~~~Crone Poll~~~

[AkashicWreckage]

Chin Hairs

Chin hairs~~~~ the threads and fibers of inner wisdom who have finally found their place in the sun?

Or

Not to be tolerated~~~~Pluck, wax or otherwise remove 'em cuz they might be a distraction for others who look at us?

Or

Name each hair with care, and allow them to just be---trimming them every so often?

And, if there are any "younger crones" reading this and shrieking "No, No, say it ain't so!" I'm not saying it will happen to you-----
I'm just sayin'~~~~~
;-D


Oh---I employ a combo method of attack---wax, pluck, wax----repeat----then ask others with better eyesight to inspect....

[Mothercrow]

Oooh Yeeaaahhhh! Chin Hair - Well I've employed the seek and attack method - my husband bought me an ultra super duper magnifying mirror so that I could actually see what I am attacking and the little suckers still won't come out - so my next option might be laser removal - My chin looks like a battle ground - There is always that one that has two hairs growing out of the same follicle that just won't budge - driving me insane!!

I do hold out hope though - I remember my grandmother in her 80's who actually lost all of her body hair except the hair on her head and a little bit of her eyebrows - her body was smoothe like a baby I was her caregiver in her final years- and now I am caregiver for my mom who is approaching 80 and now has that same baby soft skin- but chances are I take after my dad's side of the family and will be plucking or braiding these hairs depending on my frustration level until the day I leave this Earth!

Mama Crow

[Jeanne]

This is truly one of those subjects of which we do not speak... openly... usually... without fear of frightening the young ones. Thanks, AW, for opening up this Pandora's box. LOL

Gotta say... I jumped the gun. Maybe because I'm a half-breed, my genetics weren't quite sure how to distribute the melanin, so I have dark hair and dark eyes with pale skin to rival a vampire's conquest. With puberty came a little mustache with great contrast between the dark little hairs and the anemic looking skin.
I struggled with those dark little hairs - bleached for years till my upper lip looked like it was becoming cancerous, waxed - ouch, tweezed - more ouch, and finally, thanks to the advice of Dr. Hulda Clark, shaved.

The chin has truly become the crowning achievement of hair gone mad. Especially the ones that grow under the chin, so far back that when you tilt your head, you can't see them... but you know their there. One day my researching mind decided to let them grow, so I could observe their increasing numbers. It wasn't that bad... I feared I was working my way up to a full beard, but no... it looked like a drought stricken patch of corn, with a few long coarse hairs, bent and twisted... much like the cute cartoonish crone that Mothercrow posted.

Men and women are most alike in their mature years than at any other time. But frankly, I would prefer they become more like us, not us like them. Damn you, Mother Nature and Father Time.

[Lance Michael Foster]

Well if crones should pluck chin hairs, than grumpy old men should trim those "lynx eyebrows" (along with the nose octopi and ear forests). If old men can be disconcerting, why not crones?

[AkashicWreckage]

Mother crow shared: "Oooh Yeeaaahhhh! Chin Hair - Well I've employed the seek and attack method - my husband bought me an ultra super duper magnifying mirror so that I could actually see what I am attacking and the little suckers still won't come out - so my next option might be laser removal - My chin looks like a battle ground - There is always that one that has two hairs growing out of the same follicle that just won't budge - driving me insane!!"
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Literally LOLing here---got that same follicle and a not so great magnifying mirror. I need sunlight to catch all the ones that resist the waxing and plucking---not that there is a forest of them----

Hold on everybody!
Let me add a disclaimer right this minute cuz I keep forgetting this all is rather public and I do have an image to uphold.
Plus I'm single and not really looking, but one never knows. There might be a semi-blind soul mate out there just waiting for me to happen by....
For all the men out there just eating up all of these wondrous posts---I keep the hairs totally under control, no one sees them except for me, so don't worry...
I had to put that out there, for the record...

Where was I?
Mothercrow, a nice grain scrub helps to tease the hairs out of hiding---a---ummmm---yeah, a friend told me that.


Mothercrow also said:
I do hold out hope though - I remember my grandmother in her 80's who actually lost all of her body hair except the hair on her head and a little bit of her eyebrows - her body was smoothe like a baby I was her caregiver in her final years- and now I am caregiver for my mom who is approaching 80 and now has that same baby soft skin- but chances are I take after my dad's side of the family and will be plucking or braiding these hairs depending on my frustration level until the day I leave this Earth!"

My grandmother didn't have body hair, nor does my mother. My mom used to boast that she NEVER had to shave her legs and that if I just left my leg hair alone, it too wouldn't bother me! Bitch! Didn't she realize that I took after my dad? He was a mixture of a bunch of nationalities, heavy body hair---I mean, like---couldn't she SEE that? Just leave it alone...

Hair's to us, Crones!

[AkashicWreckage]

Lance noted: "Well if crones should pluck chin hairs, than grumpy old men should trim those "lynx eyebrows" (along with the nose octopi and ear forests). If old men can be disconcerting, why not crones?"
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Snort!

Nothing better than a well mowed man!

Seriously, no----sorry, I can't do serious right now!

I'd just like to know who's idea it was to make us get all this hair at this stage of the game?

Not that there's a lot of hair on my chinny chin chin... :-P

[Candice Wilmore]

Yes, I too have one especially determined little gray curly on my chinny chin. I shave and hope everyone else's eyesight is as poor as mine so they can't see what I missed.

I spent my mother's 90th bday with her and my aunts Friday. Lovely to be with the elders. I brought an 8 year old friend who sings and plays like an angel. It was truly a simple day of family, fun, food and life. See attached JPEG photo if you want. My mother is in pink pants.

[Jeanne]

Candice,
Your mother looks great! I would not have guessed her to be 90.
Jeanne

Candice Wilmore said:

Yes, I too have one especially determined little gray curly on my chinny chin. I shave and hope everyone else's eyesight is as poor as mine so they can't see what I missed.

I spent my mother's 90th bday with her and my aunts Friday. Lovely to be with the elders. I brought an 8 year old friend who sings and plays like an angel. It was truly a simple day of family, fun, food and life. See attached JPEG photo if you want. My mother is in pink pants.