body hair

[lilkanye45]

so i have 2 friends (neither is me, really). one is 17 and the other 19. my 19 year old friend can grow a scrappy little beard and really only has that happy trail thing on his stomach. my 17 year old friend could have grown a full beard at 14 and when he takes off his shirt he looks like the wolf-man. so how does that happen? what actually determines the amount of body hair you get?

[Mr. Awesome]

The rate of your growth is determined by the genes passed to you at birth from your mother and father

[MoveAlong]

It's all in the genes. Some men are hairier than others, and pass that gene down. Not all people are the same, yo.

[MykeSoBe]

It's really a mixture of family inheritance and the general stage of puberty itself. You said they were like 17 and 19, and it seems like they were early bloomers from the start.

[kyle95]

i often wonder about that too, some blokes are so hairy. i guess it's genes or something

[James18]

Yeah its all in the genes---they determine how much testosterone, etc your body releases, which determines things like how hairy you are, and how low your voice gets, etc.

[ocguy]

"It is all in your jeans."

[itsandrew_]

it is all determined by the genes passed down by parents.

[Giles]

I have a theory that the heavier you are the harier you are... because theres like um... 4 of us slightly overweight, and all of them (one being me) are hairy... as in chest, snail trail, pubes, pitt... not proven so dont say its true...

[YourFriend]

It's possible your 14 year old friend is more hairy since every1 grows at different rates, and it is determined by genes as well as testosterone(i think).

[Skeln]

Well as said it's all genes. If you have a hairy family, then you can expect yourself to be most-likely hairy. Also, everyone grows at different rates. My 14-year-old friend already looks like he's 21.

[DJthekid]

its all detemined by your genes

[JackOfClubs]

Its determined by your family and genes. If your parents aren't hairy, you most likely won't be either.