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Originally Posted by Paola  You've been shaving since you were 13 ? Has your doctor checked you for other conditions as well ? PCOS is not the only thing that can cause hirsutism, as I'm now learning myself. |
You're right -- there are other possible reasons for hirsutism. I've been checked for all the more obvious other reasons. But since I have the long fourth finger ("male" pattern) that indicates high testosterone exposure in fetal life and I suppose that it should be no surprise that I have hirsutism.
Yes, it was quite a shock to find a mustache growing when even most of the boys of my age didn't have one. So one evening after school I "borrowed" my father's electric razor and shaved it off. And of course got comments the next morning -- from girls. Sure, shaving my mustache felt a very "masculine" thing to do, but it was such a nice feeling to have a bare upper lip. By the time I was 15 I was shaving every day.
However, even though my breasts didn't develop normally and my periods weren't as regular or as frequent as most women's, I've been able to have children without any great difficulty, so I've never really felt the need for any treatment of any sort -- I reckoned that the treatment might be worse than the problem :-(