# The origin of single rogue body hair. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 6, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041 "2013-04-06T22:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/21 "2014-06-08T11:26:59Z")
Hah. Wait until you are 60. The term “one rogue hair” is an oxymoron. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/22 "2014-06-08T12:55:54Z")
I have a hair that grows out of the very tip- top of my ear. It drives me crazy if I know it’s there, until I pluck it out, and then it comes back again. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/23 "2014-06-08T15:16:17Z")
Ah yes, rogue hairs that come back again - just like this thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/24 "2014-06-08T15:22:20Z")
antenna for an alien growing inside, when it gets the signal then it erupts. ---
**Author:** ![dstarfire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dstarfire/32/5762_2.png) [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/25 "2014-06-08T17:40:33Z")
Another data point: I’ve got blonde hair and will occasionally find a single black hair, though it’s usually close to where other hair would normally grow. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/26 "2014-06-08T19:04:01Z")
Between my eyebrows I get a single, fast growing hair that is very thick & strong. Seems to be straight . Often I get one normal hair in the eyebrow that comes straight out. Neither of these are always in the same place, just more an area. ---
**Author:** ![Kazo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@Kazo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kazo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/27 "2014-06-08T23:10:51Z")
I have had at least two of these in the past, and at least one as recently as a month ago. - One long, RED hair (keeping in mind that I have dark brown, essentially black hair everywhere else) got to around 4 inches long growing mid-way across my pec, about 3 inches lower than my collarbone. I plucked this one two or three times at least half a year apart before it seemingly stopped growing. - One on my back that is white or transparent. My wife noticed it a couple times and plucked it each time, most recently about a month ago. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/28 "2014-06-09T01:49:44Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > Maybe it’s a tumor? It’s nahd a tumah! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/29 "2014-06-09T02:30:13Z")
I have one enlarged pore, about midway between my breasts and my navel. I always figured that’s where the stem was. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041/30 "2014-06-09T05:57:47Z")
I’ve got a black one that sprouts on my mid-thigh. Been plucking it for 25-30 years but it just won’t give up the ghost. A couple of the transparent ones have showed up on my chin in the last couple of years. I’m hoping these won’t be so stubborn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-single-rogue-body-hair/655041.md?page=1)