grew back in a bizarre fashion.
So: as this is blond, you will be best approaching hormonal imbalances rather than any kind of physical removal approach which can make you a slave for life.
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Yep. I have to avoid looking in the mirrored closet doors when the sun light is shining on my face. At least it's all white and very fine. It doesn't really bother me at all, though.
I think we are in the same age range. For women, this is probably normal. Still, hormones are likely to blame. But, I'm fine with a little peach fuzz. Were I to (ever) have a romantic dinner date, I would be sure the candle light would be a bit of a distance away and not under my chinny, chin, chin.
I can't imagine anyone would really ever notice, though. And, if so, so what? My guess is they would have a few cosmetic flaws, too.
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I started to search the web a bit and had a couple interesting links but, after reading through them, am greatly disturbed that they seem to be selling hair removal systems. With light hair, I think that could be disaster.
There may be some links that are purely educational regarding hormonal balancing but I've not the desire to sort those out. -
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sammy
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I say get rid of them! Pluck, shave, wax, whatever works for you. Laser hair removal (by a dermatologist) would be a more permanent solution. Anyways, the hairs are not going to grow back thicker or darker, that sounds like an old wives tail.
My mom told me something along those lines when I was young and wanted to shave my legs. I have very light reddish blond hair and shaving my legs did not cause the hairs to grow back thicker or darker. Of course the hairs will feel more prickly when they start to grow back in but that is because they are short and standing straight up instead of long and laying down.
Besides the immediate cosmetic intervention of hair removal, talk with your doc. It can be a sign of hormonal imbalance, common with low estrogen and low thyroid.
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Hormones...I take a used, not sharp razor and once in awhile get rid of the fuzz.... never comes back in abnormal, just more blond fuzz... not a pain to do it, just takes a few mins. we is all getting old! ha
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sammy
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I should also mention, it is normal for everyone to have short fine hairs on their face and neck (on all your skin). It is the longer, thicker, more beard-like hairs that you are talking about right?
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Th Hormone Diet Book by Natasha Turner, ND
Has lists of symptoms that correlate with which hormone is low or high.
Amazon has it for under $15.00
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I like the doctor since she has had lyme herself, & she knows how Lyme/tick diseases can destroy thyroid & other hormone organs.
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randibear
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well let's see.
i've also noticed very long coarse, very coarse!!, hair growing on my legs now.
for years i've not had to shave at all, since my hysterectomy but in the last couple of months, the hair on my legs has started growing again.
but yuck, it's curly long and very coarse.
but the hair on my face is baby soft and white.
i haven't been to my obgyn in a while so another visit may be in order.
he wants me to go on cenestin, which i think is a biohormone, i guess. i'm not sure.
ah, another appt. dang, i hate them.
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Keebler
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- Diet changes sound like a good solution. Especially if meats or dairy is consumed from cattle who get hormone injections of rBGH.
Regarding hair removal, maybe for some, luck for blond re-growth would be the outcome but there is no guarantee. Other methods could also leave marks and are very painful.
In my early teens, the hair on my legs was blond. Against my mother's advice, I shaved and it did grow back thick and black. Same with eyebrows after waxing. It grew back much darker and thicker.
The two longer blond hairs that I plucked from my chin also now grow back think and dark. But there are just 2 of those. I would not want to take the chance with the hundreds of tiny fine ones on the sides of my cheeks. -
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randibear
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ain't no way am i shaving. bad enough to have to do the legs again, but my face.
never!!
besides, as clumsy as i am, i'd probably cut my dang throat!!
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Yes - I have this and so do all of my sisters (I have five) We are all in our 50's and 60's.
My husband is kind enough to comment on it regularly, too!!
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Keebler, that stinks, I'm sorry that the old wives tale turned out to be true for you.
Randibear, you could get an electric razor. I found and hand held one at Target for $10. It uses AAA batteries so I bought a pair of rechargeable for about $10. It's lasted me for over a year now. So much cheaper than buying disposable razors all the time. Plus I was cutting myself too often because I have neuropathy in my legs and I couldn't feel the cuts. The electric razor is much safer for me!
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mojo, I'm sure you can find plenty of things to comment back on.
Sorry Randi, I don't have that problem .... I'm a blonde and have little hair except on my head, but I feel for you.
I would say it's hormonal. I'd Google for natural things you can do for that kind of issue.
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- Mojo,
Yeah, as SGK suggests - you might look at your husband's ears. Hair loves men's ears.
Sammy,
For you, it may have been some of the red-blonde hair genes that made the difference. Mine were more ash blonde, no red at all. -
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My hormones are perfectly balanced with bio-identical hormones and I have the blond fuzz on my face. I am in my 60's. I've been on bio-identical hormones almost 2 years.
Waxing causes a rash, avoid. I tried threading and that was fast and hair removal lasted about 4 weeks. Threading is the best I have found to date. The hair is actually less to the touch since having the threading.
The middle eastern women use this, look on You Tube on how to do it. Look up, facial threading. I went to salon it took about 15 minutes. Laser doesn't work on blond hair. Tried all that stuff.
Maybe it is diet? Personally, I think it just part of aging, no matter what you do, it will always be there.
BTW, it is still blond and hasn't turned grey, that's the good news !!
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mojo
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LOL hubby does have the nose hair problem but plucks them in the bathroom sink and leaves the 'evidence'
Men can be SO grosse! Oh, and did I mention he's kind enough to mention my twin sisters "beard" to her, too!
We just ignore him................
My daughter had a dark mustache when she was about twelve. We had it waxed twice and it never grew back~ She's now 22
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Fortunately, my hubby takes care of that stuff when he is out of town.
I had my eyebrows threaded for the first time, so much faster than waxing!! Hurts though, but at least it's over with quickly. I'm blonde, and my eyebrows are blonde, so I can't see them to use tweezers, the threading works great.
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Yepper me too. My doc said that when you have lyme and are treating lyme your body is under so much stress then it activates your adrenal glands including your testosterone. I've shaved my stach it doesn't come back in bigger, darker, harder. Waxing is definitely better because you don't have to do it so often.
when I got my lyme into remission the first time, it receded alot.
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