The fact that a woman has hair in this area is a sign of a serious problem with her ovaries

Men's body hair is generally more developed than women's, but if a woman has too much body hair, it will attract people's strange looks. So what causes women to have excessive body hair?

The highest compliment the ancients gave to women’s skin was “as white as cream.” This is not an ordinary requirement. In addition to being fair, it must also be smooth, so excessive body hair becomes a sin... Some people abroad have done some statistics: among normal women aged 15-44, 30% have a mustache, 9% have obvious cheek hair, 6% have thicker hair below the temples, and 30% and 70% have darker and thicker hair on their forearms and calves respectively.

Excessive hairiness affects more than just your image

Doctors say that this disease not only affects personal image, it also brings some unexpected long-term hazards - because of long-term amenorrhea and anovulation in polycystic ovary syndrome, the endometrium is continuously stimulated by estrogen, without progesterone to counteract and periodic endometrial shedding, so the risk of endometrial cancer increases. At the same time, polycystic ovary syndrome often has insulin resistance, so the incidence of hypertension, diabetes, and coronary heart disease increases. The cause of the disease is still unclear, but modern lifestyle and genetic factors have an impact on it.

How to determine if you have too much body hair

Many girls grow dense vellus hair around their lips, chin, thighs, calves, arms, etc., with a male-like hair distribution, thick black eyebrows, and pubic hair that grows towards the abdomen and even the navel. This phenomenon is medically known as "hirsutism." Excessive hair affects one's appearance and body beauty. Girls with excessive hair always feel uneasy and try various methods to "remove hair". When excessive hair growth occurs, it is important to find out the causative factor and prescribe the right medicine.

Excessive hair growth is sometimes a sign of ovarian disease

Before girls remove their hair, they must first understand a disease: polycystic ovary syndrome. A typical feature of this disease is increased hair growth, especially on the calves, arms, midline of the abdomen, vulva and around the anus, with a masculine tendency in hair distribution. However, when these symptoms appear, many people do not realize that they should go to the gynecology or endocrinology department for examination, but go to the dermatology department or beauty salon, which delays the treatment of the disease.

Hormonal drugs

One is hormone drugs

Human hair growth is affected by endocrine hormones, especially androgens. Some women with the disease may directly develop hirsutism if they use drugs containing androgens. For example, methyltestosterone, testosterone propionate, and testosterone phenylacetate among male hormones are often used to treat functional uterine bleeding, aplastic anemia, menopausal syndrome, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and other diseases. The effect of causing hirsutism after taking the medicine is very obvious, especially in adolescent girls and menopausal women, which is more common than other women.

Female hairiness is mostly hereditary

Excessive hair growth in women is mostly caused by factors such as genetics, diseases, and excessive hormone secretion. What is less known is that certain drugs can also cause excessive hair growth. These drugs fall into two main categories.

Non-hormonal drugs

Second, non-hormonal drugs

The reason why drugs that do not contain hormones can cause hirsutism is that after entering the human body, they may affect the liver's function of decomposing and inactivating male hormones. If they act for a long time, excessive male hormones will be formed in the body, which will lead to hirsutism. This type of drugs covers a wide range, mainly including antibiotics: a small number of women who commonly use penicillin and streptomycin may have excessive hair on their limbs and trunk; benzodiazepines in antipyretics and analgesics, thioridazine in tranquilizers, and the diuretic acetazolamide can cause black hair; vasodilators such as diazoxide can cause excessive hair in young girls, but have little effect on adult women; anti-epileptic drugs such as phenytoin can cause excessive hair on the limbs, and some traditional Chinese medicines such as psoralea corylifolia have hormone-like effects and can also cause excessive hair.

The hair will not grow heavier the more you shave

TIPS: The more you shave, the heavier the hair will become. Many people worry that shaving or plucking will cause their body hair to grow thicker, denser, and darker. In fact, the number of human hair follicles is fixed since birth, so there is no problem of hair becoming denser the more you shave. The color of body hair is related to local endocrine system, and there is no problem of hair getting darker the more you shave. However, these practices will stimulate the body hair to enter the next growth phase, so the body hair will grow again easily. In fact, from a physiological point of view, hair is beneficial to the body. If there is no special need, it is best to let body hair grow naturally.