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Re: How much hair is abnormal
From: Alicia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 11:19:16 -0500 (CDT)
At Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Dona wrote:
I have a lot of fine hair on my jawline, breasts, arms, and legs. It
never really changed in those areas, but on my tummy I have very coarse
black hairs growing. I have also noticed that my pubic hair are much
thinner than they used to be and don't grow nearly as much as they used
to. Anybody else experience this?
>HI,
>Very good question! I think you will get a few different answeres. For
>me it was very noticable very dark hairs growing on my chin and neck
>that I had romoved by doing Laser and vaniqa. I have hair on my upper
>lip but it is finer and lighter so I don't bother to do anything about
>it. I also have a lot of hair on my tummy and chest that I shave off
>because it bothers me that it is there.I think hurtism has to do a bit
>more with the amount of hair rather than the color or texture of the
>hair and how much excess androgens are in your blood. Dona
>
>>At Mon, 12 Nov 2001, anonymous wrote:
>>I'm wondering — don't all women have hair on upper lip and face? Do
>>blond, fine hairs on upper lip count as hirsutism? What if you have one
>>dark hair growing from a mole. Does this count? Do normal women not
>>have any hair at all? Or is some hair normal. I'm getting confused
>>about evaluating this because the criteria seems to be that if you have
>>to remove it, it's too much, but almost all the women I know in a quest
>>for hairless beauty ala fashion magazines, remove any hair at all. So
>>I'm just wondering what is normal, and what is hirsutism. No hair, some
>>hair, blond hair, fine hair, 2 black hairs?.... Or are we talking about
>>real, noticeable hair growth that if left unchecked would be unsightly
>>or masculine. Can anyone provide some specifics? Thanks
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Alicia M. Roark, aliciar@valkyrie.net
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