Billygoat Gruff, Yikes !

Nobody in my family mentions my whiskers either. I have a very long one that grows under my chin, and two tufts, (or they would be if I let them grow), on either side of my chin. I hate them, and have an ongoing battle against them with the tweezers.

Me too NanKate. I recently retuned from a trip to UK with a really long black hair protruding from my chin, my husband said he hadn't noticed it ! !
The hair on my head is thinning why then is hair sprouting elsewhere. ? Wish I had the long lustrous locks I see in the Holly Willoughby ads.

I have on on my chin, which I call my witch's hair. I realised I needed to do something about it again when DGS was stroking it last week!

I am always saying to DH 'why didn't you tell me I had a whisker?' He always says he didn't notice.

DH's never notice anything ( it's in their job description) so I always check for any naughty hairs springing up in a magnifying mirror in a good light, and blast that sucker into oblivion the moment I spot it. Although they are fair hairs, they still have a wanted dead or alive poster out on them.

That's the trouble with fair hairs, they can sneakily grow to a ridiculous length before you spot them!

Dark hairs would be so much easier to nip in the bud, so to speak...

I have one that is non existent until I get complacent and then, lo and behold, it's an inch long. To add insult to injury it's GREY!

So true Ana ?

I've asked DD2 to be my bristle buddy and let me know if she spots any I've missed. Often wondered whether to mention to a friend about their chin hair, never have. How would you put it tactfully?

Treebee, I think you just have to come out and say it! Perhaps you could begin by describing your own problems with chin whiskers, and see if she reciprocates? Good luck!

I was wondering that too! A friend has two or three little clumps of very fine hairs and I never know whether to mention it or not. She only has sons and they wouldn't either notice or mention it. She does, however, have a dil who is a bit bossy and scarily glamorous so I'll perhaps leave it to her!

For several years I had a long black hair that would sprout from my cheek. How ever carefully I looked for it it was always about an inch long before I found it and yanked it out. It finally seems to have given up, but no doubt another one will spring up somewhere else!

I wish hairdressers would discreetly include a little tweeze around the neck and chin when they've finished cutting and are just tidying up. Some of these little nuisances are in very awkward positions where you can't get at them or you can't see them properly, because you create your own shadow.

A good magnifying mirror and a table lamp with a bendy neck that you can twist into any position plus a good pair of tweezers are my best friends.

Our hairdresser sorts out DH'S eyebrows so that's a natural follow-on, Jacky.

Such a comfort to know I'm in good company with the blooming chin hairs. IPL has been useful for some of the dark monsters but I still harvest with my trusty magnifying mirror (the strongest I've bought from John Lewis) so it continues.

I have one like a phone cable it is so curly..........why? what are they for?

However, in life now, I have very little satisfaction but getting one with the tweezers is a triumph of sorts, not sure what else I can do for entertainment.

I wouldn't be without my 'Wizzit' about £5 from Amazon.......amazing results and they don't grow again for ages and often not at all.

Facial hair in my experience starts to appear around the menopause and continues. I get my eyelashes dyed every month and at the same time have 5 minutes electrolysis. It doesn't actually get rid of them once and for all but it certainly weakens them and a small session once a month keeps on top of the problem as different ones grow each time!

I treat myself every 6 weeks to a lip and chin wax and use a whizzing in between I find its a bit of a confidence boost to know I'm whisker free?

Nankate what is your definition of old age.My late mum at 91 had less grey hair than me when in my sixties.Her skin was as smooth as a baby's b---m.

I find a small electric shaver is my best friend tbh!!

A lady I worked with had her hair cut and it was dreadful, longer on one side than the other. Whilst having lunch it looked like a hair was going in her mouth with her food. I leaned over and said "oh there is a hair" and pulled it out of her food.....it was about 3 inches long and still ATTACHED to her chin. I nearly died...We laughed for years about that. I know she had long hair but how could she have missed it. We were only in our 40's. Happy days!!

Yes threading ever 6 weeks or so and tweezing in between
Have had electrolysis in past to sort out the worst but I think another session is due
My daughters have promised to tidy me up regularly when I am decrepit and in a home
I do think daughterless women are more likely to let them sprout ....