# At what age did you develop chest/body hair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2005, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670 "2005-06-17T06:48:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/21 "2005-06-17T17:06:20Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Why? > > It’s not like a giant mole, or hair out of your ears, or anything like that. > > It’s just you. And why should you have a problem, unless you’re shedding in great big clumps. > > If you want to remove it, do so, but I don’t see why you would find it disturbing! It seems so…_80’s_ or something. All I can think of when I see hairy dudes is either Magnum P.I. or Chewbacca, depending on how well groomed they are. I guess I’m just used to being hairless. I told **Nunavut Girl** about this thread and she happily pointed out other spots that seem to be sprouting 3 or 4 pubes. Dammit! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/22 "2005-06-17T17:14:22Z")
pubes-12-13 armpits-12-13 mustache-14 beard-17 chest-19-20 (I have about 23 total) long nose hairs-30-32 long ear hairs-35. with the first two, I felt I was on my way to bein’ a man – how young was I; the last two I hate – how old am I! ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/23 "2005-06-17T19:56:02Z")
> [@inkleberry](#): > > Sorry. I’ve been involved with a number of men who’ve “sprouted” at around 30. > > My husband has about twice the chest/body hair at 30 that he did at 20. Sadly, this includes his back and his Hobbit butt. I really resent the Hobbit butt comment. I do not have a Hobbit butt. I have never had a hobbit butt. Fills with grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/24 "2005-06-17T20:07:43Z")
> [@Nunavut Boy](#): > > I told **Nunavut Girl** about this thread and she happily pointed out other spots that seem to be sprouting 3 or 4 pubes. Dammit! There may be a greater issue here than you realize if you’re sprouting pubic hair anyplayce except your groinal region. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/25 "2005-06-17T20:59:35Z")
I just call them pubes for effect. They do totally look out of place though. 3-4 black hairs coming out of the middle of my chest? Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/26 "2005-06-17T23:49:32Z")
I’m one of those men who just doesn’t grow much body hair. I’m 31 and literally the only body hair I have is on my legs and my nether regions. I can’t grow any kind of facial hair, it’s much too sparse. And to top (heh) it all off, I’m balding, so I keep my head hair really short. I’ve often wished I was swarthy, ever since puberty when all my friends grew beards. But I’ll be alright. It’s just the way I am. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/27 "2005-06-18T00:08:44Z")
None of the men in my family are particularly hairy. They flaunt their mustaches with pride, because that’s about all they can do. Of course, this means the women aren’t very hairy either. I’m glad. I hardly ever have to shave my legs. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/28 "2005-06-18T00:09:35Z")
Shit. Beard growth indicates how much body hair you’ll have? I should be shaving my face twice a day, but I’m too lazy. Double damn! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/29 "2005-06-18T00:17:02Z")
> [@Nunavut Boy](#): > > Shit. Beard growth indicates how much body hair you’ll have? I should be shaving my face twice a day, but I’m too lazy. Double damn! Sorry. That’s not what I meant. I just meant that’s about all in the way of “manly hair” they can manage. I think all the guys in my mom’s family have maybe twelve chest hairs between them. They do have hairy toes, though. Don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670/30 "2005-06-18T02:34:13Z")
How in the world do you cats know when you started sprouting trees in the wonderful land of fleas? Even if Bauer was bearing down on my ass I couldn’t tell when I grew my fuzz. (FWIW, I’m 17 with a next-to-nothing facial hair department, pubes, digit toupees, and a whale-like covering of body hair. No chest hair to be found, even in the classifides.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670.md?page=1)