It always seems like fatter guys seem to be the most hairy. Does having a higher body fat percentage have ANYTHING to do with how dark and thick your body hair is?
2006-11-09 11:37:50 · 9 answers · asked by roundmeoutside1234 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
Well, the reason I was asking is because I heard as your body fat increases your body produces more of a certain chemical (androgens maybe?), which is partially responsable for body hair growth.
2006-11-09 19:11:49 · update #1
Sometimes it seems that way, but I have known guys who are slim and very hairy. I have never heard of a genetic correlation between body type and hairiness in men.
There is a correlation between hairiness and baldness though. Bald guys tend to have thick chest and torso hair, and sometimes a lot of back hair as well.
2006-11-09 12:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are you assessing this? Are you looking at magazines versus people you see in real life? I doubt there's a real correlation between hairiness and body fat, but I would agree that there's an APPEARANCE of a correlation because of two factors...
First, there is an increase in body hair the older you get. Younger guys tend to be leaner and gradually put on the pounds as they age, so these are two separate events that just coincide. College guys don't seem to have nearly the hair as guys in their 40's, but that's an age thing, not a body fat thing.
Second, a lot of guys (particularly models, people in movies, etc) shave their body hair. Since these people are in the business of looking good, they do two things (exercise and shave) which would lead you to believe there's a connection but there's really not. If you're thin or muscular, you could shave or wax chest hair to show off the body. If you're fat, why bother, so you just let the natural gorilla come through.
2006-11-09 12:03:17 · answer #2 · answered by Kris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will say this as I have hit middle age and gotten older/fatter my body hair has increased.
2006-11-09 13:26:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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i am fatter (250lb 38 waist and beer bellie) and i just have a light dusting of hair
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2014-09-14 17:53:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. the bald guys has more body hair... have you notice that.. that most bald guys have more chest hair and backhair?
2006-11-09 12:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by fernando_chinchilla 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am thin and hairy
2006-11-13 00:03:44 · answer #9 · answered by john 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋