I started met August 26th of this year. I have pcos with insulin resistance I noticed changes in a lot of my symptoms almost immediatedly but everyone is differrent. More energy, Mood swings gone, anxiety and depression almost gone, I have lost 10 pounds without trying, Carb/sugar cravings gone, my acne is pretty much gone (one pimple every once in a while) and as I mentioned my facial har growth has thinned/slowed.
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Met 1500mg
Clomid 9/4/09 50
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HSG 11/2/09 failed
Dialation/HSG 11/3/09 clear
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I have heard allot of success stories come from the Lazar treatment .I have the baby fine hair that I notice but unless you are super close you cant see it,but if it does progress I will look at the Lazar treatment for myself.I know it can be a bit pricey but totally worth the results if done by a professional .
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Uck. I can relate. I got a buffer to get rid of any excess facial hair, and then I just moisturize to keep my skin from drying out too much. Sorry that you have to deal with this irritating symptom.
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Dx with PCOS in June 2009.
1000 mg Metformin, diet, exercise, an amazing husband, and a lot of determination.
Not sure i can take it anymore cause, you know what its embarrassing and it hurt to remove ( i shave) ....
Drugs like Metaformin can reduce the hair growth as long as you keep taking them -- but the beard growth resumes when you stop the drugs -- for many of us, our bodies are naturally geared to hair growth on the pattern usually associated with males.
There's no reason for shaving to hurt physically, though. Try a good-quality MEN's-type electric razor.
I've been dealing with facial hair for half my life, so I know how you feel, I do. A warning about laser hair removal--it will work if your hormones are in control. Once your hormones go out of whack, the hair will come back. I speak from experience. So don't flush good money out the window unless your body is ready.
I have read some women on another thread who've noticed up to 90% reduction in facial hair using natural remedies. Saw palmetto and wild yam root. I have the saw palmetto but haven't found wild yam yet. I do plan to go searching some more this week, and if all else fails, I'll order online. But maybe that would help!
If you can afford it, Vaniqua works well to reduce the hair. Problem is it's a rx, but most insurance doesn't cover it b/c it's considered to be for a cosmetic ailment (what I want to know is, do they realize the psychological trauma most of us women go through with the hirutism?? We need this for our mental health!!). I loved Vaniqua when I started it 5 or 6 years ago, but I had to stop b/c of the money issue.
Drugs like Metaformin can reduce the hair growth as long as you keep taking them -- but the beard growth resumes when you stop the drugs -- for many of us, our bodies are naturally geared to hair growth on the pattern usually associated with males.
There's no reason for shaving to hurt physically, though. Try a good-quality MEN's-type electric razor.
You are right. I got laser therapy...and thought that was all I needed to do. The hair came back...and I feel like there is more of it.
You are right. I got laser therapy...and thought that was all I needed to do. The hair came back...and I feel like there is more of it.
What most of us have to realize is that if we've got PCOS our natural hair growth pattern is very often the same as that of most males so moustache and beard growth, not to mention body-hair growth, are what is "natural" for our particular bodies. If our hormone balances are adjusted by drugs so that our hormone balance is more like that of a "normal" female, then various types of hair removal will work with a longer-term effect, but ONLY if our hormone balance is kept within the "normal" female range. If our hormone balance is allowed to slip into the "male" range, then our bodies will revert to male-type hair growth. The answer is not so much in the hair removal method as in the maintaining of a suitable hormone balance.
For myself, I prefer simply to accept the male-type moustache and beard growth which I shave every morning.
Let me get this straight... 
