Dear Rose # 7 - Errant Chin Hairs

Rose is an amalgam of us - women in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond who are looking for somewhere they are seen, heard and listened to.

Dear Rose,

Last night, an errant chin hair caught my eye when I was washing my face.

It was so fine that I hadn’t noticed it on my frequent sweeps— where I brush my hand across my chin and sometimes catch hold of one. I do it completely without thinking. Sometimes I’ll find myself stroking one of the hairs and then "come to," wondering if anyone noticed.

Do you do that too, or have I just revealed something quite embarrassing? Are you going to watch me for my chin-hair-sweeping now? Ha ha!

I know that at our age there seem to be a lot of cruelties—the middle-age spread, night sweats, and sore knees—but is there anything crueller than the errant chin hair? I swear that last night it took me 20 minutes to find the exact spot it was growing from so I could pluck it out.

But my eyesight doesn’t like looking at things so close up, and I’ll be damned if I put my skin through the indignity of a magnifying mirror.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who suffers with this?

Love,

Em xx