Hair in the wrong places

In my early teenage glory days, I remember how weirdly I used to look at all those aunties who in my teenage eyes have allowed themselves transition into "Manhood". It was a great amusement for me. Many of my classmates concluded only very wicked woman were afflicted with such as a result of their wickedness, others said it was a sign of power with these women. I knew deep down that if that was a result of wickedness, I sure wont be a partaker in that sort of affliction. I also was certain that if that was a sign of power, I would rather be a hairless powerless lady:) I could never wrap my head around why a female would leave her house with a strand of hair which isn't on the eyebrow, or on her head.

You can imagine the horror when I discovered my first facial hair!!! I was Stressed. I was wondering where I had gone wrong, who I had offended to cause me this great affliction. I immediately after making this depressing discovery started the rituals of plucking stands of hair, applying excess makeup in my chin area to mask the stubborn strands of hair.

Four years after this discovery, I still pluck hair as regularly as I can, although there are days a couple of my friends be like 'hey, you are starting to grow facial hair'... and I'm like 'awwwwww' unknown to them, its been my 4yrs long journey.

I only hope it wont escalate...

source: curezone.org

Hair in the wrong places (2)- Hirsutism

Hirsutism- that's what we doctors call hair in the wrong places. Find my own personal "Hirsutistic"experience here.
Hirsutism is a condition where a female starts to grow a male hair pattern (distribution of hair)- particularly growing a beard, hair on the chest, belly or back.
Normally, hair pattern is sort of controlled by some regulatory hormones particularly the male hormones (Androgens). Little quantities of this hormone is found in women ordinarily. However, sometimes there could be a dis-balance, leading to an increase in this hormones' concentration which in turn causes this symptom.
The little amount of Androgens is what I like to believe causes the few strands of unwanted hair some females may have.
 Hirsutism is either familial, or caused by some diseases of endocrine glands.

Familial hirsutism is identified usually in a family. look for your sisters, if they have similar isolated strands of hair, great, you could rest.
Hirsutism due to diseases of endocrine glands usually is accompanied by several other symptoms including

source- curezone.org

• weight gain
• menstrual irregularities
• voice changes- hoarse voice
• decrease breast size
• rapidly increasing hair growth
• acne

If any of the symptoms listed above is being experienced, it would be wise to visit with your doctor and have your hairiness investigated.

There you can expect to have hormone profiles done to investigate what the issue is and treated based on whatever they discover.

For those of us who are just plain old hairy and wish to,
home remedies include

• Shaving regularly
• plucking hair- which is quite painful but totally worth it for single strands**
• waxing for bulk hair
• hair removal creams or gels

However, a long lasting solution is having either laser hair removal or electrolysis which happens to be a permanent solution, but could be painful as well.

Beauty is pain...

Find what suits you, and have a hairless rest of your week.
xoxo