shes always has had the light brown/blonde peach fuzz. Last night I was lotioning her legs cause she was saying they were itching, and realized in a short period of time, since her last bath a few days ago the hair turned quite hard. Not darker. Is this something that normally happens or indicates any thing more serious? I have gone back an read a lot of the hair questions on here, but none really address what it is she has exactly.
great! yeah shes due for her 5 year old check up and shots and its defiantly something I want checked. When she was born she had one of those mini periods, and I was told she had gotten a lot of extra estrogen during the pregnancy and nothing to worry about. So when I felt this hair on her legs I started getting a bit more worried.
Also I looked up Precocious Puberty. It never mentions leg hair. It says breast budding, underarm or pubic. So ugh I guess I get to wait till she goes for her check up.
both legs, from knee down
Now that you mention it, she drinks a lot of soy milk at school, they have it there for allergies. She likes it, here at home she only drinks cows milk. Though we eat tofu and other soy products here like the Soy nuggets. I didnt think about Soy having estrogen in it. That is interesting. I was told that has Isoflavins that mimic estrogen. Maybe thats what this is. If she has already high levels maybe this is making it worse?
Is it on everywhere or just a patch?
If it is a patch is possible she scratch or kind of shave, no on purpose but by playing and now the hair is growing back (and thicker as it happens)?
That would also explain the itch as her skin is healing?
That is all I can think of.
How odd, I haven't heard of anything like this before either. I am sure going to follow this question!
BTW, shaving does not make the hair thicker. In a person who is shaving as part of a bathing routine, not a child and all of a sudden, it would most likely have gotten thicker and darker on it's own. The hair is just like the hair on the head. If shaving caused the hair to grow thicker and darker then all med going bald would be shaving their heads all the time so it would grow back in thicker and darker.
If a person who shaves their legs lets it grow out they would see it was much like the hair they had as kids. Just more mature hair.
wow that's early hormones!!! sounds like puberty to me. it's been years - my daughter started getting darker hair on her legs when she was 7 and 8 and needed to use deodorant when she was 8.
There are sooo many hormones added to foods these days.
If the actual hair is hard - carotene - might have too much in her system. Call your pediatrician and talk to the advice nurse.
Soy is not a good thing to eat if you're female. Probably isn't for males either. My daughter had soy formula as a baby because I was unable to breast feed (didn't produce milk) and she was allergic to cow's milk. I wasn't told about the milk banks that people can use, nor was I given any other help, such as using goat milk from a farmer or any other type of formula other than soy.
I didn't get my period until I was about 13 years old or older (I don 't remember how old I was; for some reason, even 15 years old sticks in my head. I just know I was one of the last ones). Anyway, my daughter just had her first period two months before her 12th birthday. Perhaps that is the norm these days? I don't know. I haven't talked to any moms in her class where the girls have been having their periods, so I don't know. My daughter started developing her breast area starting the beginning of 2011, and has pubic hair already. I'm personally not really ready for all these changes, but I guess when it's time, it's time.
But yes, if your daughter is exposed to a lot of soy products, they can push her into having early puberty. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the soy baby formula and the soy milk we used to drink (because of cow allergy; we quit consuming any type of soy products back in 2008) when she was younger didn't contribute to my daughter's early development.
Right now, I am starting to go through "the change," and I won't touch soy with a ten-foot pole--even though it's "touted" as being some of the "best stuff" you can take as you go through perimenopause/menopause. I take specific supplements and homeopathic remedies instead. I find Maca Root to be especially helpful for me.
My daughter is lactose intolerant... I used to give her a lot of soy milk when she was younger and started noticing something similar....all of a sudden, lots of dark hair on her legs! I read about soy being not so desirable because of the estrogen etc,..,,so I cut her off, found aome chewable lactose pills & switched to organic milk for her, the hair disappeared! Does your daughter eat or drink alot of soy or other things that may contain a lot of hormones? Keep us posted!
