Good point, and your first. Does your day get any better?

or Veet

eh so what OP, you got a little hair, we're mammals and that's how its supposed to be. I like some hair on my girls, better that then someone who looks pre-pubescent.

You can't use Veet on that (Y) The Label says not to
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Exactly..we have hair all over our bodies..it's natural. And what's the big deal about explaining it in front of med students? They aren't looking at you thinking "oh she has hairy nipples ha ha"..they are looking at you medically so they can learn and take care of you in the future..Chill out

no, no. You can't pluck that hair. It's hella painful.

I don't even feel it when I do that. PLUCK IT OP, YOU'RE AN IDIOT.

This is exactly what I came in here to say. I have hair around my nipples too, so I pluck them. Nipple hair doesn't grow back very fast, so I only have to do it once a week or so. It really doesn't hurt at all, and even if it did hurt, it can't hurt worse than nearly cutting off your nipple.

Yeah, plucking doesn't hurt at all for me.

Also, it's a big deal for the med students to be watching because they are most likely going to tell everyone. People in those fields (especially in training) love to relate those types of stories. You can bet their peers will hear about it.

Not to worry, they'll stop telling the story once they see a patient who has a cucumber stuck and swears they were gardening naked and just fell back onto the thing (or a story of equal magnitude that trumps your sliced nipple).

Oh yeah, and having eight med students to see one patient being treated definitely isn't the norm. What most likely happened is they gathered all of the students to come and see the lady who almost chopped her nipple off shaving.

Or the OP is just over exaggerating, or made the whole thing up and because she sees this happen on TV she thought it happened in real life too.

Seriously? They are med students. Students. Students.

What the hell, woman. Haven't you ever heard of waxing? YDI for being dumb enough to shave your tits.

when you shave any hair it actually makes it grow back faster and thickier.

No, it doesn't -- just like cutting yout hair doesn't make it grow faster. Hair grows from the root, not from the ends.

If shaving / waxing / cutting made hair grow quicker and thicker, people who are balding or have thinning hair would be shaving daily.

Well, shaving does make the hair thicker, because a hair is normally thinner at the end and thicker at the root. When you're shaving, you're cutting the hair close to the root, and that part will now be the new end. That equals a thicker hair.

And the hair grows out faster when you shave compared to when you wax or pluck...

It's thicker at the base, but will taper out again as it grows out. People just usually don't let hair grow back out that they want to shave.

The reason most people think that shaving causes thicker hair growth is puberty. Boys usually start shaving their face, and girls their legs and underarms at the beginning of puberty, about the early teens.

Then, over the years, the increased production of hormones causes this androgenic hair to get thicker and darker. People happen to be shaving during this time, so the myth of shaving causing hair growth arises. If it was true, balding men would only have to shave to see increased hair growth! I shave my arms because I like the smoothness, but the hair that grows is still fine and blonde despite years of facing the blade.

Waxing, however, will often cause some reduction in hair growth when done for a long time. This is because ripping the hair out at the root damages the follicle, which grows the hair. Shaving does not touch the follicle, so it won't affect the hair growth.

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I'd prefer that she spends time with the Hairy Toed chick.

When I hear about hairy nipples, "hanging out" is the last visual I wish to consider!

Oh, yikes. Good point. 'Scuse me while I go bleach out my skull to get rid of that mental image.

Ohh, yay. Double (triple now) post!

You read my mind

throw in the girl who cut her vagina shaving and that'll be a real party

Nice

HAHAHAHA!!

I'm assuming the OP isn't as hairy as I'm think you think she is. She was probably standing in the shower and was all "Oh.my boobie is looking a little furry and here is my leg shaving razor..." and things just went downhill from there...

I was thinking that, but if its peach fuzz, than She deserves it, if it was full out mats of hair, I feel bad. This kind of reminds me of the little migit in Eight Crazy Nights with the hairy white ass.

lots of girls have just a few hairs on their nipples but they can be long and dark so theyd want to get rid of them.. probably more common than back hair id say..

weird, idk, I dont have any chest of back hair so idk how to feel about this.

I don't think you're obligated to feel any way in particular, though it would be kind of useless getting angry or grossed out at something that is natural.

Uhm, actually it is very common for women to grow hair around their nipples regardless of nationality, although I am certain some nationalities have it worse than others, as there is a difference in how body hair grows anyhow from race to race.

I remember a year or so ago there was some article in cosmo (or some other random girl magazine like that) that I read talking about how something like 10% of the women in the world admit to having hairy nipples, if 10% ADMIT it imagine how many more must be to embarrassed to do so.

If anything, it may be a hormonal imbalance that causes the hair growth, rather than her nationality.

The OP may want to look into polycystic ovarian syndrome, or pituitary adenomas. Both conditions can cause an increase in androgenic hormones in women, leading to affects such as excess hair or infertility.

And then tie both of them together and swing them around like a jumprope spanning your cleavage.

The girl with the toes can do the same, and we can play double dutch!

Cinderella
Dressed in . . . *Ralph!*

Game over, man!

She.. oh, wow.. she might have still been able to wax her nip off.. @.@ ow _ _ _ *cringes*

I had emergency surgery at a teaching hospital and I only saw two med students the entire time, but they didn't ever ask me if it was okay (It was, of course. One of the best hospitals in the country so a couple of med students here or there= no skin off of my back.)

Doctors are probably supposed to, but since almost all patients say it's OK I can see why many don't bother. In my experience, most doctors ask if it's a one-off thing, but not if they're being shadowed all day. OTOH, for embarrassing or traumatic stuff it's not professional to to bring in unnecessary people or make the patient retell what happened more than necessary. So, the doctor most likely didn't think it was that big of a deal.

I had to get a cut in my face glued shut. It was done my a med student. I was not given the option to ask for a real doctor. The med student did a good job though. She was able to use the glue and all I have is a small scar on my chin. I won't let someone who is 'in training' take a blood sample though. I don't need a person digging around in my arm with a needle trying to find a vein.

Dislike.

How WOULD it be her fault?

Touché. It pretty much wouldn't.

Pretty sure ears have hair, but I think the palms of the hands might not?

Meh, I don't really know. I guess you can say the palms don't have hair. Idk if ears really have hair. Inside them I think they do but idk about the outside of them

they have peach fuzz

But you evidently choose not to.... you know.. FIX IT.

Hey, I'm currently unemployed, and the medicine that fixes it is expensive. I'm searching for a job, but until then, I'm stuck with plucking/waxing/shaving/whatever works best at the time. It's not like I enjoy having hair in places I ought not to have hair in, and I would fix it if I could. I just think people are being a tad ridiculous by telling the op she deserves it for being hairy.

Wait, do you mean "fix it" like how the OP did or do you mean that she should like take meds for it? I'm confused.

Also just as a side note for some other posters, not every woman with this issue has a genetic problem. It is perfectly natural and is not always a sign of a hormone imbalance or anything like that.

Saying "gross" isn't immature. It's not a judgement, just a reaction. It's not like it being natural is relevant, you can't expect people to react differently according to how natural something is. Look at another example: taking a shit is natural, but shit is still gross. There are always going to be people who find nipple hair gross, and maturity or "growing up" has nothing to do with it.

It's not always a sign of hormonal imbalance, but they are fairly common. I just think that it's worth looking into, particularly if a woman shows other symptoms of a hormonal imbalance, such as irregular or particularly painful menstruation, thinning hair on the head, excess weight around the torso only, etc.

Since hormonal conditions can cause health problems that you may not notice right away, it's always better to be aware of your body's status. That's all.

From your profile picture, it looks like you need to pluck your eyebrows a bit more. (At least you have two of them.)

Call me when you take care of that -- you look hot.

Everyone has some. Don't be stupid.

OMG, that made me laugh so hard.

After reading all of the stupid responses on here so far yours is the first one that really got to the point of the matter without being side tracked.

I've been reading down this list thinking "S A F E T Y R A Z O R" and seeing guff about scissors, tweezers wax and creme. Good on you 85.

Mind, I am surprised at how many women here admit/claim to have hairy boobies! I've now got an image it may take me years to shake off.

thats what am wondering about :P

No, but it would fucking HURT. If anything, depilatory cream (Nair/Neet) would be best.

Students are under HIPPA too, if we're on a team treating a patient, we're allowed access to their records. You can request not to be seen by students, but if you go to a teaching hospital for care, you kind of should expect to at least see students running around.

True!