Recently, I asked the women in our community to share their questions about makeup for women over We had some great questions, including one from Carol, who asked about facial hair removal. So, to help investigate this issue, I turned to my good friend, Ariane Poole. If you have been following Sixty and Me for a while, you have probably already been introduced to Ariane. Not only is she a fantastic makeup artist, but, she is also a warm person and a good friend. Below is a quick summary of some of the points that we discussed.
Menopause and Facial Hair: Some Solutions | Women's Voices For Change
Menopausal peach fuzz is not high on the list of "favorite things about menopause. Vellus hair is that short, soft, nearly not-there hair children and women have. Who gets what re: facial hair is determined mostly by our hormones. More estrogen gets you the finer, softer, lighter stuff.
Female facial hair: if so many women have it, why are we so deeply ashamed?
Last week, a reader sent in a comment in response to one of our stories:. My biggest complaint—and no one I know seems to share this—is a sudden abundance of light facial hair! I had it waxed once, but read that waxing will eventually cause the hair to coarsen. Now I cut it back with at small pair of scissors, but it still seems so obvious to me. Honestly, I would gladly trade this for hot flashes!
W omen like me have been keeping a secret. The removal of facial hair is just as paradoxical — the pressure to do it is recognized by many women as a stupid social norm and yet they strictly follow it. Because these little whiskers represent the most basic rules of the patriarchy — to ignore them is to jeopardize your reputation, even your dignity. More specifically, they were interested in terminal hairs ones that are coarser, darker and at least 0.