Hi there, .... my 4.5 yo and 6 yo girls are HAIRY. 6 yo - long dense hair on arms, legs, tiny bit on the upper back/neck and the startings of a blonde moustache. 4 yo - arms, legs, shoulders and back starting. All grew in at age 4 ... nothing at birth. Hormone tests etc all fine. Nothing in the family like this ... I have a bit of darker hair on my arms and legs and did from about 10 years of age but nothing too drastic. Theirs is a lot more extreme then mine. Im hoping some of you out there can tell me that this excess hair will improve at puberty? Am I dreaming?? HELP. I lose a lot of sleep worrying about these two girls. They are totally gorgeous but I am so worried about a lifetime ahead of them with hair issues. My 8yo son on the other hand is smooth and shiny - wheres the fairness! The 6yo is well aware of things - some lovely friends at school have mentioned her arms and legs but thankfully no one has noticed the thick luscious mo she is just starting to get. I have reluctantly caved and allowed the 6yo to veet her legs - she was threatening to pull out of swimming lessons. Please mammas ... anyone else having this stress?
Hi everyone, thanks for your responses. I have had them checked by docs, dermatologists and paediatric endos. No answers from any of them which means its just one of those weird things. I just feel so sorry for them. If it was only arms and legs that would be easily dealt with. Its their beautiful faces and bodies I worry about the most. Googling just terrifies me. Too many terrible images of hairy faces and bodies !! Anyone else out there with children that became hairy while toddlers that had it disappear later on?? I just wonder how much worse it can get :(
Hi, Lilac:
There is an ad on TV about this hand held thing that takes hair
off the body by heat, I think.
This may be a good tool to obtain. It is not a shaver.
Good luck.
D.
Really, you probably need a pediatric endocrinologist. The only treatment that I know will work is laser treatment. A relative of mine had that done on upper lip and it worked rather well. Once the hair is there, it won't go away on its own. She will require some type of pain medication - grown-ups can handle it, but not kids. The laser hurts and you will need repeated treatments, but it certainly is an option. Sign up for groupon, in my area, they are always giving out good deals on laser hair removal packages.
Have you talked to your pediatrician about this?
My older daughter and son are REALLY HAIRY! My daughter is 25 and was born a hairball. She had it on her ears, back , forehead , arms and legs. She does get her mustache done. Her hair is not soft its course and she was made fun of tons in High School. She is a dark haired beauty. I let her shave very early , she even uses a cream on her arms and legs now. But she has sideburns that she is going to get lazer treatments on. Get them to a endrocronoligist. I just chocked it up to their Heritage.
We are a hairy family...it is our heritage that makes us so. As I have gotten older it has gotten thicker, darker, etc. I don't have much to add since I know where are hair comes from but I wanted to let you know that you are not alone. My son had a mustache in kindergarten. I had to let my 11 daughter start shaving/nairing this year, but we homeschooled so that bought me some time. She will be going to middle school in August so I figured it was time. I was made fun of in elementary school for my hairy legs. I have hairy man arms, too. I wax that off. If you don't know where it is coming from (heritage, for example) I would seek out in endocrinologist for some answers. Did they have their thyroids check?
Good luck!
My younger daughter was hairy until around three then it started falling out. More than likely she will grow a mustache when she hits her teen years but the hair on the back and butt is gone forever.
At least for Genna it is a Greek/Italian thing. I remember her grandma holding her hours old saying its okay, we will go wax together. :p
She is eleven and no one has really noticed her hairy legs yet so she doesn't even shave.
There's always lasers. It's harder to treat lighter hair but when the girls are old enough, you can get the hair lasered away. If it's bad enough, it'll be worth it.
Hi! Kids can be cruel with their teasing, so I would do something now (esp. about the mustache) before the kids at school tease her and she gets traumatized. I know how it feels because it happened to me when I was 12! Luckily, now they have laser hair removal treatments. You can get a package on GroupOn or LivingSocial that's discounted (make sure you pick a nice place with a Dr.) and you can get enough treatments to reduce the hair, or eliminate it completely. You may want to eliminate the mustache for the older girl, but just reduce the hair on arms and legs if you're very worried about it- after all they're very little girls. The last thing you want is for them to grow up self-conscious and embarassed, they should be focused on playing and having fun!
