Do "stiffer" white/blonde hairs on your face mean that there is a hormone imbalance? I know some so-called peach fuzz is normal, but what about the semi-hard hairs that are still blonde??
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Not quite sure what they "mean." But if they mean hormone inbalance consider me unbalanced. I have them pop up around my chin area all the time. I've also noticed a few around my eyebrows. Weird, huh? LOL.
I have 'em on my chin mixed in with the dark hairs. Usually I just leave them alone if they aren't noticeable. I dunno if they're connected to the hormones since I already knew my hormones were messed up
When the white hair gets hard it usually means its turning vellus .... this means it may eventually turn black ... it is turning coarser hence its stiff ...
I get these and have noticed they get coarser and then go black and its another one I need to remove
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When the white hair gets hard it usually means its turning vellus .... this means it may eventually turn black ... it is turning coarser hence its stiff ...
I get these and have noticed they get coarser and then go black and its another one I need to remove
Ooooh, I didn't know that...thanks! You learn something here every day.
Do "stiffer" white/blonde hairs on your face mean that there is a hormone imbalance? I know some so-called peach fuzz is normal, but what about the semi-hard hairs that are still blonde??
Semi hard hairs that are still blonde are, as Sally has said, in the first stages of becoming terminal. Look at the way they come in on a teenage boy -- blonde, semi-hard, hard, then turn darker -- each stage under the infuluence of more and more testosterone. It's just the same process that operates with us, even if we're a bit older when it happens and it usually doesn't happen to quite the same extent. Chin hair is usually more bristly than moustache hair. So, to answer your question, Yes, it's indicative of sensitivity to testosterone, and also the presence of higher than normal levels of testosterone and/or lower than normal levels of estrogen. But it's not uncommon for women to have a bit of such hair growth and after menopause it could almost be regarded as normal.
Interesting. I had a lot of these hairs pop up during laser treatment years back. Hmm.
I think I am noticing the heavy white hair more during laser treatment because the laser kills all the dark hairs, but doesn't touch the white/gray hairs. I have alot of thick white hair, but I assumed it was thick dark hairs that had turned white.
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I'm a little confused. I used to get soft blonde hairs that turned to soft black hairs and got thicker and coarser with the years. I have been getting stiff white ones over the last year. I thought (hope) it was age related. I am over fifty and get very elated every time I fnd another white whisker...much less noticable.
I'm a little confused. I used to get soft blonde hairs that turned to soft black hairs and got thicker and coarser with the years. I have been getting stiff white ones over the last year. I thought (hope) it was age related. I am over fifty and get very elated every time I fnd another white whisker...much less noticable.
Probably just that estrogen levels have dropped to minimal levels and testosterone is still high, so the process of hardening to bristly terminal hair is quicker. Maybe there'll never be any color to them if the rest of your hair is naturally gray,
Stiff White/Blonde Hair 
