Removing the hair from my chin

**Joules** · December 19th, 2018, 04:09 AM

Peach fuzz isn't hair. Well, technically it is, but it's not something to be upset about. We're mammals, we all have it all over our bodies. It's normal. Tell your friend to go look in a mirror. Unless they're a shark, they have hair on their chin too.

**Milady_DeWinter** · December 19th, 2018, 04:19 AM

Originally Posted by Joules

Peach fuzz isn't hair. Well, technically it is, but it's not something to be upset about. We're mammals, we all have it all over our bodies. It's normal. Tell your friend to go look in a mirror. Unless they're a shark, they have hair on their chin too.

You just made me recall the Nimona comic

But yes, hair is just normal. Fuzzy hair esp, you can just leave it alone. Just remove the darker ugly ones with tweezers if you want, and that's all

**blackgothicdoll** · December 19th, 2018, 06:32 AM

Looks like normal peach fuzz. I get the occasion "real" hair popping in my chin and neck, there are two that I notice come in and make me angry. I tweeze those. Don't mess with peach fuzz, it could come back thicker.

**zashin66** · December 19th, 2018, 07:05 AM

When I was 19, my mother reached up to my chin and have a yank but she didn't actually touch my skin. I yelled in surprise. She pulled one hair that was growing really long. She took me to the doctor who said, after appropriate blood tests, that I was normal in my hormones. Later on, I developed several more hairs. I just shave them off every day. The peach fuzzies right next to the thicker hairs have never gotten worse or thicker. Don't get many ingrown hairs. I tried waxing my face once only. Afterwards it took two weeks for the scabs to heal up. The roots were very long. Even longer than hairs from back of my head. ( I pulled a few for comparison).

I just deal with what the good Lord gave me, pick up and go on. I'm grateful for the all the hairs on my head, so what if a few got misplaced along the way.

**lapushka** · December 19th, 2018, 07:23 AM

I was expecting a hair to be sticking out, but I was literally like, "what hair"?

It's fine!

What a nasty comment to give someone!

**Carolyn** · December 19th, 2018, 08:20 AM

Maybe you were in the sun or bright light when your friend was looking at your face. Fuzz really shows up in the sun. I think it was rude to say anything to you about it. I notice it on women and never would say anything. I have a lot of fuzz and a lot of horrid wiry hairs growing from upper lip down. I tweeze almost every day. I also have a home threader tool that yanks the little bastards out. Yeah it hurts a bit but you get used to it. I've also had my face threaded and waxed. I don't always have the money to do that at least once a month. So I do the home thing.

**MusicalSpoons** · December 19th, 2018, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by lapushka

I was expecting a hair to be sticking out, but I was literally like, "what hair"?

It's fine!

What a nasty comment to give someone!

Exactly this! I even zoomed in to try and see, but nope, still can't see anything. Unless you do mean the peach fuzz, which as has already been said is completely normal!

It also seems it's perfectly normal to have a few 'misplaced' actual hairs (I like that term, zashin66!

) and for those I too just use tweezers.

**GrowlingCupcake** · December 19th, 2018, 02:57 PM

Maybe it's because I grew up as a hairier-than-normal person in Asia, but I can see the hair they are talking about.

I get my chin, and upper lip done when I get my eyebrows waxed. If I have to do it at home, I use a very small razor, and shave the same way men would. I do have one hair I regularly pull out of my face (it's LONG, and white), and I frequently shave the underside of my chin. I've had no acne, no ingrown hair, etc. because of it.

My friend is even hairier than I am. She gets hers threaded off, and has had no issues with acne or ingrown hair.

It makes me more comfortable to do it, so I'm going to continue doing it. If you really feel you must, ask a male you know who shaves (father, partner, brother, brother in law, etc.), see your regular eyebrow waxer or threader (if you have one), and if you do not, find a reputable one. Do not wax/thread at home. Oh, and buy a small facial razor.

**cjk** · December 19th, 2018, 03:14 PM

I'm surprised nobody has suggested sugar wax. Pretty common approach and cheap to make at home.

There's also shaving or bleaching, and Magic Shave is a cream depilatory option.

**illicitlizard** · December 19th, 2018, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by GrowlingCupcake

My friend is even hairier than I am. She gets hers threaded off, and has had no issues with acne or ingrown hair.

It makes me more comfortable to do it, so I'm going to continue doing it. If you really feel you must, ask a male you know who shaves (father, partner, brother, brother in law, etc.), see your regular eyebrow waxer or threader (if you have one), and if you do not, find a reputable one. Do not wax/thread at home. Oh, and buy a small facial razor.

I agree with most of this, 'cept for going to a professional to get waxed/threaded. It's really freaking easy to do at home. I prefer threading as it irritates my skin less. Or plucking if it's only a few stray hairs.
I will say though, peach fuzz is entirely normal so it's not like you actually HAVE to remove it. Pretty sure no-one but your friends are even going to notice it in passing.