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Electolysis, Insurance, Self-esteemFrom: Annie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 22 Mar 2000 13:46:34 -0600 (CST)
I, too, wish Marlene good luck trying to get Blue Cross to accept electrolysis (or laser?) for insurance purposes. Any way we can get signatures across the country, the world? I also agree with the lady who wrote to her, about how demeaning our problem facial hair can be. It goes far beyond cosmetic. It can be psychological survival. I suffer from low self-esteem and depression. Have done for years, since my 20's. You pluck up the courage to tell a few close friends, and even more courage to tell the man in your life. Fortunately my ex-husband and my last, late gentleman friend were understanding. I'm 58 now, and I just don't want to go through that revelation again. I feel like a fake. The problem can also affect your job if you start to get a shadow at 4 p.m. It affects any small vacations taken with friends. Will there be a private bathroom? Taking a trans-Atlantic flight certainly means you have to get to the bathroom before touchdown. I can't go camping, which I would love to do. It was a problem in my college dorm, having to take a glass of hot water back to my room, so I could shave. The bearded lady jokes are horrible. My periods became irregular when I was 15. By 21 they had stopped entirely. I was on birth control pills for a few years. I accepted the fact I couldn't have children. Strangely, when I got divorced at age 40, my periods started again! Like clockwork, until menopause. But the facial hair remained to haunt me on a daily basis. Friends are kind and say, "We don't notice." But they don't know the agony and energy it takes to try to look like a normal woman. I've even had dreams where I was cutting off the upper layer of my chin and upper lip! So, yes, all in all, this goes far deeper than personal vanity.
-- Annie
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