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I have just noticed this afternoon that my facial hair has grown quite considerably longer. It is very noticable with the sun behind me. Is this happening to anyone else and if so, have you any ideas for dealing with it ?
It gave me quite a shock - I think it must have suddenly started growing faster. Such a lot of horrible side effects of Pred.
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Silver49 jan21306
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jan21306 Silver49
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Silver49 jan21306
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They do come back but I only pluck the stronger 'thicker' ones. That's exactly how my hair was but it is thickening up again. I gradually had it cut shorter and a number of people have said that they like my new look.
EileenH jan21306
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Very common - if it is fair don't complain too much: when I was on Medrol my beard was dark! My head hair has been white for about 20 years! Not a good look...
As I said on the other thread - I used my epilator for the cheek fuzz, it worked well even if a bit nippy the first couple of times. They do sell an epilator specifically for facial hair now so there must be a demand!
EileenH
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jan21306 EileenH
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EileenH jan21306
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I didn't notice at first - the change in the colour of my face when I got out the epilator and tried it was amazing!
constance.de EileenH
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You must have been very young when your hair went white! Were you a 'red head'? They seem to go white early.
How are you now? It wasn't so long ago that you had to go up to 15 mgs again. What are you n now?
EileenH constance.de
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The day before my 30th birthday I decided the silver streaks no longer looked like the very expensive streaks everyone thought they were! For the next 10 years in Germany I coloured it - I had a very cheap hairdresser, the father of the girls best friends! When I got back to the UK when I was just 40 I found it had got to the stage I needed roots done every few weeks as I was very dark reddish brunette - expensive! I tried lighter colours but they didn't look right and I had my hair cut very short until the coloured part was grown out - and then haven't touched it with colour since. The remaining dark hairs are getting less obviously but there is some pigment left because in the sun here I go really blond! My mother was also white very early - it's all in the genes!
I'm down to 10mg - the upper level of what the doctor ordered last time I saw him. 8mg will be preferable but no desperate hurry. It's very warm here and I have the usual summer problem of low BP which made me SOOO tired. I've adjusted the BP meds dose a bit and that seems to have worked.
constance.de EileenH
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I didn't know the sun affected BP! Having normally high BP I'm quite surprised that my readings are about 135/85 at the moment. I've even reduced my tablets (afraid of that tiredness! Have enough with the PMR tiredness)!!
You've been on your travels again recently. Of course reducing at that time wouldn't be what you would recommend.
Keep smilng.
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EileenH constance.de
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It's the heat more than the sun - it leads to vasodilation (wider blood vessels) as you try to keep cool. Wider blood vessels means lower blood pressure - and on Saturday night it was 102/61! The slight change in dose has taken it back to 115/70 -ish. That's better!
135/85 is fine - still above 120/80.
constance.de EileenH
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Yes I know! But as I started on 230/160 I find my present readngs fine. Mind you, that was over 30 years ago. Anyway, I'm no teenager!!
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FlipDover_Aust jan21306
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I just shave the buggers off. Lots of women shave, there's no shame in it.
jan21306 FlipDover_Aust
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FlipDover_Aust jan21306
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I shave every morning in the shower. I have two patches on each side of my lower chin that are stiff, but the rest is bumfluff. I get quite a glow on in the sun if I don't get rid of it. I have very blonde facial hair - thankfully!
As a child and young woman I was quite hairy but it's disappeared as I've gotten older. My mother was very dark and had quite a moustache all her adult life until she finally decided to shave. Best thing she ever did!