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Facial Hair Growth. Remedy?
hey im a women that's suffering from facial hair growth and its getting worse the older I get please help me in the right direction on what medications that can help reduce or completely get rid of the hair that's growing I shave everyday and that's all I know to do I heard about taking a birth control pill with a spironolactone pill but im unable to purchase them online for some reason I really want to try this because I cant go on living my life this way and the embarrassment peoples starting to make jokes about it and its not funny when I cant help that I have this growing what should I do I have no money for doctors visits
Thu, 26 Sep 2013
hi facial hair growth is called hirsutism.first go for hormonal assay of testosterone,lh,fsh,oestrogen and thyriod hormones,.rule out pcod before starting any treatment.if all are normal use eflora or uproot lotion twice daily for 6-8 weeks .if no response is seen go for hair removal lasers which will be done for 6-10 sittings according to area effected
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