I have always had to shave or remove hair from my legs. I would say for the past year now I have noticed less and less growing back. My shins are almost hair free as are the acks of my calves.
Nice in a way. I haven't shaved them since January and there's hardly anything there.
I don't have dark hair or dark features and am fair skinned so could this be another sign? My hair is greying and am hoping it goes like my mum's, nice and lustrously white! Although I'm getting less hair on my legs I'm getting more under my chin arghhhhhh. (white ones in my eyebrows too). It's all confusing.
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Jackie,
I posted a thread a week or so ago about the same thing, only mind included all body hair!! haha!! Apparently this is a normal menopausal symptom....less body hair....one bonus!!! Woohoo, at least there is ONE positive!
I posted a thread a week or so ago about the same thing, only mind included all body hair!! haha!! Apparently this is a normal menopausal symptom....less body hair....one bonus!!! Woohoo, at least there is ONE positive!
I don't get underarm hair now! One postive thing must be more 
Are you all post menopausal women who are no longer growing leg/armpit hair? Just curious. I have had a slow down of hair growth but it seems patterned. Oh, look, there's a spot where no hair is growing! But there is another where its growing like crazy! It's like a small bald spot there on that leg or shin but has the growth stopped enough not to shave?
R U Kidding?!!!!
I am sitting here at my desk looking at about a weeks hair growth on my legs. It's gotta be a 1/4 inch long now. I look like the shaggy dog version of me. I just shaved the pits two days ago and they are competing with the legs already. Where does this stuff come from? How can hair grow like that on legs so dry you should have them included on the historical roster as national deserts?
Of course, I have had the chin hair, white eyebrows and white hair to deal with since my mid thirties. In fact, I have been drawng in my eyebrows since the early thirties when RAI and Graves disease caused them to virtually disappear.
My mom stopped growing hair on her legs like this, in randomly patterned areas I guess. But she doesn't need to shave anymore now that she is over 60. That is, if you are bifocal age and can't see the occasional stalk growing out of her legs here and there or that rare armit hair you could use to fly a kite. Fortunately, it nearly all went to her lip so she can shave like dad used to. Well, dad hardly needs to shave anymore. His hair all went to his ears! (How convenient, grow your own ear muffs and save money!)
My daughter complains because she has 4:00 shadow on her legs nearly every day. She has PCOS and goes through alot of the same menopausal symptoms we do...poor kid. Only 25 and facing that! She rarely has periods and when she does goes through such awful PMS that I spend an entire week at various physicians offices with her. She is terrified of having kids and terrified of not having kids. What a generation! When I grew up in the 60 -70's we just assumed we would get married and have kids and didn't think a whole lot about it. It's what you did. Now that I am this age, I realize its the best thing you can do in this life for yourself in this world beyond developing a relationship with your Creator.
I'm glad I didn't sit and fret about it for a decade before doing it. My daughter sits on the internet reading every symptom of every possible disease, complication and medication. Is this a good thing? I dont' think so. The generations before had the charming bliss of ignorance and got through it all right. What is an apparent blessing can also be a curse.
R U Kidding?!!!!
I am sitting here at my desk looking at about a weeks hair growth on my legs. It's gotta be a 1/4 inch long now. I look like the shaggy dog version of me. I just shaved the pits two days ago and they are competing with the legs already. Where does this stuff come from? How can hair grow like that on legs so dry you should have them included on the historical roster as national deserts?
Of course, I have had the chin hair, white eyebrows and white hair to deal with since my mid thirties. In fact, I have been drawng in my eyebrows since the early thirties when RAI and Graves disease caused them to virtually disappear.
My mom stopped growing hair on her legs like this, in randomly patterned areas I guess. But she doesn't need to shave anymore now that she is over 60. That is, if you are bifocal age and can't see the occasional stalk growing out of her legs here and there or that rare armit hair you could use to fly a kite. Fortunately, it nearly all went to her lip so she can shave like dad used to. Well, dad hardly needs to shave anymore. His hair all went to his ears! (How convenient, grow your own ear muffs and save money!)
My daughter complains because she has 4:00 shadow on her legs nearly every day. She has PCOS and goes through alot of the same menopausal symptoms we do...poor kid. Only 25 and facing that! She rarely has periods and when she does goes through such awful PMS that I spend an entire week at various physicians offices with her. She is terrified of having kids and terrified of not having kids. What a generation! When I grew up in the 60 -70's we just assumed we would get married and have kids and didn't think a whole lot about it. It's what you did. Now that I am this age, I realize its the best thing you can do in this life for yourself in this world beyond developing a relationship with your Creator.
I'm glad I didn't sit and fret about it for a decade before doing it. My daughter sits on the internet reading every symptom of every possible disease, complication and medication. Is this a good thing? I dont' think so. The generations before had the charming bliss of ignorance and got through it all right. What is an apparent blessing can also be a curse.
Frozen, I really feel for your daughter. I have a friend who's daughter has PCOS, and it is such a sad disorder!!! (((Hugs)))
As for lack of hair growth in Post, well I worked in a hospital for quite a time, and while there I saw a lot of very elderly ladies with all body hair intact, so not everyone loses hair on their body. Hazarding a guess, I would think this was due to testosterone levels.
My head hair seems to grown faster, leg is slower, underarm is slower...nether regions has not thinned at all, and my T is quite high, so I think it all depends on what our hormones do. I would sure be happy with no leg and underarm hair!!
As for lack of hair growth in Post, well I worked in a hospital for quite a time, and while there I saw a lot of very elderly ladies with all body hair intact, so not everyone loses hair on their body. Hazarding a guess, I would think this was due to testosterone levels.
My head hair seems to grown faster, leg is slower, underarm is slower...nether regions has not thinned at all, and my T is quite high, so I think it all depends on what our hormones do. I would sure be happy with no leg and underarm hair!!
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