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Shaving the face(Don't)Glucophage(Metformin)and points on loosing weight.From: Lauree (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 5 Mar 2002 05:44:19 -0600 (CST)
Hello out there. I am still reading posts on shaving the facial hair off ones face. Why in the world would you take a razor to your face and then later in life as you get older the hair be thicker and more coarse? I have heard from someone on here that this is not true but let me tell you............I see it daily and it is true. If you shave your face it will in time be thicker and more noticeable. I use sally hansen cream FACIAL hair remover and it works just fine and the hairs are not thicker and have not gotten thick or darker in the 10 years i have used it. Metformin/Glucophage same thing just one is the medical name for it. It does not help to loose weight UNLESS you low carb/watch what you eat and excercise. It is given to you to help you use the carbs in your bodies that is not breaking down on there own. You are suppose to take it with food or after your meal. If you eat too many carbs on it it will cause diareha or stomache upset. Those that are on it and need to loose weight it is not your cure. Your cure is going to be changing your eating habits and until you do it is not going to work to loose weight and or control it. It starts with you. So many of you are not seeing the real point here. When the doctor says loose weight he is not saying it too hurt you. It is for your health. You will take the medication and sit and hope to loose alot of weight and then when it does not happen you all get depressed. I have been there. Until you control the intake the outcome is not going to be any better on the glucophage. And if anyone out there suggests shaving your face to get rid of hair before doing The cream hair removers for Facial areas with an occasional plucking with twizers I can only say when you hit an older age you will be sorry. There............... is hope out there but the easy way out IS NOT GOING TO WORK. IT took time to gain the pounds and it will TAKE time to loose it too. I really hate to post like this but i would hate to see someone become more depressed later down the road for wrongful posts of shaving is the best way to get rid of facial hair and that the medication they are passing out for pcos is metformin(glucophage). I lost more weight low carbing without Glucophage then i am low carbing and working out with glucophage. But my body was not breaking down the carbs enough. Glucophage for those without diabetes is more like a preventative then a cure. It is not meant for that it is to help assist with a a diet and excercise plan. Plain and simple. The doctor will even tell you to control eating habits while on the medication. Ladies please ask your doctors more thorough questions to actually get the truth in what you really need to know. Do not be afraid to ask him or her they are there to ask. I see women come into the place i work nearly in tears because they shave their face and can not loose weight. There mothers shaved and so now they do. That was not intended for women to do. When young men shave what happens when they are in there 30s? It is darker bushier and thicker. I won't candy coat all this for you. Get yourselves tough and stick to a diet and low carb menu and do some kind of excercise that fits your way of life. Since becoming a nurse studing more on pcos on my own and with help from doctors and a doctors wife with pcos my eyes have been opened. When before I would believe all that i read and was nearly falling for all the given hope. The hope is all in your hands and what you intend to do with it. If you read anything on pcos it all falls back to watching what you eat and how your daily life style is. If you do not change it nothing will work for you. Trying is not a week process it is more like months and months to a life time. Take care Lauree
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