Re: Question on hair growth and PCOS (to minni and candi)
From: Alexa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:35:40 -0600 (CST)
Are you guys taking Spiro? If you are, what dosage are you taking and is
it helping? I was under the impression that if you go on spiro, you
wouldn't have to worry about the hair anymore.
Does this mean that once the hair starts growing, it is only going to
get worse? My gyn told me that once the androgens are blocked, after a
while, the hair would fall out. I am confused.
At Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Minni wrote:
>
>Hello
>
>My hair growth started when I was about 15 and got worse but the hair
>was dark and very noticable. As the years went on it started getting
>worse but I feel that it has gotten really out of control the past
>couple of years. I am going to be 26 this year and have hair everywhere
>and I am not exaggerating. I have hair my back at certain places and I
>have hair on my back....not as much as I do on my legs and my stomach
>and other areas. I have never shaved my back but the hair on my
>mid-back is thick and dark. I feel that although the hair feels thicker
>after you shave but that's only stubble. If the hair grows after you
>have shaved, It becomes softer but looks darker. I have never done
>anything to my back but the hair that I do have is coarse and dark. I
>think that the women who have this condition, some of the hair that we
>grow can be dark and thick whether we have shaved, waxed or even if we
>have not done anything at all to it.
>
>At Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Candi wrote:
>>
>>My hair growth started out very fine and it was minimal. It started
>>about 8 years ago when I was about 14. I didn't really have to start
>>doing anything about it until I was about 16 or 17 and now the hair
>>growth is totally out of control on my face and chin so I have to shave
>>it every day.
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