Re: Female Facial Hair

> There is help for male beard-like female facial hair.
It's helpful to know what the starting point is -- and it's worth remembering that it's not just males who have beards -- some women do too.

> Spironolactone works! Laser helps some but it's painful
> and it doesn't take care of all kinds of hair but this
> stuff turns the hair to soft colorless fuzz. It is a
> diruetic and requires a doctor's prescription.
Laser works for some women, but as you say, not for all. But the first question with any drug is "What happens when you stop taking it? Does the growth come back?" And the second question is "What about the long-term side effects?"

> My daughter had a dark thick beard along her jaw line,
> chin and neck
It's good to recognise it and describe it for what it was. No point faffing around calling it something else when it's beard growth.


> and she tried laser for a year with minor improvement
> but taking spironolactone twice a day worked in two months.
> She also began birth control pills so they may have also
> helped, but she has taken them before with no effect so at
> best they contributed to the solution. This has been a huge
> blessing for her so I wanted to share it with others who
> may have this problem.
Again, what happens when she comes off the spiro and the bcp? And what about the side effects of the bcp?

I'm glad your daughter is pleased with the results, but there are still questions to face. And you say she still has what you describe as a peach fuzz -- which can actually be very obvious against the light and look like a golden beard.

What suits one person, of course, doesn't suit another. I didn't want to mess my hormones around unneccessarily and I shave my moustache and beard. And thankfully, I've been able to have children.
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