Just noticed...makes me sad.

kimd · 07-21-2003, 12:19 AM

Like most other people with pcos, I have the abnormal hair growth. Primarily nipple area and chin. It isn't as bad as what some people have posted because I don't have to do removal but once a week. The problem is I was removing the hair from my chin when I noticed I am starting to get a lot of peachfuzz in the sideburn area. I've either never noticed it or it is just starting. Again, I know it isn't as bad as what some of you experience, but I so sad. I'm not a vain person and my dh doesn't care but it just made me so upset. Should I wait until it darkens or gets longer before worrying about it? How did you help build your self esteem after first noticing when things got worse instead of better?

Eva35 · 07-21-2003, 05:18 PM

Hi

((hugs)), I know exactly what you mean! I hate all this hair stuff, too.

I just shave mine when I do the rest!

Eva

KatrinaAnne · 07-22-2003, 10:16 PM

Hi hun.

I know exactly how you feel...and it is not a good feeling....*Hugs* I have a lot of facial hair and I really hate it. A lot of my hair on my face is light blonde...like the sideburn areas and the jawline area. The hair above my lip is not that thick but it is noticeable so I use deplitory cream on it. The hair under my chin is darker and a little thicker than the rest of my face so I have that area waxed. The hair that is blonde on my face is kind of thick. It does bother me...but I let that go...because it is very light. I would let the hair go until it becomes more noticeable...but if it really bothers you...maybe you should remove it. The hair bothers me...but I do not want to keep up with the upkeep unless I really have to. I know how you feel and I hope you will begin not feeling so sad soon. ***HUGS*** I hope this helped. Take care hun

kimd · 07-22-2003, 11:11 PM

Thank you both for the advice and sympathetic words. Dh was being sweet and complimentary today so it helped with the self esteem issues. I think I will wait as long as I can before removal. Thanks again!

lotodaisies77 · 07-30-2003, 08:49 PM

Kimd, I'm in the same boat as you and I can't decide what to do. I pluck hairs on my chest because I cannot stand them. However, on my face I'm reluctant to do anything because I'm afraid when it grows back it will look worse. The hair is light and fine now. What if it comes back dark and coarse!?? ugh....this stuff sucks.

kimd · 07-30-2003, 11:47 PM

I hate this so much! I used to pluck my chin but it was so painful and they would grow back at different intervals and then it never looked right. Then i started using that sally jenson stuff and that was a total joke. I didn't notice MORE black hairs but then again I never knew how many there were since they grew in at different times. Now, I'm considering shaving it but I would rather not until last resort. I'm going to see if I can't hunt down that aveena stuff everyone is talking about and maybe that will help with the peachfuzz on the sideburn area and my problem chin.

Akashamoon · 08-01-2003, 12:01 AM

Hello!All of you seem to be at more of the "beginning"stages of POS hairyness...Enjoy it...it can get worse,as it did with me...I really don't mean to be a bummer and I feel all of your pain,believe me...but I have noticed,at least in myself,is that those blonde hairs and "peachfuz"take on a life of their own in time and turn a coarse thick black almost overnight!!!Talk about horrifying!!!Let me just give you my "hair timeline"and maybe you will undersatnd..."8th grade:noticed almost overnight short blonde hair under jawline all growing in one direction....then almost overnight again,they turned dark,coarse and long!!by 15,I couldnt go to sleepovers or things like that without the fear of being"discovered"when I needed to pluck or shave,because now,i had a moustache and beard and my chin was full as well as under the jaw..Few years later,sideburns and it "filled in".Oh,I musnt forget the "line of hair that started out blonde down my lower abdomen that increasingly turned black and expanded over the years across my abdomen and up it...Lets not also forget the hair that started around my nipples and now grows black out of mbothemselves and my chest.A patch of dark hair on my back is now a covered back down to my waist in black thick hair...my butt and leags and arms and shoulders?Well that's been there forever..i just want to point out that my back hair grew in,in less than a year,and now I can see my chest starting to get "More"...if you are sad now about the hair growth you have,I am sorry...but from what I see,it only gets worse...UNLESS you go on a low carb diet,lose weight and KEEP it off,beacause everytime I have lost,the symptoms of the POS"slowed down"but upon regaining,came back with a vengance...That means i would NEVER be able to eat certain foods and it has taken me many trails and errors to learn this...in the meantime,I look back when I had the hair growth problems in the beginning,when i was so distraught and think,"wow,it wasnt so bad then..i will it was still like that."Unfortunatley it is not,nad i have to pluck shave wear a wig and do a good job with my makeup trying to hide it,and all this takes 3 to 4 hours to do before I can even leave the house..by then I'm exhausted anyway,and then my "reward"is cruel people pointing at me in front of my 10 year old son and husband saying "what is that"?And saying I must be a transexual....Appreciate yourselves as you are now,hair and all..love your self..It has been a hard road for me to do so when everytime I turn around my body is changing again....

DaraRocks · 08-01-2003, 12:46 AM

Akashamoon your post broke my heart! I am so sorry you have to go through this! I remember feeling really insecure about my weight in high school and feeling the stares...they hurt. I dyed my hair blue and gave them something to stare at!

Keep that hairy chin up cyster! You know you are a good person and your daughter is learning that people can be cruel...this will give her a better understanding of how to treat others! It is painful I know, but remember no one can make you feel bad about yourself without your consent!

Akashamoon · 08-01-2003, 05:41 PM

Daria rocks!!You are COOL!!!Thanks for "feeling"for me!!I didn't meen to make anyone sad..you know,I have my good days and my bad ones and I was having a bad one that day,for sure!!i like that you died your hair blue!!I havent done that,but I did get alot of tattoos and piercings!!!Good thing my tattoo artist is female and understands my condition...so she doesnt trip when she sees black stubble on me where she needs to tattoo!!Anyway,hope to see you more on the boards and sure would like to talk to you more....thanks..Akasha

DaraRocks · 08-02-2003, 01:18 AM

Aww

Akasha! I am sooo sorry I said daughter and not son...I'm absentminded but with good intentions! I am a pierced woman too

I am a young punk rock girl stuck in the music of the late 70's and 80's! (Total punk rock of course...Sex Pistols, Siousxie...you know church music

) I will definately see you around...these boards have become my latest obsession!

Akashamoon · 08-02-2003, 01:44 AM

Hey Dara rocks!!And I am sorry i spelled your name"Daria"and not Dara!!!One of my best friends since the eighties is a punk...she is sooo cool!!I was always more of a "metal head"but dug on her coolness too!!I LOVE peircings and tats!!I think,if i did it right there are some pics of me and mine on the post a photo of yourself page,if you wanna see..I still need to put one up of my chest tattoos..I think I will do that now!!Anyway...you are soo cool!~!I really want to keep talking to you!!So we will meet again!!Hugs!!Akasha...............

DaraRocks · 08-02-2003, 10:53 PM

Hey there Akasha! Wow 4 chichi's!! All under 7 months!! Oh my!!! I always say if I won the lottery I would fill the house with them! Right now we just have the two chichis! Hayli I got when I was living with friends and she is definitley MY baby! She loves DH but she's momma's girl! We got Pinky in early June...she is a terror! But we love her madly! I would love to have 4!! Do you know a breeder? How did you happen to aquire 4 so young?! Are you loving it??!

Take care...see you soon!
Dara

P.S. How cool is the name Akasha! Rock on girl!

Akashamoon · 08-03-2003, 12:14 AM

Hey Dara..yeah..I LOVE my little chi's!!At the time I was looking for my first chi,I couldnt find a breeder anywhere around where I live..well I did but they were a rip off and wanted over a thousand for each pup and said they were "teacups"blah,blah,blah,and they wouldnt let anyone come to there house to see the living conditions or the parents so I said,"nope,not going there"..anyway,I seached and found a great breeder in North Carolina nd chose the pup online...I know,big risk,but she did have on her site the parents and she bred for champs cuz she shows chi's and then the ones that don't meet the standard she sells as pets..still genetically sound pups..so I got my first chi, Baby...then I fell in love so much that I wanted another,but the breeder I got Baby from didnt have any more so she recomended me to a breeder in S carolins and then I got my baby,sweetpea...well,i thoughtthat would be it,but I also belong to this forum of chi lovers,and it is bad because everyone ends up with multiple chi's..hehehe...I then wanted a chocolate girl and through my vets,i found a breeder here finally,that had a litter and there was a chocolate boy,with green eyes that I fell in love with,and his half sister(same dad)that is a light blue and tan with blue eyes as well..had to have em both!!!DH got them all for me!!I am so spoiled!!!So are the chi's!!All of my zoo is!!hehehe!!Anyway,yes we love them and they all love me,except sweetpea(white with fawn ears) and Sashabella,(my blue)are daddies girls..Romeo(chocolate male) and Baby(fawn)love me..they all love my son!!So now that I have told you my whole life with chi's,I better go now..DH is bugging me..He is in a rock band and I vocal coach him and write vocal lines and lyrics..sometimes sit in on vocals and synth keys or guitar...anyway,we are doing a CD and just about been living at the studio working...this is a biggie because there are 3 record lablels that are willing to listen when it is done...exciting,yes,but doesnt mean nothing with all the competition..anyway,more of a chance then most people get..wish us luck,o.k?I used to have my own band back in the day..my last band was very goth..I still like that darkness...anyway,take it easy...Blessings...Akasha.....Oh!!The name...not my real name,but I "choose"it years ago when I belly danced with a dance troupe..just kinda stuck!!hehe!