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Old 04-10-2006, 02:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default I want to give up on trying to be female/ hairloss tip for those of you still trying

I've been here before quite a while ago now.
I had a breakthrough, I had laser surgery for my beard, moustashe and general eye to collar bone hair!
I had to pay, I know getting it paid for is rare, but in my area it is exceptionally rare for PCOS patients not to get laser on the NHS. I was turned down (the first my hospital have heard of, I am also their worst case) because, according to the health board I showed no psychological trauma, despite being treated for depression for 15 years as a direct result of the terrible amount of facial hair I had to spend up to 4 hours a day clearing (they also said my case was purely cosmetic and I could use other means to remove the hair myself, what, hydrocloric acid?)
Anyway that is beside the point. 4 sessions in I could get up and go straight out of the house without touching my face! Increadable, I went camping, and went on holiday with friends, I could wear my hair up, have a photograph taken at close range all things I just could not do before. My life changed! Without the beard the fatness seemed more bearable. I had a face I could show to the world!
6 sessions in the hair came back a little, but I do not care. It is not like it was and if it comes back 75% it will have been worth it!
But in the year I have been having laser, right when my life should be beginning I have developed terrible acne. The marks on my face are worse than when I plucked hair all day and night, and although now I don't have to worry about stubble I can no longer wear my hair up due to the huge boils on my jawline and neck (they also cover my chest and back).
And my hair, it has been falling out for years, doctors have never acknowledged it has anything to do with pcos and although I worried about it I never thought it would get too bad, probably because like the acne, I never really suffered badly with it in 15 years of symptoms. I have also managed to cover up any thinning areas with nanogen fibres. I really recommend these, they really do naturally blend away small areas of scalp and are just not noticable, even under bright lights. But this morning pleased as I am not to have to worry about my facial hair, I looked in the mirror to see what a new boil was doing and to my shock and dismay I noticed my fringe is in a little island of hair, like men get. There is no way to disguise it.
I just can't take this anymore. I am 5 stone overweight despite eating nothing but lentils and pulses and fish and excersising everyday, I cannot walk up and down hills anymore because my joints are giving out under the weight (my frame under all this is tiny, it makes the extra weight really hard to bare and finding clothes just impossible) and now I do not have one redeaming physical feature.
I want to just give up, eat what normal people eat, stop excersing every god damn minute of the day; giving up.
It is impossible to work so hard and never get a result!
It is difficult to live life with people treating you like you are a dirty, lazy, greedy person when you work so hard at staying fit, healthy and smart and still look like a tramp.
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Old 04-10-2006, 02:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Oh my god your post has totally bought a tear to my eye .... I know exactly where you are coming from in ALL aspects of your post ...


I get too scared to look in the mirror these days .. the male pattenr baldness is destroying my confidence.. I am severely bulimic and I exercise three times a week and being bulimic you would think I would eat a lot but I harldy eat a thing ....

I feel sick everytime I touch my face, I feel sick every time I wake up and some days I think it would be easier if I killed myself .. this desiese is ruining all apsects of my life .. I suffer anxiety and panic from constantly worrying about my condition and how to "hide it" .. and I have been depressed and on anti dperessents for years .....

I dont know how to help you buyt I want you to know I feel exactly teh same as you
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Old 04-10-2006, 04:11 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Flubby, are you on any medications for your PCOS?

I don't know how the NHS works in Britain, but my hormone doctor in the U.S., Dr. Elizabeth Vliet has written several books and she has cited the research of Dr. John Studd, a gynecologist in London. He appears to be a top hormone doctor. Is there anyway you can go see him?

His website is http://www.studd.co.uk/

It doesn't mention anything about PCOS, but I know he knows a lot about the effects of hormones, including on moods.
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Old 04-11-2006, 03:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I'm so sorry.

It's just one thing after another isn't it?

I got a tear in my eye too. This just sucks.

I don't know anything I can say to help other than that I'll keep you in my thoughts.

I know what it's like to be afraid to look in the mirror too even though what I'm dealing with isn't as serious as what you are going through now.

I'm sending hugs your way.
Stay strong.
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