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Re: who mows your nose hair? was Re: weird skin/hair everywhere symptoms (v. long)
From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:31:11 -0600 (CST)
Hi! Just thought I would write and tell you that I am pretty much going
through exactly what you are talking about. All this hair everywhere!!
Most of it is pretty light and probably is not that noticable to
everyone...but I sure notice it since it was not always there! I have
skin tags mostly under my arms but I have noticed some new ones on my
neck. I also have very bumpy skin, oily, lots of blackheads etc. The
only thing is that I have not been diagnosed with PCOS. My nurse
practitioner said she did not think I had it since my ultrasound only
showed one cyst. My testosterone was high and she said that explains
alot of my symptoms...but so far she has not checked out a reason for
the high levels and why my other hormones are out of whack. :-( Good
luck to you!
At Thu, 6 Dec 2001, jodi wrote:
>
>i was under the impression that everyone, male or female, has nose hair.
>it's sort of like a natural air filter... keeps particles and germs and
>whatnot from entering your nasal/air passages, and thus limits
>infections/sickness/etc.
>
>i have had nose hair ... well, i don't know how long i have had nose
>hair. i first looked up my nose for purposes of investigating nose hair
>after the school nurse taught us that we all have nose hair and what it
>is there for. mine are moderately soft, moderately dense, and
>moderately short. in other words... if i stick my finger in my nose
>(not that i would ever pick my nose... heh), i can't really feel them.
>if you look at me, there are no strays hanging out of my nostrils. but
>if i flip my nostril inside out, you can definitely see the nose hairs
>in there. i always assumed this was perfectly normal. so, either you
>can be reassured about this area of hairiness... or else someone can
>set me straight and thus set ME to worrying. :-)
>
>if the nose hair is excessive - ie, someone actually buys you one of
>those cordless ear/nosehair trimmers that are cropping up in sales
>circulars as generic gifts for than man you don't know what to buy for -
>THEN you might want to worry.
>
>- jodi
>
>At Thu, 6 Dec 2001, UK wrote:
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>>I also suffer from a lot of skin infections, boils, spots etc all over
>>my body.
>>My neck and under arms also have skin tags and weird raised follicles in
>>my armpits.
>>Lately I've noticed hair up my nose too - I am a man !!!!!
>>It's quite scary.
>>
>>Gemma
>>
>>At Thu, 6 Dec 2001, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>Hello - I wonder if any of you might be able to help.I apologise for
>>>this post being so long and rambly and self absorbed- I hope it is
>>>readable. I seem to have a rather weird problem/ set of problems. I've
>>>had hirsutism/pcos symptoms for about 8 1/2 yrs now all regrettably
>>>without treatment- which I'm finally about to start. But recently
>>>(within the last year) I've noticed I have hair on my back -which was
>>>thin and blond last I looked, also on my shoulders, where some of it has
>>>alas just started turning brown but still thin. Blackheads and pimples
>>>recently appeared there before the hair, like I already had on my
>>>breasts, before most of the hair there too. Basically, I'm surprised
>>>that I'm getting hair in these areas as my Dad does not have a hairy
>>>back or shoulders although he does have a hairy chest. Still, some men
>>>do I suppose. But this is not all.
>>>
>>>I have raised follicles, bumpy skin almost everywhere. My face has
>>>recently become entirely bumpy- its never been smooth but it has got to
>>>the stage where I seem to have mini or large blackheads everywhere- not
>>>just in the 'beardy' areas. I have bumpy skin but not blackheads on my
>>>whole throat and top of my chest - kind of like pimply follicles- I'm
>>>not sure how to describe this. My underarm follicles are now 'raised'
>>>and it seems they too are growing littlish hairs. I've never noticed
>>>this on a guy- is that normal- I've never thought to look. In a word,
>>>it seems like my entire body and face are trying to grow more hair- I'm
>>>not saying terminal hair- that depends on the area- but I mean that I
>>>can now feel slightly more noticeable hair -light and thin yes- here and
>>>there on the sides of my body even which is surely weird even in a man?
>>>The vellous(sp?) hair on my face -yes I do have thickening hair there in
>>>some areas but the vellous hair in all sorts of weird areas on my face -
>>>like the sides of my forehead for heavens sake- seems to be getting
>>>slightly fuzzier- I mean its not terrible-I had to have a careful close
>>>inspection under bright light to check this- but I don't understand and
>>>I'm getting very scared. It can't be my old hairline, because its too
>>>far in. I even have some darker hairs in between the side of my brows
>>>and my hair so that's strange too. I have this hair right up on the top
>>>of my cheeks, the top of my nose, possibly the tips of my ears. Again,
>>>this is very, very light hair, I'm just not sure if its normal or what.
>>>I plucked some hairs out of my forehead just to see and I have to say
>>>they were very short, white and thin thank goodness, but I think I
>>>plucked a dark blond one out of the side of my nose! OK I may have
>>>lifted it from somewhere else. Basically, maybe the blackheads on my
>>>nose, tops of my cheeks and forehead are making these hairs more
>>>noticeable to me and maybe my brows are just way out of control. Maybe.
>>>But all together with the body stuff- it is just too weird. I'm not
>>>even sure when it started getting like this because I've been more
>>>paranoid about the obvious facial hair etc etc and just wasn't looking
>>>for hair to turn up where I wasn't expecting it- on my back for example
>>>where it definitely is - especially the centre.
>>>so in conclusion- if any of you have read this far- and I do apologise
>>>for running on and on- do you have any insights? If hair is turning up
>>>elsewhere, then this may not be an PCOS thing as such.Maybe this is some
>>>other weird hair thingy- they seem to exist although rarely. Yet the
>>>blackhead, grease + hair combo strongly suggests ANDROGENS! And why the
>>>bumpy follicles in non greasy areas- areas where one wouldn't expect
>>>hair on most men?
>>>Please answer if you have any idea. Yes, I need to see a dermatologist
>>>asap, but I'm in the UK, I need to get a doctor referral even to see one
>>>privately and I'm not sure I can afford it. Well, I'll just have to
>>>because I am scared! I mean all of the other PCOS symptoms and the male
>>>pattern hair are bad enough but this is just one more thing I'm not sure
>>>I can handle.
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