With the reinstatement of weekly glycolic acid peels into my facial routine, my acne is kind of clearing up a little bit.
Also I found tweezers so the chin hairs are a bit sparser, as well.
God, you must think I’m some kind of crazy ugly person… here’s the deal: I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome). I know that some of you reading this also have PCOS so forgive my very quick rudimentary explanation of the whole thing.
This is all according to wikipedia:
Polycystic ovary syndrome is an endocrine disorder that affects approximately 5% of all women. It occurs amongst all races and nationalities, is the most common hormonal disorder among women of reproductive age, and is a leading cause of infertility. The principal features are weight problems, lack of regular ovulation and/or menstruation, and excessive amounts or effects of androgenic (masculinizing) hormones. The symptoms and severity of the syndrome vary greatly between women. While the causes are unknown, insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity are all strongly correlated with PCOS.
Common symptoms of PCOS include
* Oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea ? irregular, few, or absent menstrual periods.
* Infertility, generally resulting from chronic anovulation (lack of ovulation).
* Hirsutism ? excessive and increased body hair, typically in a male pattern affecting face, chest and legs.
* Hair loss appearing as thinning hair on the top of the head
* Acne, oily skin, seborrhea.
* Obesity: one in two women with PCOS are obese.
* Depression.
I basically have all of these, except from the thing about the hair on top of the head – I have absolutely no hair so it’s not just “thinning”.
And “hirsutism”… I don’t have chest hair or anything but I do have the chin hairs and ugh I hate them.
Anyway so now you understand that, if you didn’t before. Woot a woo!
Yeah, they told me I had PCOS too, cause my ovarian cysts kept popping like popcorn, but I don’t believe them.
My only symptoms (aside from my Orville Redenbacher ovaries) were the chin hair, and thinning hair on top of my head.
The thinning thing cleared up when I improved my diet and ate more veggies. I think the chin hair (and really, it’s only one, growing back in the same exact spot) is some sort of weird genetic experiment gone wrong, like in “The Fly”
So, good luck with all that PCOS stuff and be happy you don’t have rebar growing out of your chin.
Love you!
* Oligomenorrhea, amenorrhea ? irregular, few, or absent menstrual periods.
CHECK
* Infertility, generally resulting from chronic anovulation (lack of ovulation).
VERY SURPRISINGLY, APPARENTLY NOT CHECK
* Hirsutism ? excessive and increased body hair, typically in a male pattern affecting face, chest and legs.
CHECK
* Hair loss appearing as thinning hair on the top of the head
NOT CHECK
* Acne, oily skin, seborrhea.
CHECK
* Obesity: one in two women with PCOS are obese.
CHECK
* Depression.
CHECK
I feel like I should be entering some kind of moustache competition these days… Luckily, all the zits are distracting from it.