I'm afraid I can't answer that because I always remove the hair at the first sign of ANYTHING - I mean, I don't give it the chance to see the light of day. So I can't really tell what the consistency would be if I let it obtain any kind of existence. Sorry! I know that would be helpful information if I had it.

Jergens Shave Minimizing Moisturizer now as soy protein added to it. It will be interesting to see if it has any effect. I wouldn't hold my breath though.

RJC2001

As much as I would love to see a Soy product be the solution to our problems with Hair, I can't help wondering if the longer period of 'no-stubble' is not based on something like the soy milk actually changing the skin, perhaps making it puffier or so in reality the hair shaft is longer to the surface of the skin, and the hair has to grow that much more to actually stick out and be noticed...

I drink Soy milk, eat lots of tofu and even eat soy cheese - because I am a vegetarian. It does not work from the inside out, believe me...

What I don't understand is that there are billions of dollars at stake with the right product, and yet scientists don't seem to be able to come up with something that can turn the mechanism off permanently. I wish I had done biological science when I left school... this would be my research focus... Excess hair and lack of Hair and being overweight are the big money industries today... we have sound scientific principle for dieting and exercise, we want ways to stop hair growing... is that too much to ask?

David

IHH, hair growth is extremely complicated, and still poorly understood. The next ten years should be very interesting though, as more is learned about stem cells (which hair follicles contain) and the effects of certain chemicals as end-organ targets.

There are indications that a diet rich in soy has certain mild antiandrogenic properties, based on rates of cancers and other conditions affected by androgens and their by-products in areas where soy is consumed. However, its topical uses, as you note are far from conclusive and could be causing any number of false positives.

It'd be nice to know if Anonymous is still out there using the soy milk, and whether it's continued to have any effect.

Short-term stuff doesn't help much, but it seems like long-term info on anything is hard to come by.

hey everybody, have been away from the forum for a while, and am a little disappointed that there is not some new miracle product that everyone is talking about. Well, after reading the article on soy a few months ago, i decided, because i didn't want to apply soymilk to my body, to use a powdered soy protein isolate. I put this in my body wash and it seemed to work, atleast making the hair lighter and thinner. however, i seem to have peeked. im going to try the milk method. Anonymous, are there any changes in the number of hairs? ill let everyone know how my findings go. Andrea, i have been reading, and would like to commend you on your insightful and caring advice.