I know how you feel.. I try to tell myself "it's just hair" but... when society defines beauty by hairlessness (especially in "manly areas") it just ruins self esteem. I hate it and my family teases me about it. I had a bf for nearly a year (mostly long distance) but near the end of it my hair growth seemed so bad that I was afraid to visit him for fear of how he'd react.. I still don't know how he would react because we broke up because he was feeling like I wasn't telling him everything.. Of course he knew I was slightly overweight and I did admit to waxing brows/lip, but I couldn't come to tell him of the beard/body hair.. What was I supposed to say, "I love you but I have male pattern hair growth, let's have a beard growing contest?" Ugh.. Sometimes I feel like even my female friends are staring at it, probably wondering if I was once a man or something to have razor stubble daily. I used to want to check my birth certificate to see if my parents changed my gender but not my hormones... Glad to hear I'm not the only one who adores winter for it's darkness and ability to cover oneself completely.. not to mention scarves are a blessing.. I'm sooo glad I found this forum full of others in the same boat.. hopefully the meds and the vaniqa give me SOME relief from hiding in a dark corner this summer.. |