Fisher's Mom
Executive Chef
You know, some educators really don't have a clue!!! What a crappy thing to say to a young lady! It made me cringe just reading it. I remember being sooo self-conscious once I hit puberty and was horrified that I had dark hair on my forearms. I didn't know that we all have hair on our arms and if you have dark hair on your head, it'll be dark on your arms. I think I wore long sleeves for about 2 years straight!I now also have some thick hairs growing on my face from two moles. It is usually just two or three and I pluck them on a regular basis. However, ever since puberty I have had some "peach fuzz growing above my upper lip. I was mortified in Grade 10 when I was in the school office running the school newspaper off on the guestetner machine (no photocopiers in those days) and the principal of all people walked by me and said "is that a moustache I see?" My self-esteem was low in those days but that just put me at rock bottom. I borrowed my sister's leg shaver when I got home and tried to shave it off but of course it came back thicker. A friend suggested bleaching it and finally I resorted to going and getting it, and my thick eyebrows (almost just one) waxed every 3 weeks.
Now, I don't worry so much, except the most pronounced hairs.