What is unusual hair growth?

Women’s health articles

I have hair where? — coping with unwanted hair growth

by Dixie Mills, MD

Occasionally women will come to the clinic with extra hair growing in places where they’ve never had hair before, or in greater amounts than usual. Our feelings about the hair on our bodies and faces can be a highly sensitive topic, and our perspectives vary widely based on personal preference. Many women want to get rid of it as quickly and permanently as possible; others are happy to just let it go, viewing it as a natural (and yes, beautiful, thank you!) expression of themselves. Body hair also carries with it all kinds of cultural and social associations — there’s no question that how much is too much is a “time period” phenomena.

In today’s celebrity fashion craze, for example, no hair anywhere is the rule, with waxing salons on every corner. (However the Brazilian may be on its way out, and a more natural look in!) Those of us who lived through the “hippie days” of the 60’s and 70’s, clearly remember going au naturale with what would appear to today’s viewers as “shocking” amounts of underarm, leg and pubic hair. But at one point or another, most women have hair appearing in places they’d probably rather not for different reasons. The rest of the article..http://www.womentowomen.com/womenshealth/facialhair.aspx

August 6, 2010. Uncategorized.