Sorry for the rant but I'm soooooo fed up. I'm so sick of how i look and not being normal. I was only dx in May and been dealing with the excess hair for years and too embarrassed to go to a doctor till i'd other problems the last while. I can't live normally with the excess hair, it's ruining my life. Since my dx I've brealy left the house as the Gynae made me feel more of a freak than I'd alrealy felt. He dx me with ultra sound very fast and I asked was it defiantely it and he said yes i can tell by looking at your skin too. I don't have acne, although i did have it very bad in my teens. Actually my skin is pretty good the last few years which i put down to eating and living more healthy but I ahve excess facial hair that is hard to hide. I don't shave as i did that a few times years ago and it made it worse always. I pluck every day and it takes an hour to do....it's all in my chin area. I have a year and a half year old baby so it's not always possilbe to do it well enough so I tend to stay in alot. My DP is brilliant and takes her out loads at evenings and weeknds but I feel like I'm going to be locked up the rest of my life. Today my sister was here to mind my baby so I could take a break but I never get a real break as when I get this oppurtunity I spend most of the day looking in the mirror trying to make myself look normal. I was supposed to go to town a few minutes ago to post some things but I just gave them to my DP to do in the end as after much time infront of the mirror i still looked awful. We are going away tomorrow on holidays for a week and I'm not looking forwar dto it really. I'd love to be normal and get up everyday on holls and be out all day doing things but I will probably feel and look so **** that I'll be hiding myself as usual. I feel so guilty that I can't do the things I want to with my daughter. I feel so guilty that she has a mum like me. And I will never forgive myself if she gets PCOS when she's older.....as it is I'm forver looking at her to see if I notice any hairs sprouting.
I can honestly say if I didn't have a DP or baby I wouldnt' stick aroudn any longer....but I would never do something like that as it wouldn't be fair on either of them.
I wish there was a cure for this embarrassing frustrating illness!!!
Mise
I know shaving does suck but it's the only way i've found deal with the facial hair thing. I've done laser and it came back, i've done waxing and it screwed up my skin and I HATE waiting for it to be long enough to wax. plucking scrws up my skin kinda too. I'd give shaving another try, even if you have to do it daily.
I know the hair thing sucks (terribly) but letting it run your life isn't good either. Sorry you have to go through this but you only have one life, you won't get another chance to come back and do it over, don't let what other people might think waste any of your extreemly precious time here... besides, people usually arn't even remotley thinking about how we look, or about us at all.. I think it's a common thing for us to assume everyone is thinking about what's wrong with us, but think of how much time you spend focused on other people's flaws (probably not at all).
Hugs to you. I have excessive hair - full beard, back, chest, stomach, shoulders and butt (laser is slowly helping). At times it feels like its taking over my life and words cant express how much i hate it. I also know how being obsessed with it can destroy your life. Like the above post i recommend you try shaving again and get some good quality make-up and moisturiser. I know its a psychological block and having to do it is hard, but in my experience it is the best way to "hide" the hair. As for not leaving the house try hard sweetie to get some perspective. Do you want to live the rest of your life like this? If its fear that people will notice, is it really worth living your life in hiding? I NEVER notice excessive hair on other women and from this site ive realised there are plenty of us out there. Are you taking any medication for anxiety? This could possibly help.
Please try to hang in there
Kel
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Diagnosed 1996 Irregular AF - TTC IBS & Reflux Loads of damn hair Hello efexor my old friend......geez we meet again after two years apart!
Oh honey, I know how you feel. I have been struggling with my appearance for so long now, I don't know a life without it, you know?
For me the worst thing is the facial hair too. I just wish I could eradicate it completely!!
But hey - you've got a DP and a baby who love you!! I'm on my own and would sell my soul to have a man take notice of me, but they just don't. Think of the good things in your life and focus on those, and hopefully it will help you get the momentum to move forwards.
Honey I too sympathise and I know how badly this disease affects the way we feel about ourselves.
I have some hair issues but my main issue is the loss of head hair .. and now the wig looking .. its depressing and degrading and for me its consumed my waking moments for the last three years solid ...I would love one day to wake up and NOT think OHGOD .. how much hair have I got to los today and how soon until some rude bugger points it out ...
REAlly PCOS is a curse we have been born to deal with
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sooooo fed up with it all 
