is it normal for a girl to have hair on the back of their hands?

Question

my friend is 22 years old and just recently noticed she had hair growing on the back of her hands and thought it was weird...she's pretty thin and i heard it could be a symptom of an eating disorder? i don't have any.

Answer 1

Everyone has about the same amount of hair as an ape, it's just that it's finer and lighter coloured. as a consequence the thicker and darker the hair the more noticeable it becomes. Hair grown as the result of eating disorder is called Lanugo and is a downy covering of most of the body.

Answer 2

Wouldn't freak out quite yet, lol... it's perfectly normal to have hairs on everywhere apart from the soles of your feet or the palm of your hands, regardless of whether your a girl or boy

Answer 3

everybody on the planet with the exception of alapecia totallis have hairs all over the body other than palm of the hands and the soles of the feet that is why we are called the hairless ape and it has alot to do with peoples race aswell

Answer 4

Everyone has a fine layer of vellus hair on their hands - all humans have this. If she is of dark colouring (such as Mediterranean) her vellus body hair will be dark enough to show. I think this is all she has - normal body hair which shows up.
Even if she has blonde or red hair she still may have darker body hair and as such this may show in the vellus hairs on her arms and hands.
If she has light hair, light body hair (including pubic hair) and hands covered in think dark hair it may be a hormone imbalance caused by her eating disorder.

Answer 5

Could be her hormones are a little messed up. No big deal.

Answer 6

Everyone has very tiny hairs on their hands.

Answer 7

I believe it is normal, maybe her hormone levels are just higher this month.

Answer 8

It sounds hormonal. She needs to see a doctor and have tests run.

Answer 9

hairy toes maybe but never heard of hairy hands
sorry cant help