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Billygoat Gruff, Yikes !

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Takingthemick Tue 21-Feb-17 09:02:05

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.

kittylester Tue 21-Feb-17 07:14:55

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

ninathenana Tue 21-Feb-17 07:13:20

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.

JackyB Tue 21-Feb-17 06:51:51

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.

Deedaa Mon 20-Feb-17 21:13:41

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!

kittylester Mon 20-Feb-17 20:28:43

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!

dahlia Mon 20-Feb-17 20:13:33

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!grin

Treebee Mon 20-Feb-17 19:11:35

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?

grannylyn65 Mon 20-Feb-17 17:45:55

So true Ana ?

kittylester Mon 20-Feb-17 17:43:30

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!shock

Ana Mon 20-Feb-17 17:41:19

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...

rosesarered Mon 20-Feb-17 17:35:52

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.grin Although they are fair hairs, they still have a wanted dead or alive poster out on them.

KatyK Mon 20-Feb-17 17:19:10

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

NonnaW Mon 20-Feb-17 16:48:34

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!

Christinefrance Mon 20-Feb-17 16:44:29

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.

hildajenniJ Mon 20-Feb-17 16:30:26

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.

NanKate Mon 20-Feb-17 16:22:31

I used a strong magnifying mirror this morning when I put on my makeup. To my horror I saw I had a long, at least 2 inches, hair growing just under my chin. shock I cannot imagine how I have missed it.

I am always tidying up DH's ears and now I will have to get him to reciprocate with my chin. Why did none of my family tell me ?

I associate whiskers with really old people. I hope at 70 I am not in that category yet.