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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom of hairy 9 year old girl here.  This is NOT unusual for certain ethnicities.  Please, those of you trying to diagnose a disorder, keep your comments to yourself!!  Pediatrician has confirmed that my DD's development is perfectly normal and on the early normal end of puberty.  She is of an ethnicity in Eastern Europe that tends to have lots of hair...think of the Iranian ladies to have to get their eyebrows threaded every week!  My 9 yo DD has already had her armpits shaved.  She will likely get legs shaved in coming months.  Not sure what we will do about that mustache!  Maybe bleach before we even consider waxing.  I will make all the suggestions and let her decide what she wants to do.  I basically bring it up and tell her to let me know if she wants to talk about it more.  I don't force it on her.  And when the time comes (late teens) I will spend the money for laser treatments, just like I had to.

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I would be careful with what you are saying. I am Mexican American and I am not hairy at all. I have really good eye brows. Why did I ever notice That? My sister is super hairy like my father. She has to stay on top of her body hair. And basically has been like that all her life. My mother never said anything to her about it because body hair isn't a source of shame. However, my sister was shamed about it in high school where she was also shamed for being a 120 lb lb 5"4 woman. She basically doesn't let herself go above 108 now and is not just religious about hair removal but thins the hair on her head as well. I feel horrible seeing her live like this but there is not much to do about since she has internalized a lot of the bullying in high school. Fwiw, she went to Madison.[/quote]

So what are you saying I should be careful about? At least I take the initiative to help DD make decisions about shaving.  Sounds like your mom was clueless.  Sad.  Also sad that you come on an anonymous board to brag about your "good eye brows" and hairless body.  Sick.[/quote]

Don't make generalizations based on ethnicity! That is all I was saying. I never bragged about my hairless body. I have hair. My mother never thought body hair should be a source of shame. Should Frida have shaved her unibrow because of people like you? It is cultural. And when you are surrounded by white people who shame you for what you look like, it makes your life suck, which is what happened to my sister. I didn't care because I was a geek and was too busy doing geek things to know I was supposed to be jumping through stupid beauty hoops to popularity. [/quote]

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