Hair thickness and facial hairiness in women

**jane_marie** · January 23rd, 2020, 08:30 PM

Originally Posted by TreesOfEternity

I have the same hormonal thing going on, it only affects my facial hair growth though.

Testosterone and androgen are masculine hormones right? They actually make hair thinner in theory, and body hair more prominent. It is progesterone that makes head hair thicker.

Usually women with PCOS or high testosterone will experience more body hair and less head hair unless your genes make your head hair thick to begin with.

Yeah, your right. I don't have PCOS but I do have a different sort of thing that makes my hormones wonky. Specifically I have to much prolactin as well as slightly elevated levels of most other sex hormones.

The hair thickness is most likely just genetic.

This whole poll was mere curiosity.

**blackgothicdoll** · January 23rd, 2020, 09:57 PM

I have iv hair (jk, no idea what it is, but there's a lot of it). I have some nice peach fuzz, but no stache or brow, though I do get the occasional coarse, long hair that just happens to spring up on my chin. Those require tweezing.

Eta: oh, I do get hairs on the corner of my mouth but they are thin enough to not be super noticeable. I've only waxed them twice, I otherwise forget they're there.

Now other body hair......

after the winter I have to get out a chainsaw to get through the bushes.

**Bri-Chan** · January 24th, 2020, 01:21 AM

My hair is fine and dark blond/light brown ... but my facial hair is black, the blackest black and thick

**Laurab** · January 24th, 2020, 09:42 PM

I'm ii/iii (I'm basically right at a four inch ponytail) and I'd say I have a normal amount of facial hair. No unibrow or mustach or anything.
But I also have fine hair that isn't super dark, so any hair I do have is less noticable.

**cm006j** · January 31st, 2020, 07:08 AM

I have thick hair and pcos. So I’ve got very thick facial hair as well: unibrow, mustache, beard. I shave my neck and jaw every day :-/

**The-Young-Maid** · February 2nd, 2020, 10:39 PM

I'm iii and have an average amount of facial hair. My facial hair is of the peach fuzz variety and the rest of my body hair is maybe a shade lighter. I don't need to shave my legs often.

**aenigmatica8** · February 20th, 2020, 01:35 PM

Unfortunately not! I have fine, thin/normal density hair, and a ton of fuzz on my face and body. And I'm young so it only gets better from here lol.

**aenigmatica8** · February 20th, 2020, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by cm006j

I have thick hair and pcos. So I’ve got very thick facial hair as well: unibrow, mustache, beard. I shave my neck and jaw every day :-/

I feel your pain! Sometimes it's just easier to shave it! I've made the occasional mistake of waxing or epilating my facial hair and I without fail breakout like crazy afterward. Electrolysis/laser hair removal are options if you have the money/commitment. For now I just deal with being a little furry, and pluck any dark/thick hairs.

**jane_marie** · February 20th, 2020, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by aenigmatica8

I feel your pain! Sometimes it's just easier to shave it! I've made the occasional mistake of waxing or epilating my facial hair and I without fail breakout like crazy afterward. Electrolysis/laser hair removal are options if you have the money/commitment. For now I just deal with being a little furry, and pluck any dark/thick hairs.

What kind of wax do you use? I don't have a full blown thing going on... more a couple of thick black hair on my chin, some dark hairs on the sides of my upper lip and a some unibrow action. I had always had issues with breakouts but started using a stripless wax from sally hansen. It works well without the breakout but of course YMMV.