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Re: hypertrichosis - increased vellus/light hair growth
From: anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Dec 2001 00:31:16 -0600 (CST)
Thanks a lot for your answer- it does sound similar.
At Sun, 16 Dec 2001, Anne wrote:
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>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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