I've been having a terrible few weeks, and I think I just need to sound off a bit here, and try to see whether I'm being totally irrational or not.
I have some thicker more noticeable hair on my chin and upper lip. I am on Spironolactone and BCPs, and go for electrolysis for my chin. My hormone levels are normal. My upper lip is manageable with tweezing. It's mostly just fuzzy, but a little thicker. As much as it bothers me, I know that my male-type facial hair is VERY VERY minimal.
But what I am completely devastated by is "peach fuzz" on my face - namely on the entire sides of my face. My "fuzz" is blonde and soft. For the most part is lies fairly flat against my skin. I can feel the fuzz if I graze my fingers over my skin. It's soft. Some of the peach fuzz is nearly a centimeter long, but it is still soft and downy, and most of it is probably a half centimeter long or slightly longer. If I catch my reflection in the sunlight at a certain angle, it looks so terrible. I feel so depressed, and have spent so much time crying and feeling devastated over this.
But my partner tells me that I am being irrational. She says that I have a little bit of peach fuzz like everyone else, and that it isn't noticeable. I try so hard to believe her, but then I see my reflection in the light at certain angles and I can see it so strongly, and my heart feels crushed.
What is normal in regards to peach fuzz? Is it normal for some of it along my jaw to be almost a centimeter long? Can normal girls feel the fuzzyness slightly if they lightly run their finger along their cheeks? I would feel so much better if it was ALL GONE, but I really do not want to remove it because it is soft, thin, and blonde, and any sort of removal could make the hair worse.
I just feel lost, and I am trying to figure out if I am bordering on Body Dysmorphic Disorder regarding the peach fuzz, or if I really do have more fuzz than a normal girl, and am very upset for a valid reason.
Hi Girls What is normal in regards to peach fuzz? Is it normal for some of it along my jaw to be almost a centimeter long? Can normal girls feel the fuzzyness slightly if they lightly run their finger along their cheeks? I would feel so much better if it was ALL GONE, but I really do not want to remove it because it is soft, thin, and blonde, and any sort of removal could make the hair worse.
I just feel lost, and I am trying to figure out if I am bordering on Body Dysmorphic Disorder regarding the peach fuzz, or if I really do have more fuzz than a normal girl, and am very upset for a valid reason.
Some girls have almost no visible peach fuzz -- it's so fine as to be effectively invisible. What you're describing is the first stage of testosterone-fuelled facial hair -- the sort of growth you see on teenage boys. That sort of growth does tend to catch the light if you see it against the light.If it bothers you, shave it. If not, let it grow.
It just goes to show you how differently we all react to these conditions. I have always had fine peach fuzz on my face, upper lips and chin especially. It never bothered me one bit. It is only noticable in certain lighting and even then I am not self consious about it....Over the past few years the hairs have been turning thick and black from perimenopause and it's freaking me out. Shaving is out of the question as it shows below the surface....the good thing is that little by little they are turning gray and white from age (loss of melanin)...Anyway, the peach fuzz is really nothing to get hung up about. I don't know how old you are but it took many many years for my peachfuzz to start turning terminal. Everybody is different.
Try not to let it get you down, I know it is hard for the cysters on here with concerns over facial and body hair growth. I know several of my friends who haven't got pcos and they all have very fine peach fuzz..
I am the odd one out here and the hair doesn't bother me, but that's covered in other threads..lol. If it really bothers you then do as somebody posted earlier and wax it off, you don't have to put up with it, but it doesn't make you any less the woman that you are.. this syndrome mucks up enough of our lives as it is, but i have learned over the years that it's not going to go away and to take control of it... as my Endo dr said when I asked him if I had anymore surprises to come from pcos.. he looked at me and said "you have the full house" shame I can't win any money from it...lol I have the high cholestrol, high blood pressure, diabetes 2, heart disease and occasionally my TSH levels go awry but so far revert back to normal. The only thing that I didn't get was acne (thank god).. So I am hairy.. not a problem, who said that women have to be bald and devoid of hair, even non pcos ladies have to shave their pits and legs, and some their arms.. hang in there and try not to let it drag you down..
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45(feels like 99 some days)
Dx - pcos 1982
Dx - diabetes 2 1999,
Tx - metformin slow release 2000mg. Insulin 5 times a day
Loads of other medications.
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Oh Sarah, i am just now reading this thread. I wouldnt worry about, fuzz is normal. I had some light fuzz before it developed in hirsutism and dark chin hair. Now i would do anything to get back my fuzz (taking spiro and so forth).
Dealing with the hair issue over time makes us so tired of it, that we just want it all gone and often forget that non-pcos people actually have hair and shave and deal with it, just like someone else said it on here.
my advice, just seat back and relax!
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Spiro, Yaz
Dx 04/06
Thank you for your input
I hope my peach fuzz does not turn terminal. But I am glad that it is a gradual process.
Do you take any medications to keep your hormones under control? I do, so I hope that that would keep the hairs from becomming terminal.
Sarah
I didn't start taking anything until recently. I am on flutamide and its helping. The Spiro and BCP seem to be the best way to go for most women. I've had pcos for almost forty years. It's a bit harder to get under control with that much mileage. Peach fuzz is very normal for women even though some women have more than others. Don't sweat it.
I am the odd one out here and the hair doesn't bother me
i've always been impressed by how much you have accepted your hair growth. you are very right - it does not make a person any less of a women if they have more hair than other women. and i have a wonderful partner who says she wouldn't even care if i had a beard. but for my own personal self-image, i just have not yet been able to accept the hair growth.
i am 23 years old, and my hair growth has only been a problem during the past year. i am taking medications which are helping stop new growth to some extent. but, i hope as i get older i become more tolerant of my body. did it take you a long time to accept your hair growth?
worries over hair taking over my mind 
