Re: When did it become a problem for you?
> are we just talking about the light colored peach fuzz
> that is normal or are you all actually getting thick,
> course facial hairs that are similar to mens' beard hair?
The thing is that the thick, coarse facial hair develops from light-colored peach fuzz that has been stimulated by testosterone. At first it can appear that there's just a bit more peach fuzz and then that the fuzzy hairs are getting coarser in some areas. And with enough testosterone stimulation, they can become just the same as those in the same areas on a man. While it's true that most men have much more and much stronger growth of facial hair than most women, and also true that the vast majority of white men have facial hair, and also that some white women have no significant facial hair other than peach fuzz, there's an enormous overlap between men and women. Pure-bred native American Indian males, for example, have little or no facial hair. In fact an average American white female is quite likely to have as much facial hair as a pure-bred American Indian male (though of course most native American Indians, like most people, have a mixed ethnic background).
Speaking for myself, my moustache growth certainly outstripped that of boys my own age and by the time I was 15 I was shaving every day. On the other hand, growth around my chin didn't start in earnest until my 40s -- though again with regard to that, it's male-type growth. If I let it grow in, it's coarse, dark, male-type growth.
I think part of the problem is that it's something of a taboo subject and people don't realize how common it is.