I am a 20 year old female and my body hair has gone darker,any idea why?
406952
heritage, genetics, life.  Any answer could give you many scientific ideas as to why your hair gets darker over time, even blondes sometmes have that happen.  It's just a mixture of things, like why someone's skin is darker, or lighter or like in my case, I'm in my 30's, I'm a male, and have no body hair.  So you'd have to think that there's many factors involved.
978439
inadequate nutrition\ndo you color your hair- it could be damaging it\ndid you recently have a baby\n\nit could be a hormonal imbalance\nhave your thyroid checked
533088
I used facial hair bleach once on my arms to bleach the hair and my skin faded. Try that maybe.
303851
Sometimes the growth of new hair can have this effect. Also, using any personal products such as certain deoderants can cause an allergic reaction (even if you have been using the same brand for years!). Your best bet is to not stress since you will be seeing the doctor soon. Only someone well qualified who has seen the condition can tell you what it is!
1097822
I think you are talking about melasma which is a darkening of the skin, usually seen in women.  It is often related to female hormones either in the birth control pill or in pregnancy.  There are a few medicines you can put on your skin for them but melasma gets better in a few months after the hormones levels come down.  I would use a sun block and a hat during the hot part of the day. Hope that helps!  Good luck!
860776
ok hun its not a big deal. Birth Control forces your body to think it is pregnant and so when your period comes you shed the lining like you normally do but it will be thicker and darker. I asked my OB about it and he says its normal for girls on BC to have dark blood.
763872
This is very normal.  Once your periods start to become regular and heavier, your blood will take on a redder color.  It's brown because you aren't bleeding very much.  Your pee is darker because the outside of your vagina has a residue of blood on it from your period.  As you mentioned earlier, you also have dried blood in your hair.  Your pee is going through all this dried blood as it comes out and so it takes on a different color.\n\nDo your best to stay clean by showering every day.  If the blood and stickiness really bothers you, buy some feminine wipes to clean yourself each time you change your pad.  Always just came out with pads that include a wipe with each one, you  might want to try those.
299038
If it's a male child, then male children progressively get much darker over the years.\n\nIf it's a female child, then the child is probably going to be light-skinned.  It does happen.  In a family of all black people, there is often a recessive lighter gene.  It happens.
256592
It should tone down a bit after several days.  It's probably just the excess dye in your hair.
403082
STOP USING THE CREAM!  Go to a dermotologist and he can prescribe you a medication much stronger than what they sell over the counter that will work much better and NOT turn your skin darker!
642380
Different people lose pigmentation at different stages. If you pull out the white hair it will just grow back white again because there is no pigmentation left in that hair shaft. It's nothing to worry about and believe it or not, it is normal even at your age.
333558
It happens early to some people, it's genetic. My mom's hair turned white in high school and college. (At the time, a frost job was the style, so that worked out for her.) It's normal. Other than dyes, there isn't much you can do about it.
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yes it's common... chin hair growth usually starts around perimenopause when a woman's hormone levels are starting to go through yet another change. during this time, estrogen levels start to wane, leaving more testosterone to run wild, creating such things as coarse, dark hair on a woman's chin. click on link by source to read more about it... good luck!
908841
Its not usually caused by the birth control.  You should go in and speak with your doctor.  I have it in other places as well.  My underarms have been dark for years, long before I started taking BC.  If it is caused by your BC then its easy to fix that, just change to another one.  It can also be a sign of having high blood sugar related to diabeties or pre-diabeties.  Speak with your doctor about different options you may have.
557125
Have your gynecologist do a hormone level check on you, sounds like you might have to much testerone in your system. There are these things you can buy at Wal-Mart called Finishing Touch that can take care of those extra hairs for you.
780907
Well Ashley, I can tell you that I had/have something similar to that. See a doctor. Do you have any excess facial or sideburn hair!? Sometimes it can be a sign of a hormonal disorder. Talk with a doctor, there is a medicine you can take that will help with clearing things up a bit. Good luck!
524267
Your hair is coloured by melanin (pigment cells) and as you get older the melanin in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells, your hair becomes more transparent and looks grey/white.