PCOS Messages for April, 2002: Re: Hair question?

Re: Hair question?

From: Belle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:34:00 -0500 (CDT)

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Could you have PCOS and the test come back normal? Did you hear that? That was the sound of half of the women on this forum sighing in acknowledgement of your situation. The main thing is not the actual value of the lab tests, but the relationships between those values in some cases (LH should be about the same as the FSH, insulin should not be the same as the glucose, etc.) In other cases, the lab values can be set entirely too high for us. You can go to http://www.pcosupport.org to see how likely you are to have PCOS.

On the other hand, some people of Mediterrean descent have been known to have more facial hair that those of European or Asian descent. There can be reasons other than PCOS to have facial hair, but I would look at the PCOSupport site to see if there are other symptom that you may have that you had not associated with your facial hair before.

At Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Kimmie wrote: >
>I have been reading the posting here and I can relate to some of the
>problems, but not all. By biggest issue is facial hair. I hit puberty
>at around 12 and sprouted a moustache. As I got older, it got worse.
>Most of the hair is fine and blonde, but a lot of it is long, coarse and
>long. Even the electrloysist I was going to said my hair pattern was
>different. I have had blood tests and ultrasounds, but everything came
>back normal. I have always been very self-conscious about this and have
>always felt there was something wrong, but have never been able to
>figure anything out. Is it ever normal for a woman to have excess
>facial hair? Could I have PCOS but still have tests coming back normal?
>Any input would be great!

-- Hope this helps,

Belle

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