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September 13, 2007
Is there such a thing as second puberty?
I don’t know what the hell is going on with my body this week. My hair, which has always been dry, dry like the Sahara, has suddenly decided to start getting greasy at the roots. Oh sure, the ends are still dry (and frizzy – let’s not forget frizzy!), but by the end of the day, the rest of my hair is just gross. I went and bought new shampoo tonight, which had better help. Otherwise I have no idea how to handle this. I’ve never ever had oily hair before in my life.
On top of that, I have an enormous, glowing, Rudolph-like zit on the left side of my nose, another one perched comfortably right where my glasses sit on my ear, and a third one that appears to be lurking on the other side of my nose. Oh yes, and there’s one on my back too. Nice. I generally don’t have trouble with my skin, but you’d think I’d just gotten a job at McDonalds or something. I have not been eating fried foods, or dipping myself in vats of oil.
Do you suppose I could be going through some sort of second puberty? I wouldn’t mind hitting a growth spurt – after all, shooting up an inch or two would make me instantly thinner – but it seems unlikely to happen at age 36.
Posted by Bad Penguin at September 13, 2007 10:51 PM
Comments
hm. could you be PMSing? or some other hormonal situation? i mean, greasy hair/zits can be hormonal. who knows. i doubt you're about to grow!
Posted by: SassyBelle at September 14, 2007 12:04 AM
Hmm...that means that I can't complain about a zit at the ripe ol' age of 24?
Good to know that I'm not the only one. :)
Posted by: tim at September 14, 2007 5:40 PM
I am 39, my hair has always been dry and brittle, and I've never had zits other than one here and there..not even in puberty...however, about 2 years ago the hair started with the oily stuff, about 8 months ago, the zits started and it is bad.....I hope I'm not growing because I've no room to grow...I couldn't even play putt-putt tonight because when I would bend over, my pants were falling off because they are my maternity pants and they are too small even.....so..I call age, but not puberty..
Posted by: Jerri Ann at September 15, 2007 12:35 AM
If your voice starts changing, we're going to worry.
Posted by: Chris Cactus at September 18, 2007 8:57 PM