# Im 51 year old and got new hair **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 4, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696 "2020-11-04T01:34:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/1 "2020-11-04T01:34:37Z")
What could be the reason for me suddenly growing hair on my arms. I have traditionally been a low hair person. But now my arms are getting black arm hair - i did have some light hair blond as my hair. Dont worry there is not much hair – just noticably more and darker. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/2 "2020-11-04T01:46:37Z")
Are you a man or a woman? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/3 "2020-11-04T16:11:00Z")
Growing hair in places it never has grown before is a common occurrence as you age. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/4 "2020-11-04T20:39:22Z")
It sure is. I have something of a carpet on my shoulders now. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/5 "2020-11-04T20:45:25Z")
Unless you’re diabetic. Then you lose hair in places you always had it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/6 "2020-11-04T20:56:07Z")
Got hair growing everywhere on my body except the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![ZurBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71e660/32.png) [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/7 "2020-11-04T22:47:10Z")
It’s simply the aging process, don’t be concerned. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/8 "2020-11-05T03:58:52Z")
> [@Loggins](#): > > What could be the reason for me suddenly growing hair on my arms. I have traditionally been a low hair person. But now my arms are getting black arm hair - i did have some light hair blond as my hair. > > Dont worry there is not much hair – just noticably more and darker. It may well be due to hormonal changes, such as the ratio of testosterone to estrogen, as you age. (While testosterone is dominant in men and estrogen in women, both sexes have some of both hormones.) Without information about your sex we can’t say much more. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/9 "2020-11-05T05:14:45Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Got hair growing everywhere on my body except the top of my head. Me too. I can only assume gravity is moving my follicles downward. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/10 "2020-11-05T16:59:06Z")
Some people have suggested that my head is on upside down. But generally speaking my arms and legs have much less hair than I used to. I learned from this thread that diabetes might be the cause. It doesn’t seem to have affected my beard though. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/11 "2020-11-05T19:01:34Z")
When I was in my early twenties, I had a real fur on my legs and an almost bald chest and belly. Just as my leg hair receded, the chest and belly became hairier and hairier, and now at 52 my legs are partially bald, but I sport a pretty fur on my chest/belly. And let’s not talk about facial hair: the hair I lost on my skull reappeared in my ears and nose… The only thing that didn’t change was the density of my beard, but it went from almost black to almost completely grey. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/12 "2020-11-05T21:13:09Z")
Since without more information it’s impossible to answer the OP factually, and since most responses are anecdotal, let’s move this to IMHO. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/13 "2020-11-05T22:54:49Z")
especially in the nose… ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-51-year-old-and-got-new-hair/924696/14 "2020-11-06T04:12:26Z")
I remember I was once surprised to notice fine blonde hair growing on my forearms when I was used to them being smooth. Once I thought about it I realized that for years I had almost always worn long sleeves, and the hair was fine enough that it just was abraded away. But that summer had been quite warm, and I had not put on the cardigan part of my sweater twinsets (my typical work “uniform”) in weeks, so the hair grew out. Could this be a factor for you?