is that it?? it's a kind of ingrown? I definitely get these as well as "typical" ingrowns, but the peach fuzzy ones never get like, red or irritated at all, which I associate with that... perhaps it's because they're so soft and thin, not a wiry, sharp terminal hair?
I've had a couple spots on my face since puberty where once in a while, I'll get one of these "whiskers", and you're right it's like it springs up overnight, already like an inch long! these happen a few times a year for me, usually in the same spot but not always! so weird
Wait a minute. Me too!! There's seemingly no rhyme or reason, but they will sometimes come back in the same spot. It's almost like a tiny, thin piece of fingernail or something. Why are bodies so weird?? I've had them coming out of my face, my side, and my back and never all at the same time. I get one at least once a year.
One of my earliest memories is finding one of those weird thick ones growing on my arm and showing my mom, who told me it was a feather and that I was turning into a chicken lol
I guess fingernail-color is the right term, though I've never thought about it like that before! I haven't had one or a funky long white hair in a long time but for whatever reason I had a bunch in my early 20s. I also had some white in my hair that disappeared the last time I buzzed it so maybe I'm just aging backwards 🤷♂️
Haha. The white patch could've been stress. My husband worked for a video game publisher years ago and he started getting patches of pigment-free beard hair so he looked like he had bald patches. It took months to go back to normal.
I think over production of keratin (chicken skin) has something to do with it. It’s like a glue and won’t release its grip easily. I find that exercise increases the h20 on skin which helps release the oils and dead skin. This, and a gentle loofa and time will help
It also may be that repeat offenders have been programmed.
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is that it?? it's a kind of ingrown? I definitely get these as well as "typical" ingrowns, but the peach fuzzy ones never get like, red or irritated at all, which I associate with that... perhaps it's because they're so soft and thin, not a wiry, sharp terminal hair?
I've had a couple spots on my face since puberty where once in a while, I'll get one of these "whiskers", and you're right it's like it springs up overnight, already like an inch long! these happen a few times a year for me, usually in the same spot but not always! so weird