Displaced Hormones

So what's up with chin hairs?  Seriously, if it's not one thing it's another.  We go through menopause which rids us ladies one pain in the butt only to take on our future nemesis.  I have what appears to be a large zit on my chin.  It's been growing almost four years now.  I am here to say, it is not a zit.  It is this squirrely agitated spot that I can't seem to leave alone because little whiskers keep creeping out. 

What started out as one random little surprise soon turned into a harvest of about 8. Give or take.  The secret is out of the bag here gals.  We just have to deal with it.  It's not pretty.  Just add it to the list of giving birth, bad haircuts, cellulite, sagging belly skin accompanied by stretch marks, eyebrows that won't curve right and the oh-so-famous triceps wave.  Yep.  If you don't have chin hairs yet, just brace yourself, they are on their way.

So what you need to do right away is make up your Chin Hair Survival Kit.  Get a pair of reallly good, pointy tweezers.  That's it.  That is the kit. To do it right, you will need several kits.  Keep a kit in the car. Naturally you will want a kit in the bathroom -- that's a given.  It helps to tuck one in a kitchen junk drawer, your purse and if you work outside of the home, keep a kit at work.  In the beginning you will need a mirror. The small magnifier type work best. 

I found the very best place to attack these unsightly rascals is in your car.  You have the best light, a mirror readily available and you have a kit in your car.  You just need to keep watch because you will have some on-lookers.  This requires a sense of humor ok.  So toughen up, this is no time for thin-skinned crybabies.

Do you ever think about the costs of our beauty and hygiene regimen?  Make-up, shampoos, conditioners, leave-in treatments, facials, nail polish and removers, perfume, kotex, tampons, medications, noxema, scrubs, rubs, clippers, cutters and waxers.  How about just hair stuff?  Rollers, blowers, ties, bands, clips, cuts, perms, straighteners, moisturiziers.  This doesn't even include any type of Salon excursion. And now Chin Hair Survival Kits.  Be prepared to shell out about 30 bucks for all your tweezers.  Don't scrimp and buy the cheapos or you may as well throw your cash out the window as you drive down the road.

Your goal here, once you obtain a chin hair, is to be able to drive down the road, or talk on the phone and pluck them out at the same time; without even looking.  It really helps to get to this level.  You learn the geography of your face this way.  You know the spot and you take care of business.  And by the way, do not discuss this with men, it makes their stomachs turn flip-flops.  The idea that their wife or girlfriend has a chin hair doesn't set well with them.  Just deal with it and not say a word.  It is like our 'skeleton in the closet'.  Don't ask, don't tell.

So with that said, have a nice day.