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I Found a Gray Hair on My Areola

I Found a Gray Hair on My Areola

Still a Goddess

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Allie Theiss, MSc CSC ABS
Jun 05, 2025
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I Found a Gray Hair on My Areola
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There I was—naked, mid-shower, loofah in hand, feeling semi-feral and fabulous—when I spotted it.
A single, silver hair curled defiantly on my areola like it had a personal vendetta.

My first thought? What fresh hormonal betrayal is this?

My second? Still a goddess.

A woman standing in a field of purple flowers
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Because this body—this curvy, creaky, sensual body—has surv…

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