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Re: hypertrichosis - increased vellus/light hair growth
From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 16 Dec 2001 19:42:00 -0600 (CST)
That's how my hair problems started. I noticed hair on areas like my
back, abdomen, chest, face, not to mention arms and legs. it never had
a male pattern, and two doctors dismissed me as having hereditary
hypertrichosis. It became darker and stronger with time, but - with the
exception of legs and arms, it didn't become terminal. E.g. - the hair
on my chest and abdomen resembled the hair on an "average" woman's arm.
I don't know how this would have developed if I hadn't started
treatment.
i hope you understand that this is my personal experience and don't know
how your situation affects you. Good luck.
At Sat, 15 Dec 2001, anonymous wrote:
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>Hi there. I wondered if any of you know much about hypertrichosis- I
>understand this term to mean increased growth of non sexual or non
>androgen dependent hair as distinct from hirsutism- male pattern
>body/facial hair. I think this is often/ usually non pigmented.
>Basically, I'm wondering if I'm developing it at the moment, during the
>last few months in addition to the hirsutism. Maybe I'm just being
>reallly paranoid...I can't find much out about it yet. Anyway, is this
>associated with androgens at all. I know this wouldn't make sense
>really but most of the other causes seem to be congenital or drug
>related.Cancer too- but that is usually local non sexual growth. I
>posted a long complaint about hair the other day, and did go on about
>this a bit. Basically, I seem to have increased light, thin hair over
>most of my body in the last couple of months- back, sides of the body
>etc. More worryingly, on the face, some of the light hairs come up
>really quite near the eyes which seems a little odd. I mean they are
>more pronounced than before.
>If anybody could shed any light on this at all- I would be most
>grateful.
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