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[–] 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I have a couple of hairs on each earlobe that randomly go rogue and grow to like 2 inches long. IDK where they got the idea that they should do that, it accomplishes nothing and makes them look foolish.

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Right smack dab in the middle of my forehead. My wife calls it my unicorn horn.

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  • [–] 22 points 11 months ago

    I have a hair around the bottom of my ribcage, all by itself, that used to grow really long if I didn't notice. First time I found it I thought it was a thread from my shirt until I realized tugging it hurt. I think it was 4-5 inches (~10-12 cm).

    Then there was the ingrown hair on my jawline that started looking like I had a botfly. That one was a few inches coiled up inside the cyst by the time I decided to cut it open and drain it. So...yay for at home minor surgery because I can't afford to see a doctor! Go USA!

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Mine is in my neck, that bad boy has been trying to grow longer since 2005.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago

    Yes. Am a beardless woman. Except for that one recurring gnarly chin whisker that keeps sprouting up every few weeks. I pluck it.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I have a rogue eyebrow hair that my wife loves to yank for me when it gets an inch long.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    I feel like it's an equation. The older you get, the more you look, the more you find! Now how long has that been there?! *pluck*

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    I once had a hair on my thigh grow to at least 5 inches. Then one day it was gone. I miss it dearly.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    I used to have one right in the middle of my bald spot. I couldn't see it even with a clever arrangement of mirrors, but I could feel it. I think it must have been fair because it didn't stand out even amongst the apparent lack of hair*, but the root would sometimes feel like it was digging through my scalp.

    Some days I'd spend longer than I'd like to mention trying to grab it blind with tweezers. On and off for years. Often got other fine hairs, but not that one.

    One day I finally got it. It didn't look remarkable at all, at least not that I remember, but the feeling when it came out was something special.

    Never been bothered by it since, so either I killed the root or set it right.

    * If you get real close, it's actually kind of fuzzy, but for most intents and purposes there's nothing there.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Got a mole on my chin just outside what would be an appropriate goatee size that grows hair faster and denser than anywhere else on my very not hairy face. Some weeks I trim down just that mole because the rest of the peach fuzz is barely visible even after several weeks of growth

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 child)

    Get computer duster spray, mask off the area around the mole with duct tape, invert the can and spray the propellant which will freeze it and substantially reduce its size.

    edit: clear the area of hair and oil, use a hole-puncher to make the duct tape mask. I've done this for warts, facial blemishes, those raised lip things... etc. Clean the area, use basic sanitation practices. Don't pick-at or hassle the layer that scabs over and replenishes. Don't go hog-wild with the freezing - try a smaller amount first and give it a week to see how it responds. That propellant is no toy

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I have a dark hair that grows out of the side of my nose. It's thicker and stiffer than anything else around, and it's painful to pull out every time it shows up.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Nipples. Used to be none,

    then one,

    then three.

    Then three in one follicle (two fine one thick).

    I don't count them anymore, just yank em quick.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    One bastard nose hair. It grows long and it grows fast. Like sometimes it curls round inside the nostril and I don’t notice it for a week or two, then all of a sudden it pops out of my left nostril and it’s an inch long.

    I try to get ahead of it some times but plucking a nose hair makes my eyes water like Niagara.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Once or twice a year, I'll get an eyelash that's grey and weirdly long. Plucking it is so satisfying though.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I have long lashes and once in a while I'll see something on the edge of my vision that I can never actually see. It's always an eyelash that webt rogue and grew in sideways.

    Another aspect of my long lashes is whenever my eyes water (I'm not crying you're crying) it smears on my glasses.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    My right eyebrow has decided that there must be one hair that points directly forward and leans down into my vision. I've only plucked the offender a couple of times because I don't want to end up pulling out too many in that area but each time it has grown back like it wants to be shark teeth.

    No random hairs that I notice, since I have quite a few without being a hairy beast. They all have friends.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah I had one beard. One hair only, like an eyelash it was, not like my head hair. Seems to have finally given up though.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Got one in my ear that's like a needle, thanks for the reminder

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I've got a sliver one that grows on the bridge of my nose, right between my eyes. But I leave it, tell people that "I'm a unicorn, I'm fucking magical!".

    My wife has one on her neck she hates with a passion.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I have a single grey hair in my eyebrow that is thicker, and more wiry than the others. It also suddenly sprouts to an inch long and sticks out.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I used to have one on my neck and every couple of weeks I'd go looking to pluck it. One day though it was gone. I kept reaching for it, but never found it.

    Just as I was about to lose hope, lo and behold, it was right above my eyebrow. Now, is it the same hair? Who can tell. I have a feeling it got tired of being plucked out so it decided to migrate. That didn't work so well for it though.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I got this one hair on my left arm that is hella thick and wiry and I pull it out about once a week and it's always way longer than what actually sticks through the skin. Like it'll be barely enough to grab with tweezers and then I pull it and it ends up being 1-2 inches long by the time I pull the root out.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Got a one random hair on my adams apple, a few inches below my natural beard line

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