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Dang chin hair - how do you deal with it if you have it?
Posted: Jan 12, 2010
You know that old saying that every time you pluck a gray hair, 2 more grow in?
Well, now that I've passed 40, I have the pleasure of chin hair - something I never had before. Good grief. Black ones too. Not those really fine white hairs. And I swear - for every one I pluck, 5 more grow in. My MIL says she shaves every day. My SIL and I pluck. However, I worked with a girl who used to work for a derm doc and she swears that laser treatment on those pesky chin hairs really works, but only on the dark ones (which is my problem). For some reason, it tends to be ineffective on the light ones. It doesn't cost much (under $100 total) . I just found another one further up my jaw today. I'm seriously thinking of having some kind of treatment. It's not like I have a beard or anything, just about 5-8 hairs on each side of my chin that I have to keep plucking. It's annoying! 
Anyone else care to admit to this embarrassing problem and how they deal with it? Anyone ever had laser hair removal in this area?
Thanks in advance!
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I just yank the suckers! - (nm) - Zircon
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I'm a plucker and.. - vanilla bean
[ In Reply To ..]And as for gray hair - I have decided to say "Its not gray hair, its Tinsel." Makes it more cheerful that way!
Im sort of thinking about dying pink or lavender streaks - in the gray areas, just for fun.
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LOL - Not on my face. On my scalp! - (shoulda been more clear) nm
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The good news is they eventually go away - just me
[ In Reply To ..]I had them for more years than I can remember. I plucked seemed like every week. The good news is about a year ago I noticed it finally went away. I still have "whiskers" on the sides of my mouth, but at least that bristly little booger is gone. At times I felt like the character Jeff Goldblum played in the Fly. :-)
Have you ever noticed some women dont pluck them? - Why is that? (nm) - Zircon
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Either nearsighted and cannot see or they just - do not care if they are there
[ In Reply To ..]I have seen others with them as well. I cannot stand not to pull them out myself.
I know.. - cabbage
[ In Reply To ..]I see these other moms at school, and especially in the sunlight, they're like everywhere! What is the deal! I pull them out right away.
I have one on my neck. - talk about embarrassing...
[ In Reply To ..]Just one single black hair that comes every week or so... i constantly look cause im very aware of it and pluck it right away.
My sister has had laser on her bikini line and her underarms, and she says it is working well and likes it. i personally had it on my belly and it lessened the hair as well, but i stopped going cause it was PRICY...
I have hair on my upper lip and it is really embarrassing. i waxed for awhile but i tend to think it is not that noticeable, until you get in direct sunlight. i would like to laser that off, my best friend said it's the best 500.00 she ever spent... it's just getting the courage to go in for a consultation i guess.
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