Hairy girls

[kimibrighteyes]

So, unfortunately, my daughter inherited her mother's Indian hairiness instead of her Japanese father's hair distribution.  She is 9 years old and asked me last year why some kids said that she has a mustache

I told her that everyone has hair on their face, but her hair is thicker and darker and so more visible.  I also said that the kids who said that would find something else to make fun of even if she didn't have hair there.  I asked her if it bothered her and she said no.  I told her to come to me if it ever bothered her and we would figure out what to do.

I remember being teased about this when I was young as well.  I have done electrolysis and laser more recently but 

So, what age would you contemplate doing something about facial hair in a young girl?  

[DesertMoon]

Id thread a mustache or wax for a young girl maybe at 11 or 12. Its annoying but its easily removed.if it was really bothering her id thread it at her age too.

[redwino]

I started using my brothers clippers in 6th grade. I didn't talk to my mom first so this was the only option I knew. My ex-sil started plucking my niece's brows at about 11. She first brought it up at 8ish but seemed to get over it then.

I would start taking care of it when it started to really bother her. Middleschool is probably when it will become an issue.

[itsme]

Same as the others.

[andwhat]

Ugh I don't know. DD has mine and my entire family's connected eyebrows.

[dr.girlfriend]

Honestly, if it is bothering her now, I don't see the harm in addressing it now. I just pluck (I have bad reactions to every wax method so far), so plucking a unibrow or 'stache on a 9-year-old would not seem like a big deal to me. I remember my mom was very opposed to us shaving our legs for some reason all through middle school, and thinking back now I wonder what the big deal was because it was SO much more stressful to try to hide my hairy legs, etc. It would be different if it was something with significant risks like acne meds or a mole removal or whatever, but a little tweezer action to me is NBD.

[kimibrighteyes]

Dec 9, 2016 14:02:45 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

Honestly, if it is bothering her now, I don't see the harm in addressing it now. I just pluck (I have bad reactions to every wax method so far), so plucking a unibrow or 'stache on a 9-year-old would not seem like a big deal to me. I remember my mom was very opposed to us shaving our legs for some reason all through middle school, and thinking back now I wonder what the big deal was because it was SO much more stressful to try to hide my hairy legs, etc. It would be different if it was something with significant risks like acne meds or a mole removal or whatever, but a little tweezer action to me is NBD.

She has never mentioned it again after that one time and she is a very non-girly girl who doesn't care too much about her appearance, clothes etc. She is also a fairly independent thinker and doesn't bow to peer pressure much. I don't want to make a big deal of it if it isn't truly bothering her. If she mentions it again I will take her for threadingbprobably.