Dear LPG readers,

I have to start by addressing both the ladies and gentlemen taking the time to read my message today because I want to talk about an unfair fact of life. Do you not think it ironic that when the world’s boys are working on graduating to manhood, they are more than likely to become truly worried about producing sufficient hair on their chins to justify using a razor? At the same time, we ladies spend our lives trying to eliminate any hint of protruding hair at the bottom of our faces.

We see our men follow the fashions, where their moustaches and beards come and go as they droop, get bushy, present as designer stubble, or get so long that their shirt collars are always completely hidden. Meanwhile, we women (and I have no choice but to see things from that point of view), mostly, only find ourselves worrying about the whole personal chin hair situation when we get a lot older.  

I am so jealous of those ladies who have not had to invest in a better pair of more accurate tweezers as they near retirement.  For older women who still use a bit of make-up in the mornings, I know that all too often there is one to be spotted, and it can take more time and pain to remove that hair than to do the rest of the beautifying regime.  For all that, I count myself lucky because the one pair of tweezers is the only tool I need to keep my chin in check.

There is a code, though. Have you noticed, ladies, that if another lady takes the time to subtly and quietly mention one that has popped out without your noticing, that is always appreciated? Can you imagine how you would feel if a man took the time to tell you?

This is the point where I have a message for our men.  If you do spot one under the chin of a member of the fairer sex, mentioning it to another lady so that the message can be passed on more discreetly is the kindest way to react (unless the lady is your partner). On that note, I would ask that you find another of LPG’s fascinating articles to move on to…

Now that the men have left us, ladies, I want to tell you about some research I have done that might help. Anyone who has a hint of this problem knows the pain, but so many of us spend time tweezing our way through all that agony regularly to look just so. We all think that what we must go through is bad, but what of those ladies who can’t pluck fast enough?  

For those ladies with more of a problem, reading has also made me aware of electrolysis or laser hair removal options.   With sufficient money to throw at the problem, there is always the professional route, and we have seen the emergence of those machines that are never called shavers, although that is exactly what you appear to do with them.  I cannot help but remember the advertisements for the ‘ NO NO’ when I think of them.

All joking aside, it is a problem that I have been trying to find out more about and having done the research and collated some information, I hope that asking LPG to leave it at the bottom of my post might help some of my fellow readers who share this problem.

 So, ladies, whether we are talking a bit of chin fuzz or those grey ones that make you look like a bit of a witch, the information below might be worth reading  

DB, Sydenham. 

DB finds some homemade remedies for getting rid of chin hair …

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… a little info abtou why it happens…

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…other advice she found  …

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