I'm getting hairier....

so confused · 10-13-2003, 10:09 PM

Oh no I'm noticing more an more hair as the days go by, I'm literally a hairy beast, it's no wonder I don't want to be seen in public. I don't know what to do about this hair. I'm most bothered by the facial hair (cuz that's the one you can't cover up). Nothing I try gets rid of it. Waxing, bleaching, tweezing, depilatories, shaving.. nothingggg.. everything just makes the skin so irritated and gives me big red cystic looking bumps, and does nothing to remove the hair. I just want it to go away forever (sigh-a girl can dream can't she?) and I know those are just quick fixes (that don't even work for me)... I'm noticing more and more hair coming in on my neck, chin, jawline, sideburn area. It grows in all different directions and sticks out and is noticable... I have these dark annoying ones that are so coarse and dark and feel wiry, I notice these tend to grow in "patches" and I have 2 very noticable patches. Then I have these dark ones that are much softer and can grow rather long. When I just finish washing my face or taking a shower, before I've towel dried, you can actually see all the hair just pasted to my skin (and of course the water makes it even darker) UUUUgggghhhh!!! I only wish I had some dinero so I could run (not walk lol) to the laser tech's office. This (and the acne also) has to be the worst, most embarassing symptom of pcos for me

Sorry.. just felt like ranting cuz it makes me so upset, it makes me wanna stay indoors alone all the time, I get so grossed out at myself.. Thanks for being here ladies!!

oohmercyme · 10-13-2003, 10:48 PM

Hey Cyster- its sooooooooo frustrating isn't it? I hate it. I get electrolysis once a week and the day or two before my next session I never want to leave the house because I feel like everyone can see all this extra hair! It's brutal for the self esteem! Some of the women here have tried saw palmetto (I am trying it topically and by mouth- though I hafta say- IT STINKS!) or prescriptions for vanqia- I guess those are probably the least expensive ontions since all the romoval methods you have tried are irritating your skin.

jana1323 · 10-13-2003, 11:21 PM

Hey so confused. I know the facial hair can be really hard on your self esteem. You might want to check out the Magic hair remover. You can get it at walmart, they have a sensitive skin formula. I believe it is about $3.00. There are several women in this forum that swear by it, I've never used it simply because I tend to forget to look for it when I'm at the store. You might also try to get a prescription for vaniqua from a derm. I can understand about money. No insurance here, so it makes it difficult sometimes to go to the dr. and get my meds. I hope this has helped some and rant away anytime, we all need to every now and then.

so confused · 10-13-2003, 11:28 PM

one of my derms is trying desperateley to get me on vaniqua (it's getting so that i'm wondering if they make commission lol) but i refuse to try just another temporary "fix" that won't work anyway (since you have to use it in conjunction with your existing temporary hair removal methods--and those don't work for me)... plus it says once you stop using vaniqua it'll all grow back and I don't want to be addicted to vaniqua lol (plus I fear that maybe the prescription drug might end up giving me even more hair in the end--of course I have no substantiated proof of that since I haven't researched the drug, but i'm just paranoid about prescriptions lol), plus I don't even have insurance now (oh whoa is me lol)... i want laserrrrrrrrrr... too bad I don't exactly have the cash for it right now since I just graduated and am still looking for work (oh boy!! but that's a whole other beast lol)... maybe someday in a perfect world lol...

you know what ticks me off... this whole insurance scam thing. the idea that I have to pay out of pocket (and it gets really expensive especially in the big city here) to get hair removed that shouldn't be there in the first place, by buying vaniqua (from what i understand insurance doesn't cover it?), getting laser etc. We have pcos for crying out loud, it's a real disease (though it's not like they'd know anything about it) and these symptoms take their toll on our self esteem and our life. There should be a way for us to meet in the middle. I mean it's not like we're asking for nose jobs so we could look like barbie (although some ppl have actually pulled off having their insurance cover nose jobs!!! but they would look at us like we're asking for too much and whining about not wanting to be freaks) we just want to be normal!! and we don't want to have to look like men!!! but again, this falls on deaf ears... i'm in quite a bad mood today i've noticed lol maybe it's cuz yet another birthday is approaching this week and here i am still looking like a frump.