Excess hair and medical procedures??

Reckoner · 10-10-2009, 05:17 AM

I need to have a sigmoidoscopy done. Now, this is pretty embarrassing in itself, and what makes it worse is that I have excess hair literally all over my body, including my, um, backside (jeez, this is really embarrassing). It's not super dark and thick but it's noticeable and is more than what most women have. I have had ongoing rectal bleeding so I really need to get this test done but I'm having second thoughts about it because I am just so embarrassed and ashamed about my body. This is causing me so much anxiety!

So, I was wondering if anyone has had to deal with something like this? Has anyone had any similar experiences? I just don't know how to clam myself down

CrazyBeautiful · 10-13-2009, 02:48 AM

I can't relate to you on the level of being faced with that decision, but I do know that I also fear of having procedures done because of my excess hair. I can't recall the last time that I went to the denist. I believe it was 2006. I fear going and having my teeth worked on because of my facial hair. That bright light shining down for perfect view of my facial hair sounds mortifying! That sucks, too, because I just need a good teeth cleaning and I think I may have a cavity. I completely and 100% understand what you're thinking and unfortuntely I don't know the answer. The likely answer would be to seek treatment because you NEED it, but I don't want to lie to you about how I feel about it. There are people like me who worry just like you.

Good luck.

Marionettez · 10-13-2009, 01:32 PM

I have hair allllll over. On my back as well. I remember going to David's Bridal with my mother in law trying on dresses. I had a sleeveless gown on and I just remember my mother in law bringing it up in the car later on. Laughing about it and saying that she didn't know about that and how her niece used to be the most hairiest baby ever. I was mortified. I had no idea that my back was that bad. Oh and the other day I was mad at my husband and grabbed his leg hair, in return he grabed one of my back hairs and yanked it out. Boy was I mad at him and embarrassed. I don't let it show that it bothers me. Then I wait till he goes to work and cry it out. Sometimes I feel like god meant for me to be a man and thats why everything in the world is wrong with me. Lol. in the end i just laugh about it. I know that I have stuff wrong with me and that no ones life is perfect. That's my imperfection. So I'm perfectly imperfect.