Spearmint tea -- A possible treatment for hairy women
Women with hirsutism grow hair on their faces, breasts and stomachs. This can cause great distress. The hair grows because they have abnormally high levels of the ‘masculinising’ androgen hormones. Androgens travel around the body in the blood stream, and a key way of treating hirsutism is to reduce the level of these androgens.
Data just published in Phytotherapy Research shows that drinking two cups of spearmint tea a day for five days could reduce the level of androgens in women with hirsutism.
"Current therapies use either oral contraceptives to suppress androgen production, or medications such as spironolactone that prevent the body responding to androgen – but this study shows that spearmint could be a good natural alternative for women who have mild symptoms," says researcher Mehmet Numan Tamer who acts as spokesperson for the research team. The research was carried out at the Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
In the trials the herbal tea was made by pouring a cup (250ml) of boiling water over 1 heaped teaspoon (5g) of dried leaves, and leaving it for 5 to 10 mins.
The team decided to study the effects of spearmint on hirsutism because of previous reports that extracts of the spearmint plant (Mentha spicata Labiatae) could reduce libido in men. A possible reason for this reduced libido could have been that spearmint was reducing their androgen level. Other research had shown that these extracts reduced androgen levels in rats.
"We now need to do further studies to test the reliability of this finding, and to see the extent to which the reduced androgens do help women with mild hirsutism," says Professor Tamer.
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Data just published in Phytotherapy Research shows that drinking two cups of spearmint tea a day for five days could reduce the level of androgens in women with hirsutism.
"Current therapies use either oral contraceptives to suppress androgen production, or medications such as spironolactone that prevent the body responding to androgen – but this study shows that spearmint could be a good natural alternative for women who have mild symptoms," says researcher Mehmet Numan Tamer who acts as spokesperson for the research team. The research was carried out at the Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey.
In the trials the herbal tea was made by pouring a cup (250ml) of boiling water over 1 heaped teaspoon (5g) of dried leaves, and leaving it for 5 to 10 mins.
The team decided to study the effects of spearmint on hirsutism because of previous reports that extracts of the spearmint plant (Mentha spicata Labiatae) could reduce libido in men. A possible reason for this reduced libido could have been that spearmint was reducing their androgen level. Other research had shown that these extracts reduced androgen levels in rats.
"We now need to do further studies to test the reliability of this finding, and to see the extent to which the reduced androgens do help women with mild hirsutism," says Professor Tamer.
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I'm a sophomore and I've always had just... FUZZ. EVERYWHERE. And I've HATED it! Especially cause I never saw anyone who had the same problem as me, everyones always perfectly smooth! All the girls would be like oh my legs feel so good, and they can wear these short little shorts, and wear bikinis but oh... I shave, but I'm never totally smooth! Especially my upper thighs, I shave it cause it gets really really thick, but then it grows back like right away! Also, when I do shave it it's still not smooth, and there are little black dots wherever I shave I have hair on my tummy, in between my breasts, on my nipples, on my lower back, my fingers, my toes, my butt, and my arms. I also have trouble around the bathing suit area, and I don't know what to do because it looks bad when I shave and it always seems like my bathing suit sticks out! I hate it!! My boyfriend always tries to put his hands up the back of my shirt and the front, but I shy away because I don't want him to feel the fuzz on my back and tummy.
:[ I want to tell him, but I don't know how! Any help??
i want to kill my hair
i don't have that ovary thing or hirsutism but i am really, really, hairy. i was tested, had an ultrasound, blood tests etc. i have abnormal testosterone. in one my classes in schools, we were walking about how female body builders have extra testosterone and have facial hair and body hair, and then the whole class, guys and girls, were like "ewwwww gross". i didn't say anything cause that descibes me and it's not funny and they don't understand what its like to be so hairy. i'm a furball. i'm seventeen, and whenever i hear that so and so had sex in school and read articles about how people my age are sexually active, it's sad. i'm hairy, and that's a powerful form of birth control, cause no one would have to have sex with me. i'll never have a boyfriend. when i get my facial hair taken off, i take pictures of myself because my attractivness gets multiplied by like 100 and i know it won't last forever. then when i get ugly again i can look at the pics and know that under the hair i can be like any other teenage girl. pathetic, i know. i hate myself. i hate having dark hair and light skin. i wish i was blonde.
the female gorilla
okay i'm indian so i think genetics plays into this, but i have hair on my arms, legs, chest, face, sideburns, back and butt. my dad is a gorilla so thats probably where i get it from. i hate myself. sometimes i wonder if i will ever have a boyfriend or get married becasue i'm so hairy. i remember this one time during practice with my swim team(this was before i got hair on my chin and chest)and i must not have shaved the inside of my legs properly. i was doing breastroke and this guy who was behind me, he wasnt swimming just standing, he kept ducking his head under water when i brought my legs apart under water. i realized later that i hadn't shaved properly.it was so embarrassing. the guy was cute too, but i wanted to smack him for staring.also i was very embarrassed of my stache becasue it gets darker when its wet. so iused to cover my mouth when i got out of the water. i didn't realize that my arms were extremely hairy too, so they would have been really obvious. i almost want to laugh when i think about it. its was years ago and i can't swim anymore because my apeness has increased since then. i had hair wehne i was in elementary school but i didn't care that time. now i'm mortified. i'll probably end up being an old hairy spinster with lots of cats 50 years from now. to add to it i'm not that attractive otherwise. i see cute guys and know they won't look twice at me, or won't look at all.
Hair, the worst curse for a girl
I'm only a teen too. I've had hair like you describe for years, except my eyebrows are okay. I was always and am still so embarrased about it. When people look at me they look at my chin, or the hair on my upper lip. I wear long sleeves at the end of the school year when it's hot because it's too embarrasing to expose my arms. Last year I got a lot of hair under my jaws and around my chin, so my mom took me to several doctors to see if I have hirsutism. I don't but I have too much testosterone. I pluck the hairs on my face, I don't shave them. Shaving is bad, it will make the hair grow in darker and faster. Plucking is painful and I involuntarily get tears in my eyes, but its worth it.When I pluck hair on my face, though, I get acne/pimples. I use this thing on my arms, I don't know what is is called, but it's a cream, after you apply it, the hairs fall off. Of course they grow in later and it does look like i shaved it, which is really obvious because my skin is light and my hair is black. So I just avoid t-shirts. I don't do anything about the hair on the other parts of my body right now, I just avoid wearing shirts that go even a mm below the bottom of my neck and I shave my legs.I'm thinkingabout plucking the hair on my chest, though. It's annoying and even my mom can't sympathize, becuse she isn't hairy, but my dad is. My brother told me once to shave after seeing me up close, and I cried. It's a touchy subject with me. Not only that but I have these horrible big sideburns. This means I can't even wear my hair up in public. Don't shave any hair except on your legs. It grows in fast, and darker. As far I can tell, laser hair removal is the only option that's permanent and painless. I completely sympathize with you. And I thought I was probably the only teenage girl cursed with too much body hair, can't wear clothes other girls do with lower necks and exposed arms. I think the only easy and cheap way is shaving and plucking/waxing. I don't know if tea works.
hair removal treatment - electrolysis
the best hair removal you can do is to look up in your area for electrolysis treatment in the yellow pages phone book. The treatments will take time but it is worth every penny you spend on the treatment. Good luck because I was very hairy and now I am a women with no hair at all.
hairy at 23.
i never though this was common
just as some of you had said
that you thought you were alone.
i thought the same i hate living hairy
aswell i have to shave every 2-3 days
its upsetting sometimes i stop shaving
because its too much work and at the end
they always come back right away ugh i get
soo frustrated honestly. my facial area
has hair aswell i have to constantly remove
it. and sometimes i cry about it
alone... i also suffer from severe acne, hair and oily skin
soo its a load sometimes for me and i have to wear
a sweeter at all times or long sleeves... but i try
to suck it up and just not let it dragg me down
its relly hard. im going to try spirolactone
hope it works and the spearmint tea what else is out there and has anyone had any good results from these 2's?
Beauty Can Be Painful
I'm so glad I'm not the only one with this problem. I have hair everywhere, but I've come to deal with it. I thread my face and wax my lower back and stomach. I also use a epilator on my arms and I shave my legs. It's just a pain to keep up with the waxing, but then again, beauty can be painful.
hair :@:@:@
omg i thought i was the only unusually very hairy person and am kinda glad that other girls are like that but im really not happy about my hair. i have think dark hair on my arms, legs, stomach chest and my face and even on my back and butt. i shaved my legs first when i was 9 or 10 which is stupid but even then i was really embarressed about it and now my hairs on my leg are really think and when i do shave it doesnt work and theres dark spots underneath which is really annoying and gets me self concious so i have to always cover my legs up. they are really fat too which sucks :(
i didnt want to shave my arms but my hair is very dark but i didnt i used veet hair removal cream. ive been using it for a long time now but it looks like ive shaved coz it grows back really spikey and its really annoying as i normally roll my sleeves up but then realise my arms are disgusting and like before it would be a week before the hair started showing but no it comes back the next day. i want to wax but i dont really want it to grow to a certain length for it to work coz i hate seeing the hair. im always tempted to shave my stomach as it has some pretty long hair on it which is gross but my mum did and her stomach looks disgusting so im kinda put off but i want to get rid of it. how? which is the easiest and cheapest way? i have a proper man face as i have many upper lip hair which i do get professionally done once in a while but my hair always grow back really quickly so i have to pluck it. i eyebrows are really thick and it annoys me as they grow weird and thick and fast everytime i get them done so i have to pluck them too but sometimes it just gets tiring doing it and sometimes i really cant be bothered but i want some way that the hair will grow or at least become littler and finer. i hope this tea thing works coz i dont normally drink tea but ill give it a go. is there any other really good way? other than laser coz im only a teen :L xx
yea it sucks... i know =\
i know it sucks.. i'm 17 and have had dark hair since i was about 12 or 13 i'd say... this one boy used to make fun of my arms so i started shaving them, i don't worry to much about my back/butt because most of the time i have a shirt and pants on anyway.. but i haven't really dove into the sexual part of my life, and i'm hoping to have laser or SOMETHING done before i do. I have a stach, that's not all that bad.. you can't really notice it unless i let it get to bad. i do however have hair under my chin and all on that.. whatever it's called lol. it used to just be a little bit, my sister called it out and made fun of me (so loving, i know) so i shaved it and have for about 2-3 years now and now it's just a hassle. I still shave, but regret doing so in the first place, i would much rather have plucked the few hairs i started out with and live with those rather than what i have to deal with now. but, it's all a part of life, i'm sure that with new technology and natural things such as the tea, i should be able to find a cure for it... i however don't know if i'll ever be able to fix the hair under my chin since i already started shaving it unless i do begin laster hair removal treatments, because no matter what i think it would grow back.
(spoiler)
if you do shave, you can't really go back on it unless you want to start waxing (which i'm to embarrassed to ask my mom for) don't shave for a few days.. generally the weekends or a break from which you don't absolutely have to go outside if you don't want to... let it grow out, then use a razor (i use 5 blade just because it makes me feel way smooth and better about myself)
i used to hate myself, now i've learnt to live with it, as long as i can cover it up i should be fine... i just don't like that there's still a stubble some times if the razor has gotten old and over-used. i still do have insecurities, but i try to overlook them.
if you wanna talk go ahead and email me at natural_blond.beautiful_brunette@yahoo.com
Treatments
I can understand how you'd feel as I personally have fairly hairy body myself. When I was a teen, I used to be very conscious and upset about it. I was so embarrassed that I was nearly depressed and had absolute social life. One time I have even burnt myself with a hair remover trying to get rid of excess hair. As I'm brown skinned, bleach didn't really help. It made hair shinier and golden. also I came out with lotsof spots after that. Then later in my teen I started to wax my upper lips and eye brows. Believe it or not that actually helps a lot. I'd suggest you to wax rather than shave as shaving or using depilatory, they often results in stubles and coarse hairs. And over the time, with waxing, hair do become finer and lesser. Also, when you have shower don't pat dry, rub the towel roughly all over your body like you're trying to get rid of something that's has stuck. Also, make sure that you moisturise your skin well as if it's dry it looks awful. Palmers cocoa butter is very good and it costs less. Over the time hair on body do disappear or atleast get fine. Also don't forget that as you're in puberty, weird things happen with your body. I've also read somewhere that 2 cups of spearmint tea a day helps. I may not have been much of help but you really have to be patient with yourself. In the mean time, when in he beach, try wearing one piece rather than bikini and wear quarter sleeved or full sleeved tops or like mentioned before just wax, it lasts longer too. Hope that helps.
JUST HATE IT!!!
Hey im 14 and im from California, and here the weather is pretty hot most of the time and well as the people from the other comments, i have hairy arms, legs, face, back and butt which i really hate and specially cuz i usually wear short-sleeves shirts, shorts or clothes like that but since my body is really hairy i get really self-conscious and people is usually teasing me about it, I wanna bleach my upper lip and arms but I dont know if it’ll work since im tanned so what can i do about it??? PLEASE HELP!!!
help
Thankyou so much i thought i was the only one
my family is from the middle east so i dopnt think im hairy becas of hormonol problems
im 12 and i have loads of hair on my upper lip, legs, arms, butt and back
but im mostly concious about the hair on my upper lip
Iv told my mum about waxing or shaving it but she says it will only get worse
as i get older my upper lip hair is growing more
And i cant bleach because i am tanned
Is there anything i can buy (in ireland) that will stop the growth of my upper lip and possibly thin it?
helpp! ASAP!! :0
ok I recently turned 16, im from pakistan and I have a very very hairy situation lol. im a bit chubby but im workin on it and im seeing some results so im hopefully loosin some weight, so im guessin this weight isn't something to do with my hairy issue. when I was in 3rd grade, I did a veryy veryy stupid thing. I shaved my legs. yess very stupid, but I shaved them. and I've been shavin since. now I have the hairiest legss everrrr!! and I wanna get rid of them with somethin cheap cuz im only 16, don't have a job and survive from my weekly allowance lol. like everytime I shave, no matter after how long, I have these very very dark spots on my legs, which I believe is what's called ingrown hair? anyways I've heard some ppl say loofah loofah loofahhhh well NO. it does notttt! work. and some ppl say to tweeze it? like omg there's like a gazillion hair its gonna take u more then a year to pluck em all out! and yes I have the usual hairy arms, stomache, butt, back and all, but im not really worried about that, im more worried about my legs. can someone plz plz plz plz plzzzzz give me some advicee plzzzzzz. can u believe I have never shown my legs in public ever since I was a baby!? how sadd I feel so bad for myself. plz someone give me an afordable solution, so I can FINALLY show my legs after like a gazillion years!! plzzz. thanxx love u all, and I hope all u guys best of luckk with ur lil hairy situation :)
email me if u want: pakigirlnamedashley@yahoo.com
im 16
i feel so much better knowing im not the only one with this! i think i got it around 14-15 but it has gotten a little worse over time and some hair has increased while other parts have stayed the same.
i have hair on my face, tummy, nipples, and chest. i usually pluck the hairs around my nipples and i used to shave my chest but then i stopped and the hair was not light but not black and i just kept it like that for a while but it got really long and i couldnt take it anymore so i shaved it again but i am scared that it will grow back darker black? i didnt even really notice the hair on my chest until i started shaving it for some reason and now its different. i also have a few hairs around my belly button and a little happy trail. my face isnt that bad and its not that hairy but i bleach the hairs anyways! i think we all just need to remember that WE ARE BEAUTIFUL and we ARENT THE ONLY ONES. i have been with my boyfriend for a year and i havent told him but i think if it gets to the point that i cant hide it anymore i will! i know what is genetic because my mom has facial hair and i can tell she shaves because i can see the darkness from shaving and i think i caught her shaving! my mother and i are beautiful and just because us girls have more hair than others doesnt make us bad people or ugly!
im 16
i feel so much better knowing im not the only one with this! i think i got it around 14-15 but it has gotten a little worse over time and some hair has increased while other parts have stayed the same.
i have hair on my face, tummy, nipples, and chest. i usually pluck the hairs around my nipples and i used to shave my chest but then i stopped and the hair was not light but not black and i just kept it like that for a while but it got really long and i couldnt take it anymore so i shaved it again but i am scared that it will grow back darker black? i didnt even really notice the hair on my chest until i started shaving it for some reason and now its different. i also have a few hairs around my belly button and a little happy trail. my face isnt that bad and its not that hairy but i bleach the hairs anyways! i think we all just need to remember that WE ARE BEAUTIFUL and we ARENT THE ONLY ONES. i have been with my boyfriend for a year and i havent told him but i think if it gets to the point that i cant hide it anymore i will! i know what is genetic because my mom has facial hair and i can tell she shaves because i can see the darkness from shaving and i think i caught her shaving! my mother and i are beautiful and just because us girls have more hair than others doesnt make us bad people or ugly!
I'm very frustrated
I'm a male and i wish to find one hairy like the girls that wrote here and make her and me happy but i can't find!
I live in Israel and here there are a lot of potencial of hairy girls but most are shaved. My last girlfriend did a laser
What can i do about it?:(
write to me
arielove@bezeqint.net
I hate my life cuz of this
Well im 18 and i have hairy arms and legs aswell and u could see them because im white skinned and the hairs are black. I always wear sweaters or long sleeve shirts and jeans. i sumtimes see pretty open close tht i like and i would want to wear but i cant. :( i have a bf. And im embarassed and scared to tell him about my hairy arms and legs. I dnt know how he would react. He always tells me to take off my sweater but i tell him no. And he tells me "dnt u trust me" and i tell him i do bcuz i do but im scared tht when i will tell him if i do or show him he'll reject me and leave me for how i look like :( i really hate my body. Fml. I sumtimes wish i could die. Wat should i do?
It's hard for everybody to
It's hard for everybody to find something about themselves while looking in the mirror that they like. You may not be hidious in the eyes of another.
If your overweight fix it by simply eating a healthy low fat diet. Maybe try a macrobiotic diet. Loosing weight will help control your hirsutism and acne.
For your hair just wax I garuntee you'll feel so much better about your self after.
And your acne try clean and clear advantage or clearisil ultra. They are amazing and cheap.
We only live once so you should try to make yourself happy with the way you look.
You can email me if you'd like at ellefranco3@gmail.com
What a great community
So many with the same problem, suport eachother and live through this curse.
Some good advice, have a 10 minute warm shower then just shave your area after you dry up with no shaving cream.
You might have to do this everyday but at least its presentable.
I go through this pain as well and i hate the fact i have to accept im the hairier type.
Im slowly beginning to acept it and just go out with those black ingrowns on me, people look but dont comment.
If you do get a comment try your best to over look such a shallow person and just accept your not perfect.
But theirs a guy/girl for everyone on this forum, hairy or not they will accept you. But their rare and only come once maybe, so marry them! lol.
My heart goes out to all of you :(
wish to die!!
hun i can never ever find anything about myselef thats i can say wow about it!everything about me is well..hidious!
i'm overweight-hairy tush,abdomen,lips!bad teeth and lots of pimples!!so all i have to live with that people are prettier than me!!:'(
never think your alone
u know im beginning to think that every women/girl has hair in these unusual places.The next girl is just as hairy as you,but u dont think it nor c it because well shes probably shaving or something lol.But ugh I have hair alot of places but i hateeeee the fact that i have hair on my chest and back.Especially the back! I refuse to wear anything with my back out.I've had it pointed out to me a few times about the hair on my back..talk about embarrasing.I've thought about shaving it but no,no Im good lol.
RELIEF
Wow, reading this makes me feel better. I'm middle eastern and very hairy!! It's so unfair though because some middle eastern women have no hair at all, naturally.. It's just very frustrating because I literally have hair everywhere. On my face, upper lip, arms, legs, stomach, back, butt. You name it, I've got it. The only positive thing to being hairy is that my eyebrows are full and my eyelashes are nice and dark, so I never need to wear mascara unless I'm attending a party and want them to look extra nice. Anyway, I know a lot of people are going through it too but it still bothers me because I see women on tv who have NO HAIR anywhere. I try to convince myself that they don't have it because they've waxed it, or since they're rich they went for laser hair removal, but it still bothers me bc I'm afraid that in the future my husband will expect me to be gorgeously hair free like the women on tv, and it'll only disappoint him. I know if he loves me he won't care but still, it might bother him deep down. Idk. If anyone wants to vent out or share a story, email me at knowledgeseeker22@yahoo.com
Actually , not everyone who
Actually , not everyone who is unusually hairy has pcos or even abnormal hormonal test results, I do recommend if you are very hairy to be tested though to rule it out.in me and my sisters case we are within normal range, so just bad luck I suppose :(
Well thought I'd give my 2
Well thought I'd give my 2 cents as it may help someone :) what a relief to read others experience the same as me.My dads a sasquatch-furr everywhere, and so I have a less coarse version since I was 8 or so.I always felt isolated having hairy arms and legs and moustache.At 14 it was out of control,and grew on my chest and sideburns and all my back and bottom.I finally discovered bleach for my sideburns and stache,but kept my body hidden.My heart goes out to the gal who's fella said he felt carpetburn when he kissed her,as I started having to shave at 25 in order to get lazer hair removal and continued after along with plucking-which takes almost an hour a day to do,and stubble is a constant fear!Lazer was so costly and I needed more sessions so only had a few without the results I wanted All my life I've been humiliated by this,dressing for gym in jr high and hs was a daily fear and once when I was 20 I wore a dress and shaved my chest and we were in a group outdoors and my friends little brother said "do u shave your chest?!?" In front of everyone and I was humiliated and covered up for a years after that,I can so vividly recall public humiliations of my hairiness,I guess many of you can relate .So now I'm in my early thirties, I have tried the no!no! And it worked very well on back and chest and butt hair (not face) but its a temporary thing like waxing but worked for me for 2-3 weeks at a time and worked well.Also a good tip is that I'm pale as heck with black hair so I would tan after using no!no! (Self tanner works too) and doing both I could actually wear minimal clothes confidentally! But still I'm afraid to have my face looked at in daylight.and to be graphic if it helps anyone (I know several expressed fear to be intimate with this issue), because I was so ashamed of my bodyhair I waited till my twenties to be intimate, and I would shave my chest,tum,butt and of course legs and arms.I would not allow my back to be touched as well as turn out the light-it was stressful believe me. The no!no! really helped make me relax in this aspect as its almost impossible to enjoy yourself when your obsessed that you will be touched and feel stubbly! So the no!no! Was $ 250 and I won't recommend it now because I bought it 2 years ago at sephora and now they don't carry it or the blades and it is an ongoing cost (it did though permanently reduce the amount slightly but def made all hair finer). So my status now is I was given the Tria from nordstroms recently as a gift which I have been dying for since I first saw it in a magazine as it has the same lazer diode as the ones in the office.You can look it up online as well as reviews and judge for yourself.Yes its expensive (595?)( As well as you must be light skinned as to not burn your skin) but you can save if you'd like besides at nordstroms I believe qvc carries it and offers a payment plan.My experience is the hair is diminishing,yes I use it on my face(wasn't not gonna try when that such a problem area!) And hair grows in phases so I use it 2 a month.I've used it on chin (my biggest problem facial area-i always was picking hair out w tweezers and scarring),jaw and cheek and moustache and I can see some hair has not come back.I've used it on neck and belly and sides of belly and back with similar results and the hair that has come back is finer.I guess the hair on my neck and chest is more resistant so far,but you're supposed to use this for 8 months so I'm not there yet so I'm optimistic.Also I've used it on bikini line,toes,feet,hands,arms and legs, will work on butt soon.Its so relieving to be able to do this at home in privacy whenever you like,and keep your dignity-ive actually apologized to drs before they. See me undressed I'm so embarassed of body hair and felt inferior and unfemenine -so very sad :( I completely understand if this is out of price range for most people but boy do I wish I found this as a teen and bypass so much pain! The Tria is not approved for facial use in the US so its a personal decision but in my experience a great one.Also nordstroms has a great return policy so that gave me confidence.Let me tell you I am so positive and hopeful and trying not to hide anymore, and hopefully by summer I can wear tanks and tops I have always been petrified to wear! I wish you all good luck and positivity as this is such a burden to so many and I think this kind of site is such a blessing, it would have saved me tears and anguish when I was younger to know I'm not alone.god bless!
oye vey
Seriously you can't be complaining about this, when you have the power to get rid of it!! its called wax, sugaring, tweezing, and laser. shaving is a major no no!!!!!
Wax your face trust me Ive done it makes skin look and feel amazing!!!!!!!!
I'm glad I found this site.
I'm Japanese as well as Okinawan and I too have a problem with being hairy. I could be hair from my father as well as my Okinawan side but it's frustrating. It's almost like every inch of my body is covered in hair. My breasts. My stomach. My butt. My back. My shoulders. My face. My legs. My hands.. I'm sure that if I let my hair grow out instead of waxing or shaving it that I would be damn more hairier than my own brother and that takes a whack to my self-esteem. I've also had it pointed out to me, with my long sideburns(Which is why I rarely to none have my hair up unless I'm at home) I hardly go to the beach and it depresses me because where I live, it's warm and I want to wear tank tops but with all the peer pressure, I'd probably be made fun of. I also forgot to mention when a friend was teasing me about my facial hair.. it's really a blow to my self-esteem. To make it worse, I have trich, which means I pull at my eyebrows and make that look all funky. :(
The good thing about me, I'm social and can get along with a lot of people.
The Older You Get The Less It Matters
It's kind of funny, looking back, how I knew it was the end of the world because of my facial hair. Now, I don't care one bit about the facial hair, it is the thickened waistline and belly flab that occupy my worry time. You are all beautiful and no one else notices the hair except you.
There is help!!
I'm 17 and I'm going to a college on the beach soon, so like my main goal is to get rid of the hair because it has stressed me out for to long, lowered my self cofidence and made me never flirt back with any boys. So I'm pretty sure I don't have hirsutism, I'm middle eastern so I've always been hairy but the older I get the more I notice it, also I probably don't eat enough which makes it darker. I have leg, arm, under arm, back (got much worse after shaving it back in middle school same with my tummy) also face
and a little bit of chest hair but not bad just enough to annoy the hell out of me. I recently started to use this stuff by GiGi called keep it bare, you apply it twice a day after waxing and depending on where it's is you are applying you can see results in as little time as a 1-2weeks. You just keep applying it twice a day til you noticed hair has stopped growing back ( you may have to do another wax in between, I think I did). Now you only have to apply it a couple times per week, but once you stop using it for a period of time hair will start to grow back. It's only $7 (face kind, but also available in a bigger bottle for body) I got it from Sally beauty, it doesn't dry you face out, and it makes it smooth. Also another product that works though nasty is TALA ( ant egg oil) women in the middle east have been using this for a very long time and unlike keep it bare it perminately stops hair growth. Use it every night after waxing for 6-8months. I bought it to try but couldn't wait 6 months. But it's work a try. If you are afraid to wax because of the pain get NO SCREAM it's numbing gel and it worked wonders for me I can pretty much wax anywhere now thanks to it. Razor burn, ingrown hair, and bumps is also a problem caused by waxing and shaving but if you use Tend skin it cures you of that. I really wouldn't shave either, the hairy you are the more you should wax instead of shaving. I shaved my arms cause I was in a rush and didn't have time to wax HUGE mistake!!!! My mom has been waxing for like 15-20 years and her hair is like gone. If any body ever wants to talk about this over hairy thing we have my email is ellefranco3@gmail.com I know how hard it is to talk to people about this and how hard it is to cover up. I spend so much money on make up trying to cover it up with foundation cause I have made sone parts on my face my face bad with digging while plucking. Stay strong and be happy with your body and it is your choice to live with the hair or with out the hair.
Ellefranco3@gmail.com
This helped me.
Gigi keep it bare, apply it twice a day after waxing for a couple weeks ( depending on the area you can get results in as little as 1-2 weeks) if hair is starting to grow back (thinner & slower you should notice) just wax it off once you notice it's not growing back you only have to use the product a couple times per week. But once you stop using it for a while hair starts to grow back. It's pretty cheap $7 (for the face one) at Sally beauty, it's not drying and it makes skin really smooth but it kinda stinks when your putting it on. Also there is this stuff called Tala (ant egg oil, not as gross as it sounds) it's from the Midfle East and I guess it's been around forever, and after using it 5 nights in a row after waxing for 6-7 months it perminately stops hair from growing back. If you are worried about the pain of waxing use NO SCREAM it worked wonders for me I was never able to wax my legs bikini or underarms because of pain but now I can!! And let me tell you it's sooooooooo nice not to have to worry about hair for a while. And for razorburn, ingrown hairs or bumps caused by waxing or shaving try Tend Skin it's great!!!!! My only problem now is my side burns, it's like the one part of my face I just can not for the life of me get under control, and I just keep plucking praying it will just go away but then I accidently dig into my skin leaving red marks, that rake alot of foundation to cover up. But all I can recomend is trying those product and waxing not shaving (hair grows back faster and is prickly) being overly hairy is stressful enough but having to worry about shaving almost everyday (if your like me) is a pain in the tushy, and the longer you wax the less hair grows back, slower and thinner. My mom has been waxing for like 12-20 years and she bairly has any hair. Also are any of you middle eastern???? I am and I do feel like we tend to be hairier. I'm so glad I've found other people like me though I don't think I have hirsu something hormonal imbalance, I do know I am extremely hairy, and do self consious because of it. Email me to talk about this please I don't know about you guys but I can't really talk to my friends about this. Ellefranco3@gmail.com
I am hairy too
Hi, I have hair on my breasts, back, stomach, legs , arms , face.. lol
I am a very attractive woman but I feel insecure all the time. I have had many boyfriends and thankfully none have complained(none broke up with me; I did). I am dating one right now as well and he is very happy being with me. I guess a good heart is all that matters :)
I use bleach for my face and shave the rest of my body. It sucks cause the hair that grows back is so thick. I am planning to wax my body because it slows the hair growth.
It sounds like you have a
It sounds like you have a hormone imbalance more than anything, have you tried talking to your doctor? A really simple solution is to go on the pill long term. It takes a few months but the hair does reduce is some cases with this course of action.
treatment
i've also been suffering from the same hairy problem, and it was only when someone at college pointed it out that i thought i was different. I was happy in my own skin, but now i think something is a bit unatural about all this excess hair on a 17 yr old girl....
sooo, i told my Mum, because i thought if i cant tell her, than who can i tell. Ok, i was embarrassed, but it's a problem that needs sorting. We did some research and found out that itz probly a hormonal imbalance or hirsutism.
I went to the doctors and had some blood tests done that will determine if ive gt extra andogens or summat. The hair is a symptom of an internal problem (which probley isn't severe). Thre doc sed that we can discuss treatment after weve pin pointed the exact problem.
So, i just wanted to say that the hair may be a symptom of a medical problem, and if u get it looked at there is treatment, and u dont have 2 just live with it, unless you feel comfortable with it. Personally, the hair isn't detrimental, and i am happy, as i put things into perspective, but i would prefer it if it wasgone, so fingers crossed with the treatment.
it's comforting to know that i'm not some sort of mutant creature! lol! tc
wow i finally found another
wow i finally found another asian who is going through the same problem!
I hate it so much cuz i look around and see that i am more hairier than asian boys! how embarassing but its reassuring that i am not alone. Hopefully i can fight through this insecurity and accept myself for who i am.
:(
Omg! I'm a sophomore in highschool and I have the same problem as all of you guys..I knew I wasn't the only one buut i didn't think that there was this many girls going through this problem, I'm sooooo self conscience about it. I still wear bikinis buut i cover my stomach and try not to let people see me too much. I have hair on my arms stomach and back and it's so embarrassing. I hate it..cause I'm always soo paranoid about it. And it sucks :(
Glad i am not the only one..
I am 16 years old and i started noticing hair on my breasts when i was only 14. i had electrolosis done and it was very painful!! and it never stopped growing. i then went to laser for it and that was very expensive! and i am now at a new laser place for my breasts and stomach. I just want this to stop!! My leg hair grows very fast and i have hairy arms. but a cheap way to bleach your arm hair it to put hydrogen peroxide 3% on it. i have hair on my butt, and back as well. it is embarrissing but i hope i can find some man to love me even though i am hairy. i think it is a hormonal inbalance. does anyone know if there are medications to reduce testosterone in women? thanks
you said everything i feel. i
you said everything i feel. i am sorry for us, but at least we have out health, and we can try these things like spearmint tea, exercise more, etc. and i heard birth control might also help regulate the hormones. we might not be silky smooth, but we are beautiful and good people. i just wanted to tell you i feel exactly as you do everytime i touch my face i want to cry. sometimes i do.
Can you contact me?
If you want, contact me ASAP.
Ever since i was little i had
Ever since i was little i had so much hair and i would always cry about it and i thought i was the only one..i have hair on my back but arms and stomach and i hate it! i wanna find a way to get rid of it!
Happy
Thank God it's not just me. I've always been discouraged about my hair. When I was little I always shaved it but as I got older I always worried about it getting worse with shaving (though I read a few posts saying that that's not true). I have it on my lower back, butt, stomach, arms, under my chin,upper lip and sideburns (and of course the usual arms and legs). Unfortunately it's all very dark so it stands out. I hate it when my mom and other family members tease me about it but there's really nothing I can do. When my mom drags me to the salon to get my face waxed the ladies always comment about how hairy I am which makes me feel even worse.
why me?!!
hi I'm 16 years old and have this exact issue. I have hair absolutely everywhere and I've tried all the creams, shaving, epilator (hate!) etc. What makes it worse is that I'm asian! Yes, that's right! a hairy asian! I read somewhere that asians are not necessarily hairy. But not me! My entire family going back to my ancestors only have the every now and then stray hairs.
I believe i have hormonal imbalance. I'm sooooo insecure. I feel so abnormal. It's getting better though. I know one person who has it and now i know many.
Thank you.
p.s. thanks for this anonymous comment box.
lucky Mexican girl:)
You are lucky that you find someone who love you as you are
I want to find someone hairy as you are:)
Girls who want to talk to me please write to:
arielove@bezeqint.net
This is also my msn
Mexican lucky girl:)
You are lucky that you found someone that loves you as you are
I hope to find someone hairy like you:)
Any girl that wants to chat with me this is my mail and msn:
arielove@bezeqint.net
Same problem!!
Wow this is great! I thought I was the only one going thru this! Ok I'm Mexican and I think that has something to do wit it! But yea I hav hair all over ! Butt legs toes fingers hands arms back stomach boobs face! And I pluck it except my butt legs armas back n stomach lol! My butt I wanna shave it but I don't won't the hair gettin thicker. My legs I shave everyday. My arms I used to shave but stoped because I don't want the hair gettin thicker so now I jus trim them wit sicsors(I forget how to speel I swearlol) and my back too. I trim it. It's hard tho!! And my stomach I shave it but I'm still freacked out bout the hairs gettin thicker! But I figured it was kinda normal! I've been wit my boy friend for 9 months now and I bearly told him bout my problem and i had a big problem wit tellin him because unlike most guys he's not hairy!! He don't grow hair on his chest stomach ass nothing!! So I don't wanna be harier than my bf! But I told him and the first thing he said to me playin around was aww my cute hairy monkey!! Lol like tellin me don't worry! Because after he did! He said I live u no matter wat mamas!:)) yea so like the other day he was lookin at my back n he was like u do go hair everywhere! But then he was like want me to help u trim it?? And yea he did! It may sound a lil wierd but that's how comfortable I am wit him u kno? I mean cuz we tell eachother alot of shit cuz sooner or later he's gonna find out rite? So now when ever we get "intimate" I don't care no more about having the lights off! Lol trust me girls THE GUY WILL NOT CARE IF UR HAIRY! I promise. I mean unless .. Yea I don't know. But if he rele loves u he will love u and ur hairyness and every flaw u think u have!
Lovely with hair!
Hi I'm 17 a junior and have the same problem, I'm an attractive young girl but one problem I'm a bit furry! I've had hair all my life back, stomach, and butt. I'm light skinned but my hair is not dark or thick , I'm sorry for those that have alot. All I can tell you if people laugh at you it's because that have it to. Girls are naturally hairy!! Some mor than others but trust me we all have hair!! Who cares be happy with what you have all that matters is that you have your health!! Hair is just a little detour we all have. If your waiting to be intimate with someone don't open freely and tell them and if they love you they'll accept you and your furiness! So quit messing with your hair! Head up, confidence high and go get that cute bikini, dress, skirt, etc and go!! Have fun!! Because at the end of the day you have high esteem and whoever laughs probably has a bigger flaw!!
Don't damage your skin with all the treatments it will only burn you skin and turn dark(friend did laser baaad idea)
I feel at ease now. i thought i was a freak!
reading all of these, i feel a whole lot better becasue there are people how know what it feels like to be in my position. I have hairy arms but not crazy hairy, i still wax them though lol. and i have light hair under my chin, not long but it still bothers me. i have all these things you ppl are talking about and its like ok wow im not alone! xD
i have it like on my tummy and backside too and i just thoguth it was gross and wrong of me. but yeah im going to try this too and well i dont feel like a freak no more. haha hopefully that lazer stuff goes down its rediculous lol
I Have This Problem Too!
heey, im 13 and i have this same problem. i have fine/thick black on my back hair, butt, chest, breasts, arms, hands, feet, stomach, [some on my] face and the usual on the armpits and legs. i also have a monobrow and exremely thick eyebrows (which really doesnt help, but i tweeze this). i recently asked mum if this was normal, and she said yes, but when we get changed for PE at scool, i notice that i am the only one with this problem. i stopped wearing revealing clothes and panic everytime we have to go in the pool. ive never worn a bikini, and mum is the only person that know about my 'werewolfness' as i call it.
i regurally find more hairs, and i always feel self conscience. when i have a shower, i sometimes try to shave them off, but it never works. something that im worried about is that when i ever get a boyfriend, no one will want me once they find out about my hairiness. my friends would tease me and it would spread over the whole of the town.
when im washing myself, the hair is very soft and fawny, and it would help if it was blonde. but its black.
at first i though i was the only one in the world with this, and i havent ever met anyone with this. then i thought that something was wrong with me, and i would always feel depressed when i looked at my friends when they wore bikinis, or other randoms.
im just really worried that ill be rejected when im older.
and im so happy that im not the only one with this (:
it is NOT a problem
Your hairyness is a gift, you should exhibit proudly!
I love you hairy and lots of men too if only they are brave enough to admitt it, the problem is that most men will not confess so as not to be judged as freaks, or gay or something worse.
Believe me, learn to love your hairiness and shre it with all of us.
I would love to get to know you. fcs42@yahoo.com
I read everything
And i enjoyed from your writing and also i'm happy that you feel good about yourself
I Just Had To..Sorry it's long but you should really read it.
After reading a LOT of these comments, I felt I had to post one myself.
I am sixteen years old and I have the same problem and I've had it for as long as I can remember. I'm Mexican and I have this idea in my head that it kind of has something to do with it. Most of my family knows that I'm hairier then average but they don't know to what extent just because I'm always aware of it and hide it as much as I can. I have hair EVERYWHERE that, yeah, sometimes I get a little upset. I have it on my cheeks, upper lip, a little on my forehead, back, chest, breasts, stomach, and the typical leg and armpit hair. I also have a lot of arm hair but it's not that hairy that I freak out about it, though. What I do to hide it is I bleach my facial hair when I need to and it works the best. For my back and chest and all that, I shave when I wear clothes that might reveal my hairiness. Lol. And that whole "shaving makes it longer and thicker" is crap. It's exactly the same. Sometimes we get so self conscience (sp?) that we might THINK it's worse then before but that's probably because you're stressing that it will happen and stress makes it worse. But in order not to look stubbley, it's best if you shave the morning of when you're gonna wear anything that might show that you're hairy in the shower. And once you hop out, put on some lotion. And there you go.
Bust because you have mega hairy legs does not mean you can't wear skirts and all that good stuff. Shave/wax your legs. It's what everyone in the human world does. Even those so called perfect people in the magazines. And if you wanna get close to a guy (or girl) but scared that they'll reject you because of this, just shave/wax everything you're uncomfortable with whenever you think something might go down between you guys. Hirsutism does suck really hard, but it's not something to be depressed about. We all know it's a hassle. We have this cruddy condition that none of us asked for but we shouldn't let it rule our lives because believe it or not, we have control over it someway. It's not that hard to hide. Most of my friends have seen my back or stomach (My biggest problem areas) one way or another and they don't know I'm a hairy beast. Except for the ones who have seen me on an off day but they still think I'm hot. Lololol. It's more of a matter of will you take the time to just look in the mirror, and decide what you're gonna do about it. Because sitting here posting comments won't make it go away. Though I will say this!!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO POSTED A COMMENT SHARING YOUR PERSONAL STORIES AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. IT MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ABOUT MYSELF. BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW HIGH OF A SELF ESTEEM YOU HAVE, SOMETIMES YOU FORGET HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU REALLY ARE. I REALLY ENJOYED READING THROUGH THEM AND I CAN HONESTLY RELATE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW I'M NOT ALONE. HAIRY WOMEN UNITED!!!! LOLOLOL!!
But now I'm just rambling so yeah. Thanks for reading.
IF YOU SKIPPED THIS.... READ IT!!! I SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT LOL AND IT'S MY FIRST TIME POSTING A COMMENT ON ANYTHING I'VE EVER FOUND ON THE INTERNET. THIS ARTICLE AND COMMENTS WERE JUST THAT GOOD. LOL.
I can relate
Hey everyone, I'm 26 years old, and I've been hairy ever since I was going through puberty. I have hair on my Face (near my ears), on my stomach, lower back, butt, arms and legs, it's not super thick, it's more bothersome because its dark. I'm of Indian heritage...not sure if that is a factor, I've never been to the Dr. to have the problem diagnosed, but I do remember lying on the Dr's table at the Gynocologysts and the Dr. said "ooo, you're hairy!"...needless to say, I was rather hurt by the comment.
It's strange because when I was younger, I'd wear bathing suits and any other type of clothing (no-one ever noticed, and if they did, they never said anything about it) and at that time, I was never even phased by my "hairiness", and then all of a sudden, it really started to bother me.
I've been shaving my arms since I was 17 (amost 10 years now), I bleach my upper lip and stomach, pluck the nipple hairs, and shave my lower back as well as legs....it's SO time consuming...
A few years ago, I did try Laser hair removal, to have the treatment done on my stomach, back of my neck all the way to my butt was going to cost $5600!! and I was prepared to pay that...well, I only went through one of the treatments and decided not to continue because of the cost... AND it was rather painful (I'm hoping that the cost of Laser Hair removal will decrease soon, it's rediculously expensive).
I am extremely self consious about this problem, but ya know, it's about accepting yourself...
Not to sound conceited, but I am an attractive young woman, I don't have a problem meeting guys, I'm currently in a relationship, and when he and I first met, and it got to the point that we would become intimate, I told him about my "problem", and he wasn't bothered by it at all...it made him sad that my hairiness made me so upset. It's never bothered any of the men I've been with...it bothers ME more than anyone else really...
I think I may try this Spearmint tea...and excercising more, and hey, if they don't really work, they are both still healthy habits:)
Just wanted to share my situation, and say that it's comforting to know that I'm not alone.
~KD
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