Ingrown Hair on Points of Chin. Close to losing will to live...
Hi fellow cysters,
I've lurked for a long time and finally decided to post. I feel so frustrated at the moment I just need to talk to fellow pcos sufferers. I was diagnosed with PCOS about 6 years ago, and started taking the usual medications religiously over the past year and a half. I've lost weight, and noticed an improvment in the regularity and flow of my periods.
One thing that has not changed is the hair on the points of my chin. At first there were just a couple of coarse hairs which I would wax off. Then I started noticing ingrowing hair which made me more paranoid because they would leave bumps and pimples. ( I have now discovered that waxing is very traumatic to the skin and follicles) It now seems to be spreading around my chin area leaving horrible scars. It's gotten so bad I can't imagine leaving the house without puting on make up on the points of my chin.
Will this ever end ? Will reaching my goal weight get rid of this ugly symptom of pcos? Has anyone experienced similar problems with facial hair?
I am currently going through this as well. When I was younger, and on BC. I never noticed any facial hair except maybe one here or there. But now that I have been off of BC for over a year. I have noticed almost like small patches of it on my chin! They are still fine hairs and somewhat light, but Im ssooo self conscious about it! And now Im finding a couple long hairs on my breasts!! Ugh, Im so annoyed with this. If I werent trying to get pregnant I would be on ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to stop this!
yes facial hair and hair on the breast is what most pcos women deal with. I've noticed it when I was 16 or 17 and then i started waxing but it was just so urgh like all the time i had to wax and i was so scared what people thought if they saw some stubs or something. but then a few women said they shaved, which i wish i never would have i think waxing was better cause i didn't have to do it EVERYDAY! but its to late now lol i been shaving for a couple years now. i guess i could go back to waxing but i guess shaving is easier... i dont know
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I can totally relate. I remember the shock I felt when first confronted with the symptoms of PCOS. At first you think it's nothing - just a couple hairs here and there, a missed period now and then....what's the big deal? Before you know it, you find yourself moody.. depressed, then the loss of hair ( thankfully my hair is still pretty thick and a decent length), the constant battle with breakouts, the hair on breasts and around navel, the side burns, the weight gain .... etc. I had countless nights crying myself to sleep and I felt worthless for a time. So how do you relate to the strange person staring back at you in the mirror? Even the medication which is supposed to provide succour joined in on the act. Metformin did a number on my digestive system at first and I rebelled by not taking it for a couple of years. In fact I was in a state of denial about PCOS, thinking it would magically disappear or maybe that was my then depressed self simply not caring anymore about anything......
Now that I have decided to take this disease on it has forced me to confront my true self, not just the exterior I present to the world. How do you love yourself as a woman when something threatens all you associate with femininity? In a way it's making me stronger by forcing me to look beyond the superficial and hold on to my beautiful spirit. I know the title of this thread was a bit melodramatic ( to say the least) ... but in fact I have alot to live for....Of course I will still worry about facial hair, hence this thread, because I'll be damned if I let PCOS win this fight.
Shannapayne,
Hey there. I, like many people of colour, have a tendency towards ingrown hair if I'm not careful. I really think waxing is terrible, stick with the shaving unless you can do laser removal which I have yet to try. The thing about waxing, as I said, is how traumatic it is to the follicle. Because you're removing the wax against the direction of hair growth, the next hair growth emerges from the follicle in another direction or curls inward causing inflammation and bumps/pimples. This has happened to me after religious waxing and tweezing leaving scaring on the points of my chin. I see some marks cleared up but old and new bumps - almost like tiny razor bumps - remain.
I scoured the archives looking for remedies other cysters have used and came across a natural recipe using jojoba, myrrh, frankincense, geranium and lemon oil. I started using it last night so we'll see how it goes. I asked my GP to refer me to a dermatologist so hopefully I'll see some improvement in the upcoming weeks.
Ingrown Hair on Points of Chin. Close to losing will to live... 
