Date:   4/14/2005 7:19:44 PM ( 20 y ago)
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URL:   https://www.curezone.org/forums/fm.asp?i=145698

>i know this is probably a silly question, but i thought i would ask
> it anyway! :o)

There's no question silly if it's asked genuinely. And this one is actually very perceptive.

> would an increase in facial hair mostly likely be purely down to
> increased free testosterone in the body, or could it also be due
> to low levels of estrogen hormone? the reason i am asking this is
> because my menstrual cycle seems to have been messed up recently
> ...i used to be as regular as clockwork but now it can be 5/6
> weeks before i get my period, its just random!

> i am taking agnus castus which i am told can help in regulating
> your menstrual cycle, but what i wondered is would low estrogen
> levels increase facial hair?

The answer is yes.

Testosterone and estrogen tend to work against each other. Low estrogen levels are likely to lead to an increased amount of free testosterone. High testosterone levels with normal estrogen levels could have much the same result as normal testosterone levels with low estrogen levels.

High testosterone levels and low estrogen levels is the combination most likely to produce significant amounts of facial hair as it gives a more male-type hormone balance.

That's what I had as a teenager resulting in long, irregular cycles, development of a moustache that I was shaving every day by the time I was 15 and absence of proper breast development. Breasts developed when I became pregnant and the moustache growth slowed right down for a while, with the increased estrogen levels of pregnancy. Same thing happened each time I became pregnant as the hormone balance shifted.

I'm not really worried about the "imbalance" -- the way I look at it, it's normal for me to have a high testosterone, low estrogen balance.
 

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