Pubic hair in a nine year old

Person_one

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

What swimming costume covers under arms and legs?

That's the only areas we are looking at treating

The school arnt stopping it though

Ok, good. You mentioned hair around her vulva in the OP, I was worried you wanted to get rid of that too.

Please don't refer to it as 'treating' it though, body hair isn't an illness!

lostinrates

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

Waxing done properly will cause no problems to the skin shaving on the other hand does

Well then, there are a lot of beauty professionals doing an improper job......ATM my husbands back is not looking old from his back wax :eek: a couple of weeks ago.

Person_one

robpw2 wrote: »

be careful using it round your vagina .. it can cause sores i once did it downstairs and it was really painful it burnt

I'm pretty sure you don't have a vagina...

balletshoes

ignore me - already answered.

Person_one

balletshoes wrote: »

I understood the OP was talking about her daughter's armpit hair?

Hair in three areas was mentioned in the OP, and the title said 'pubic hair' which usually means hair on the pubis. She's clarified since though, as you can see from subsequent posts.

lostinrates

Person_one wrote: »

Surely it would be preferable for the school to deal with the bullying boys rather than to tell a girl of 9 that her body is wrong and start her down the road of constant upkeep and scrutiny at such a tender age?

If she feels self conscious, the right swimming costume will cover her pubic hair. Even if you feel shaving her legs and underarms is unavoidable, her skin down there will be so sensitive, and she could very easily end up with rashes, ingrowing hairs and itchy regrowth which would be no fun for a chid at primary school.

I'm not getting at you here OP, because you have to equip your daughter for the real world, but it makes me so sad that people think she 'has to learn at some point' and that 9 year olds grooming their pubic hair is just fine and dandy.

It IS fine and dandy to groom body hair. It's not fine and dandy to think its the only acceptable choice, or that not doing anything about it is the only acceptable choice.

As a kid who spend considerable time in a dance leotard I wouldn't have wanted to be ungroomed. Many kids with sports or performance elements to their life would feel the same, As an adult I enjoy the choice of what to do with my bikini line and beyond.

Dovah_diva

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

The school arnt stopping it though

What do you expect them to do? They could tell the perpetrators to knock it off, but to be honest that'll just make it worse for your daughter by drawing even more attention to it.

Your daughter needs to either deal with her body hair or learn to deal with the bullying. Its not nice and it's not fair, but sadly bullying is a fact of life at school.

balletshoes

Dovah_diva wrote: »

What do you expect them to do? They could tell the perpetrators to knock it off, but to be honest that'll just make it worse for your daughter by drawing even more attention to it.

Your daughter needs to either deal with her body hair or learn to deal with the bullying. Its not nice and it's not fair, but sadly bullying is a fact of life at school.

and to be honest, as your daughter is the one who has to deal with this OP, I think it should be her feelings which are taken into account. If she wants the armpit hair gone/not to be so visible, and thats something you can help/advise her on, then in your shoes I'd do that.

IHateDida

Why don't you just get her an electric ladyshave? Its less likely to cut her skin and will save her the embarrassment of being "hairy"?? (and get her some E45 to moisturise afterwards).

She is entering an age where things like this can be extremely embarrassing - but an electric shaver is the least harsh of all the methods (and won't burn/cut her) and leave her to make her own choice when she is mature enough to make the decision which suits her best.

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claire16c

pinknfluffy0 wrote: »

I'm worried as it grows back worse, what u would like ideally is sugering but I'm not sure if anyone would do it in her at this age

The growing back thicker thing is the oldest wives tale in the book! It's not even logical - how can cutting something above the root affect the DNA/inherit way it's going to grow?

It's not like you go to the hairdressers and then your hair starts growing differently is it!

Shaving does not damage your skin either, just use some shaving gel. I can keep a tan whilst shaving for goodness sake. Don't scare a kid by getting a sugaring kit out, teach her to shave or buy some sensitive skin hair removal cream!