Very hairy legs on 7 year old DD and she's upset about it.

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Anonymous wrote:7 = 1st grade?!

+1. That's ridiculous. Can she read?

What does being able to read have to do with a child who has excessive leg hair? The whole original post states that it seems way too early to shave because it typically is WAY too early. But what's the alternative if the child is being teased and she's completely self-conscious about it. The leg hair is very different than her peers and it's causing problems. The whole point of the post was that it's way earlier than when it's expected to have to deal with this. At no point in the post does it say "hey, I really want to make my DD shave her legs for fun!"

Maybe the solution is to find better peers.

[Anonymous]

Op I was a hairy child but started shaving at 14. I don't remember anyone ever saying anything about it but If she is concerned maybe let her wear leggings or stockings. If you start shaving now she will have to do it for the rest of her life. After puberty with an influx of estrogen my arm hair actually got a lot finer and lighter than in childhood but if I had started shaving it it would have probably gotten coarse and thick.

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OP I had the same issue and did the same thing (winter is coming, let's talk in the spring). I bought a good electric razor and let her start shaving (arms and legs) the next Spring. She could do it on her own after two times of me showing her how. As another PP mentioned, once she could do it, it become much less of a big deal. She only shaves once a week or so with the electric razor (I like this because she can choose when to do it because she doesnt need my help).

Anyway, this started 3 years ago. My daughter is a smart, confident girl who actually takes pride in being a bit quirky. I think that forcing her to deal with this issue rather than help her through it would have crushed some that.

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Anonymous wrote:Op I was a hairy child but started shaving at 14. I don't remember anyone ever saying anything about it but If she is concerned maybe let her wear leggings or stockings. If you start shaving now she will have to do it for the rest of her life. After puberty with an influx of estrogen my arm hair actually got a lot finer and lighter than in childhood but if I had started shaving it it would have probably gotten coarse and thick.

Do you have a citation for this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:7 = 1st grade?!

+1. That's ridiculous. Can she read?

Since when is 7 first grade? How egregious is red shirting at your school??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op I was a hairy child but started shaving at 14. I don't remember anyone ever saying anything about it but If she is concerned maybe let her wear leggings or stockings. If you start shaving now she will have to do it for the rest of her life. After puberty with an influx of estrogen my arm hair actually got a lot finer and lighter than in childhood but if I had started shaving it it would have probably gotten coarse and thick.

This is a myth. Shaving doesn'tmale your hair corse or darker. That's a myth based on the fact that shaving cuts off the hair at the thickest point. If you let it grow out all the way you would see it isnt true.

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Arms, too?!?! I don't even do anything about my hairy arms. These girls will be entering puberty and adulthood with screwed up images of beauty and womanhood. Only perfect need exist.

[Anonymous]

Shaving your legs is hardly akin to starving yourself into a size 0 or getting implants in your butt.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Op I was a hairy child but started shaving at 14. I don't remember anyone ever saying anything about it but If she is concerned maybe let her wear leggings or stockings. If you start shaving now she will have to do it for the rest of her life. After puberty with an influx of estrogen my arm hair actually got a lot finer and lighter than in childhood but if I had started shaving it it would have probably gotten coarse and thick.

Do you have a citation for this?

Do I have a citation for myself? Well I am indexed on Ovid and PubMed. do a MESH search for "anonymous DCUM poster".

[Anonymous]

Haven't read all the other responses, but I'm a very hairy person, with dark hair.

Personally I wouldn't shave yet for a 7yo. Either get an electric thing like an Emjoi or convince her to get waxed. I know people say it's a myth that shaving makes the hair grow back thicker, but I do believe that waxing has helped my hair grow back in thinner (waxing or the Emjoi/Epilady type devices).

I recommend removing the hair, just don't shave.

[Anonymous]

I can't imagine putting a 7-year-old through the discomfort of waxing when an easy painless alternative exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op I was a hairy child but started shaving at 14. I don't remember anyone ever saying anything about it but If she is concerned maybe let her wear leggings or stockings. If you start shaving now she will have to do it for the rest of her life. After puberty with an influx of estrogen my arm hair actually got a lot finer and lighter than in childhood but if I had started shaving it it would have probably gotten coarse and thick.

That's an old wives tale that's been dis-proven over and over. Shaving your hair does not make it thicker or coarser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7 = 1st grade?!

+1. That's ridiculous. Can she read?

Since when is 7 first grade? How egregious is red shirting at your school??

In first grade you enter at 6 and turn 7. With a Sept. 1 cut off you can easily turn 7 the first week of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:7 = 1st grade?!

+1. That's ridiculous. Can she read?

What does being able to read have to do with a child who has excessive leg hair? The whole original post states that it seems way too early to shave because it typically is WAY too early. But what's the alternative if the child is being teased and she's completely self-conscious about it. The leg hair is very different than her peers and it's causing problems. The whole point of the post was that it's way earlier than when it's expected to have to deal with this. At no point in the post does it say "hey, I really want to make my DD shave her legs for fun!"

Maybe the solution is to find better peers.

What a completely stupid statement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where is this mysterious line?

The line where the hair stops because it's being shaved. You know, fuzzy leg to knee cap then smooth skin.