# Weird Beard Hair

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-beard-hair/311327>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 6, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-beard-hair/311327 "2005-07-06T19:04:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-beard-hair/311327/1 "2005-07-06T19:04:35Z")

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Every once in a while, I will discover an extra thick and coarse hair on my face. These hairs will come out of the skin painlessly when pulled on and will have a little black “tail” on the end that was under the skin instead of the white bulb that usually accompanies a hair that’s been pulled out.

What causes this? And why do these hairs have these characteristics?

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-beard-hair/311327/2 "2005-07-07T06:53:31Z")

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You are not alone - [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=310943)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-beard-hair/311327/3 "2005-07-07T07:21:32Z")

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I get these too; they’re usually very thick, but quite soft - almost waxy- and easy/painless to pluck; I think the phenomenon is somewhat related to ingrowing beard hairs.

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**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-beard-hair/311327/4 "2005-07-07T12:29:23Z")

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Can’t contribute to an answer, but when my wife saw me pull one out, she FREAKED and started calling me [BrundleFly](http://img117.exs.cx/img117/1421/Fly1.jpg).