Posted by Bill on September 17, 2009 at 14:55:41
In Reply to: Re: Issue. posted by JD on September 17, 2009 at 09:13:25:
: Yup, that's normal. I have a few of those tickling my forehead as I type this post. They're new hairs, so don't pull them out. They'll be 30cm in no time. ;-)
They may not get that long. All hair on your body does not have the same terminal length. Your eyebrows, for example, only have a terminal length of about an inch. Otherwise, they'd be long enough to get in your mouth if you didn't trim them.
It is common for men to have hairs grow with a shorter terminal length within about half an inch of their hairlines (i.e., just above their foreheads). Not all men have this but some do. Another place men get shorter hairs is in the places male pattern baldness usually appears. Although these men are not bald, they have a mild tendency towards baldness that causes their hairs to grow shorter where baldness would have happened. A third place we see shorter terminal lengths is near the hairlines in the back. A fourth place can be in front of the ears.
The last two of the four instances cause little problem and are hardly noticed. The first two, though, can make your hair too short to reach a pony tie. The only ways to hold them down are to wear a headband or apply a chemical to them like hair spray or mousse.
No other hair is going to grow in these places, so unless you want to be bald there, don't cut that hair off. You just have to live with it.
Bill (who has all four conditions and lots more than four bandannas [grin] )