Hi blairgirl,
I think its pretty normal. Plus, what's there tends to turn grey too and hardly shows. How 'bout a toupee?? :)

LOL, Catherine...thanks, but I can live with being a little "bald" in THAT area, anyway. (I just hate this whole pre-menopause thing. But i guess I should thank god the hair on my HEAD is okay!)

Hi blairgirl,
Like they say......getting older ain't for sissies! I'm finding this whole process pretty darned hard! And besides all the crazy physical/mental/emotional symptoms, I'm finding it more and more painful to look in the mirror!
I was at our nephew's wedding recently and they had those disposable cameras on the tables, and then they developed them and sent the pictures that had us in them back to us. Oh my god! Who is that fat, grey, ugly woman staring at me over her trifocals?????? LOL! I guess we just have to laugh, right??

I remember my mother not having much down there, I was just young enough to think she had "worn it off" Not a pretty picture for a young girl to invision about her parents. However, I dont have much either, and nope mine isnt from wear...LOL Yup it aint for sissys. I never look at pictures of me anymore.

I thought I was a feak when that happened to me!! lol Glad to know it's not just me that it's happening to. I just hope yours isn't a sign of things to come because I now have horrible vaginal atrophy and I was reading that one of the signs of atrophy is pubic hair-loss. One way to prevent atrophy is to keep up with your sex life.....something I didn't do! Why didn't somebody warn me?? Now I really know what they mean by "use it or loose it!" lol
Steviefan

Wow, my obgyn, told me to start having vaginal sex. It was never "all that " for me. She told me some other things to do, but it is really personal, I dont know how I feel about typing it for everyone to read. What I wondered when I left, was what she told the woman that werent married, or were single and didnt believe in doing those things alone. You are right, use it or lose it, wasnt just for the men.

LOL......I got to thinking.........I hardly notice not having much hair there because my abdomen has fallen down and covers it! I can't see over it anymore!
Shotzy.......sometimes I watch a little of Oprah, when she has that doctor on there, and a woman in the audience asked if good things also happened if you "had sex by yourself". Of course everyone laughed, but I was wondering the same thing! The doctor said that alot happens physically (biochemically, etc.) when we're touching another person and being intimate that I guess can't happen when we're alone. But......surely we might get SOME good from it???
:)

Very interesting comments. I've wondered about this for a very long time now. But, I think mine might be a thyroid problem. This is very hard to diagnose and am trying to get my doctor on board with this. I've also lost all the hair on my arms, legs, underarms and my head hair is thinner. Could be do to menopause and old age (I'm 67), but now I'm leaning more towards the thyroid thing. You gals might want to get your thyroids checked out..just in case!

Hiyas! I see this question is from '07, but Ruth posted recently so I'm wondering if I should post too.

Hi ladies! I see that most of these posts are from older women. I'm 41 and having this problem. I actually thought I was pre menopausal because I stopped having a cycle for 4 years. Found out I was anemic and needed and iron infusion and B12 injections. I started my cycle again, but the hair hasn't returned. I'm not sexually active; been divorced for 6 years and I don't date. Wonder if there is hope for me? LOL

Approximately 5 years ago, I suddenly noticed that I no longer had to shave underarms or legs because there is zero hair there. Within a few months, I noticed that all of my public hair is now gone. I am now, LOL as Bald as an eagle and it's embarrassing just knowing this myself. It's like 'Once a Woman, twice a Child' LOL. Is anyone familiar with total loss of public hair ? I'm 64 years-old.