This Is Why Your Rogue Chin Hair Grows In The Exact Same Spot Every Time – Vogue UK

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Publisher: British Vogue (Vogue UK) · Published: July 13, 2025 · Accessed: August 18, 2026

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• Julia Claire's tweet – 'Every woman you know is fighting a lifelong battle against a single chin hair' – has more than 41,000 likes.
• Chin hair (or any facial or body hair) is entirely normal in everyone and nothing to be ashamed of (Dr Susan Massick, associate professor of dermatology, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center).
• Body hair generally divides into vellus hairs (lighter, thinner, smaller – 'peach fuzz') and terminal hairs (darker, thicker, longer); vellus hair can convert to terminal hair (Dr Ife J Rodney, founding director of Eternal Dermatology and Aesthetics, professor of dermatology at Howard University and George Washington University).
• The usual culprit is testosterone: everyone has it, some produce more, and each person's hair follicles react to varying hormone levels differently; cis women mostly have vellus hair with very few thick dark hairs on the face (Dr Cindy Wassef, assistant professor, Rutgers Center for Dermatology).
• People with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have high levels of androgens, which can lead to what some consider 'excessive' hair growth.
• A rogue hair growing in the same spot can happen on a hair-follicle-by-follicle basis: 'those particular follicles have a lower threshold for testosterone' (Rodney); it may be the same hair each time or from a 'sister follicle' lurking nearby (Massick).
• The myth that plucking a hair makes more grow in its place 'is absolutely false'; plucking is a good, safe way to remove unwanted hair (Rodney). The myth that shaving makes hair coarser or thicker is also false.
• Waxing and laser hair removal are options, but the price may not feel worth it if you're only going after a single straggler from time to time.
• Nothing provides foolproof permanent hair removal; you may have to repeat treatments or stay on a maintenance schedule (Massick).