Re: excessive pubic hair growth

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At Mon, 7 May 2001, Rebecca wrote: >
>I know that because of my Eastern European lineage, it is not surprising
>that I have a lot of body hair. But in the last 6 months, out of
>nowhere, my pubic hair started growing in places it never did before! I
>now have pubic hair encroaching onto my buttocks, WAY above the anus, in
>the same kinds of places that my male partners have had it. Now it's at
>the point of my cocyx (spelling?) bone. And it has expanded beyond the
>'dividing line' between the buttocks, so now when I stand naked, I can't
>hide it.
>
>In the last two months I went off the pill (triphasil) and an
>anti-depressant (serzone). My ob/gyn didn't think that the pill was
>causing the problem, but I wasn't so convinced. I don't remember if one
>of the side effects of serzone was extra hair growth...I'll have to
>check.
>
>About 6-8 years ago, I found out that I have a slightly raised level of
>testosterone. But the doctor looked me over, asked me some questions,
>and didn't find that the higher level was having any adverse affects on
>me, and left the issue alone. But maybe I should have gone on hormone
>therapy back then?
>
>I know that Americans are so used to magazine stereotypes, that men &
>women both expect women's bodies to look like pre-pubescent girls...but
>that pubic hair, in all its variations, is really very normal. And I've
>always been comfortable with the already large amounts of hair I have.
>But what's going on with my body now seems extraordinary. And I'm way
>past puberty - I'm 28 years old.
>
>Or do lots of women have thick pubic hair on their buttocks & lower
>back?
>
>Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks.

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J Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine

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