I just got my POWER over PCOS newsletter and it was talking very little about a new cream. I haven't done any research yet but this is what it said.
A study has found that using a topical cream containing 2% fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) reduces hair diameter by about 18%. This may be a natural way to help reduce the appearance of excess body hair for women with PCOS.
If you have heard about any of this please share.
Shawna
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I haven't heard anything on it yet, but like you I'm going to run (not walk) to google it. If this is true, wow what a difference for us Cysters. I'm crossing my fingers!
Okay, I was able to find one article, while it specifically states that the test was done on women who don't have PCOS, that doesn't mean there isn't hope for us. Maybe some of us can volunteer to be the Cyster type testers.
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Summary Idiopathic hirsutism is defined as the occurrence of excessive male pattern hair growth in women who have a normal ovulatory menstrual cycle and normal levels of serum androgens. It may be a disorder of peripheral androgen metabolism.
In this study we evaluated the clinical response of idiopathic hirsutism to topical Fennel extract. Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, is a plant, which has been used as an estrogenic agent. The ethanolic extract of Fennel was obtained by using a soxhlete apparatus. In a double blind study, 38 patients were treated with creams containing 1%, 2% of Fennel extract and placebo. Hair diameter was measured and rate of growth was considered.
The efficacy of treatment with the cream containing 2% Fennel is better than the cream containing 1% Fennel and these two were more potent than placebo. The mean values of hair diameter reduction was 7.8%, 18.3% and -0.5% for patients receiving the creams containing 1%, 2% and 0% (placebo) respectively.
a new cream? 
