I am new here, undiagnosed, but suffer from obesity, facial hair, irregular menstrual cycles, a period of infertility, etc. i have recently done research on pcos and told my ob/gyn that i was concerned i may have it, but he didn't really take me too seriously, unfortunately. so i am making an appt with a pcos specialist and hopefully i can get some relief!
anyways.....i am here making my 1st post b/c I am sooooooo depressed and rarely leave the house if at all possible lately b/c of my facial condition.
I started tweezing prolly in high school infrequently, but once i was in my 20's i had someone mention to me i had an awful lot of facial hair (in a not so nice way, jerk) and i started shaving then b/c of increased insecurity. i cant remember when it got to the point where i had to start shaving every day, but thats where i'm at now, and its very emotionally painful for me. i am soooo embarrased, i have told NO ONE about this, I feel like I'd rather die! I need to shave once a day to keep my stubble at bay on my chin (both white and dark coarse hairs on chin) i also shave moustache daily, but i could probably get away with less frequently, because it is still pretty fine hairs there ( i probably could also bleach, but since i shave the chin, i figure i may as well shave the stache too) The chin area makes me feel so self concious!
Im at stay at home mom now, but times are tough and getting tougher, and i realize i will probably have to get some sort of job soon, and this mortifies me~!!! The problem is that i need to shave the chin daily, because of the horrible coarse stubble, but razor shaving irritates my skin so badly! my skin can only handle it once every 2 days or so, sometimes every 1.5 days. when i shave, i have to shave many times in the same spot until i feel ZERO stubble and then i am ok, but then my skin is irritated. I have dropped off from friends, family, husband, parties, social events, work, you name it all because im so self conscious! i have to plan my days ahead of time in case i do have to go somewhere, and i try to never have something to do 2 days in a row in case i cant shave b/c of irritation. This way of life sucks! I cry myself to sleep and hate my life b/c of this. i tried home waxing, it took off layers of my skin, leaving me sticky, irritated and raw and then i had a red dry patch for days, on top of hair growth!
until i can get diagnosed and treated for my condition, are any of you girls out there as sad and desperate like me to try different things to help??? i know of no one else that has this problem, from what i can see (cuz i stare at peoples faces now to see if they have signs of shaving or excessive hair)
oh and also, since i only shave my chin and stache areas, i see a line where the soft blonde fuzzy hair stops on my lower cheeks and then you see perfectly smooth skin once i have shaved. now, just the sight of that line makes me self conscious!! i cant win!
i really, really, really need some encouragemt ladies!! i am so glad to have found this site tonight, at least i can talk to other people about this, it makes me feel not so alone. thank you for reading my loooooong testimony about myself. any tips, suggestions, help is very much appreciated!!!
thx girls!
new member, not diagnosed yet, but struggling... 
