Back Hair!!!

I"m with Hazel - leave it alone unless SHE brings it up. And kids will always fins SOMETHING to tease other kids about.

talk to a dermatologist and see if maybe lazer removal would be best. For the amount that you will spend with nair or other products eventually, you could have paid for lazer.
But DEFINITELY talk to a dermatologist.

She is SEVEN! So what if she has back hair? Do NOT take her to be waxed, lasered, or Naired. If you do that, she will think her own parents think something is wrong with her.

Sure, kids will tease her. They will also tease her if her for legs being too long or too short, for having a mole on her arm, for being too skinny or too fat, too tall or too short. In essence, kids are mean and they tease everyone!

Tell her she is beautiful just the way she is. Tell her that being a good person and kind and accepting is what makes someone beautiful. Everyone has "flaws" and things they may want to change about themself, but they can be beautiful inspite or because of them.

When she is older, if she wants, she can wax to her hearts content, but for now she is SEVEN and her parents shouldnt send a message to her that her that there is something wrong with the way she looks - when there ISNT!

Good Lord! She's SEVEN! Leave it alone.

Move to St Louis, no one teases my hairy daughter. :) Seriously though that is sad. I am not sure how old Gen was before it started falling out. The sad part is that was when her mustache got more noticeable. The good news is no one bugs her about that either.

Can you call your pediatrician and find out how long before and if he thinks it will fall out? It would be a shame if you waxed it or something and that made it permanent. I know as my daughter got older he hair shifted where it was noticeable.

Jamie, you have had a variety of answers. So what is a mom to do? As a mom we want to keep our children safe from teasing and bullying and anything else that might hurt them, but we can't always protest them. They will have to figure things out on their own.
I have an overweight client who kept telling her overweight child that they are "big and beautiful". The daughter believed it until mom HAD to lose weight to save her life. Now the daughter is confused because mom always said it was okay to be fat and now she is watching her mom lose 100 lbs and doesn't understand.
I have many stories like this. Mom does what SHE thinks is best and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Here is my suggestion, talk to your daughter. She is 7 but she knows what hurts and what doesn't. Leave the situation light, don't make a big deal of it. If she feels she wants to see a dermatologist, then set her up with an appointment. Let her lead the way. Everything takes time anyway. If it is not a big deal to her, then it should not be for you.
Please NO WAXING, NO SHAVING AND NOT NAIR (or any other kind of chemical remover) If you both should decide to go that way the advancements in laser hair removal are by far the best way to go.

Good luck!
B.
Family Success Coach

WAX IT! Thats what I would do anyways..

I wouldnt wax it, ouch! Poor girl! The most I would do is bleach it, if her doc says its ok to.

I have a Remington bikini razor $20 bucks at target or walmart, it has different attachments for fine hair and it works great on body hair without actually shaving the hair or being harsh on the skin. I used it to shave my belly when I was pregnant.

My sis had it too and it went away around puberty. I so know what you mean though. My dd has some unibrow. not super thick but there. That is noticeable every day. I have the same concerns. When I was tweezing my own strays she inquired about it. I admit that tweezed her a little bit. JUST in the middle to show her what it was like. Occasionally she will ask and I will do just a little bit. I do not clear the whole area but just a few to make it less noticable. I do not force her to do it. Ask her if it bothers her. Come up with some things to say if she gets teased if you are concerned. Hopefully this will go away like my sister's did. I notice a lot of kids have it but not a lot of teens so it either goes away or there are a lot of people getting hair removal procedures.

Nair is so tough on the skin. I used to use Nair but I began to notice it would take longer and longer for the hair to actually be removed and I didn't like that. She is only 7 and will have a lifetime to learn how to love the skin she is in and deal with being teased. Be very careful about how you handle this.

What was her feelings about the comments? Because of the fact that she is hairy she may need to learn how to develop a thicker skin when it comes to being teased. Lord knows I did but it doesn't make it right but I am who I am because of the things that happened to me growing up we all are. I'm not a half bad woman and I'm certain your daughter will be just fine.

FYI - Waxing hurts like heck. You may just want to see a dermatologist or inquire of her pediatrician about what things could be done for her back hair. Do loads of research first.

2nd FYI - a friend of mine got electrolysis which left permanent scars while another friend shaved a barely there couple of stray chin hairs while a teen and has had to shave everysince much like a man.

We should learn how to embrace ourselves imperfections and not allow people teasing us to force us to change our appearance.

She is only 7 she has another 11 years before she is an official adult and she will still need to make it to her teen years.

I would wax it. Take her to a good salon where they use a high-quality wax, give her some children's Tylenol before hand, and it will not hurt. Then when she's older, if she wants to do laser hair removal, she can.

My sons is like that, he is also light but you can still see the hair. I shave it when I cut his hair with a regular trimmer, since it is so fine and light when it is cut really close you can not see it and it is not so hard on his skin has nair or waxing would be.

First, how does she feel about it? Is she wanting it removed solely because of the teasing? If so, I would make sure she understands there may be other things she gets picked on for that you will not be able to change and she must accept her differences.

That said, I like Jen C's idea about the clippers. You can clip it very short without actually shaving it, which should keep it from growing in even thicker. This may or may not be something she deals with forever. It is still possible it may fall out. Either way, I would stick with the clippers until she is older and more able to make an informed decision about permanent hair removal.

Nair can be so rough on skin, I can't even use it. But one of my neices has the same problem on her upper back and lower back at her waist line, the poor thing. She has had nair since she was little cause my SIL didnt want her to get teased either. And her skin is fine with it.

Thats a tough decision to make....has she expressed anything about it since the comment?

I agree talking to your pediatrician is a start. If your daughter becomes self aware of it and asks you for help I'd use nair. My daughter grew armpit hair very early and was embarassed by it - we used nair every so often and it was fine.