LittleMoonRabbit- also have hyperhydrosis, it sucks, it has got better as I got older, and as I have been sober as well.
It sucks, sometimes I just want to buy a cute little light blue or pink t-shirt, but I can't. I will sweat right through it and it will be seen, ahhh...

I have PCOS and my heritage is 'light' german and Yugoslovian so I have light skin with REALLY dark hair!!!!!! My neck, side of face, chin and upper lip are really bad and the most noticible next to my arms. I am having to use the at home wax strips every other day on my face which just completly damages my skin! Currently, my husband and I are saving up for laser hair removal, so I'll be waiting a few years yet. My back, thighs and behind are really bad too. OK so lets just say that I am a wolly mamoth! Hope the laser removal works well for you!

Rayelle... I'm german as well, with light skin and dark hair. I hear ya on the hair being more noticable, it sucks. Best of luck saving for the laser hair removal, that's something I need to start doing too.

After reading these comments... I have to share a product. I bought it and it worked like a charm for me.

For excess sweat: Hydrosol. (they have a website) NOT to be confused with a product called Drysol.

You can get your local pharmacy to order it, its a small bottle, but lasts for a long time and costs aprox $27 Canadian.

Its like a thin gel and you need very little. When I first started to use it, I was using too much and it stung a bit. I eventually started to use a cotton pad (the flat ones) and it made a world of difference.

Regarding excess hair...

Ugh... I didn't really have such a problem with the excess, UNTIL I tried waxing. I have light hairs, but now they are coarser and a bigger pain to get rid of! Especially the ones that came in dark.

You girls are not alone!!! I know what you mean by not being able to talk about it.. I am so open about everything else!

I have too much hair too, not only that but I get really really really bad ingrown hairs everywhere. I cant shave my bikini line because I get PERMANENT ingrown hairs.. I have had some for years and they never go away.. so I have lots of scars from them. So I cant wear a one piece, and god knows I cant wear a bikini.. so im stuck with tankinis with boyshorts only. >_< I also have some on my stomach.. its black.. and it sucks. That and the stretch marks makes me think I will never wear a bikini for the rest of my life.

Luckily it isnt too bad on my face.. the ones on my chin are blonde somehow. I need to do my upper lip 2 times a month >_> I use depilatory for that which works pretty good.. im just glad I dont get the ingrown hairs there. what also sucks is I get bumps no matter what whenever I shave my legs, and you can still see the hair follicles even if its a wicked close shave.. because its so coarse and black. So they never look very good :( Also get giant ingrown hairs on my armpits, and my skin there is discolored and scarred.. so i never wear sleeveless things. :(

Momentum- I appreciate your suggestion. However, it doesn't work for me. It worked fairly well at keeping me dry... but my skin is so sensitive, my armpits would sting and burn hours after application. And, since you need to put it on before you go to sleep... well, I could never actually fall asleep. So, I gave up, lol. I have used the over the counter Secret one that's really strong, and it doesn't itch... but it doesn't work nearly as well either. Eventually, I kinda just got used to it and learned how to deal with it. But I still have the occasional moment... kinda like my armpits peed themselves or something, lol. However, when my hubby and I are more financially stable, I plan on at least trying Botox injections- which is supposed to be by far the most effective treatment- 6-8 months of dryness per set of injections. Either way.. I learn to just laugh it off and just tell myself that there are worse problems than hyperhidrosis. I have also just accepted that I will never get to wear the cute, tight, long sleeved shirts.

OMG! I just got finished waxing my chin and neck and found this thread. I so know what you mean about the hair. Does anyone else have to wax the tops of their feet? I think I might have PCOS as well, I'm waiting for a referral to a Doc. I have some darkness around the creases in my neck, my hair has gone from supper thick and curly to slightly wavy and thin, and I have dark coarse hair everywhere I don't want it! But of cores my eyebrows and eyelashes are still almost nonexistent. :mad: Grr. Oh and I have that lovely fat pad at the back of my neck... No halters for me. :( And does anyone else get really
inflamed pimples under their breasts? I think it's from my bra pinching? Maybe the cornstarch baby powder I use to help with chaffing? They've left scars! Talk about embracing. :o

i actually get them like between my thighs. and they get huge! and it hurts to much to even touch them. i actually just shave the top of my feet, no biggie there. and as for waxing my face, i actually need to do that tomorrow. my crazy dude sideburns are coming in. haha.

i get ingrown hairs so bad too. like when i would shave my face, it wouldn't be acne, just ingrown hairs. i had terrible skin. there's this shaving gel that's called bikini something and it works really well for stopping ingrown hairs, anywhere. but the tubes they're in aren't that huge but they're only like 5 bucks. but it works like a charm.

I dont' really have hair problems, but since I gained weight so fast... I have TONS of stretch marks. On my arms, my thighs, and there is not a place on my stomach that doesn't have a stretch mark on it.

Luckily your hair can be removed, I'm stuck with these darned things. lol.

I second that you should visit an endocrinologist. They can check your insulin resistance (part of PCOS) Not everyone who is insulin resistant has PCOS and many of the symptoms actually stem from the insulin resistance (dark patches)

UmMm So I am pretty much really relieved that I am the not the only one who is hairy! I have been my whole life and all this talk about pcos makes me want to get tested. I have all the symptoms but all of my doctors argue over what is best and what i do and do not have. So I started to go to a new Gyno and first it was weird cause me besties mom is the nurse thats watches in the room. Then the ob this older guy kept asking me if i was Arab cause a lot of arab women are very hairy. I kept telling him i wasnt but he wouldnt stop insisting that i must be. But im pretty sure i would know. Im the only one on either sides of my family with this problem and it is such a pain in the ***. And embarassing and i def dont have the $ for laser removal even though that would be great.

Oh yea and I gained about 70lbs in a year so i have disgusting stretch marks all over. Like my whole body is covered and if i had one wish it would to not have them... My back,stomach,arms,shoulders. Makes it very hard to find summer time clothes

I have peach fuzz all over my entire body. I hate it. It's the stupid fuzz only anorexics are supposed to get, but I have it because I have extremely poor circulation. I guess I should be happy it's blond, short, and fine but it still sucks.

Also, as long as we're on the subject, my hands and feet sweat like crazy! My hands and feet are always clammy! It sucks. I hate having to shake people's hands. :(

I have stretch marks too, only they're not bad. I have a friend who has terrible stretch marks. It seriously looks like something clawed at her stomach.

Isn't there lotion for stretch marks? Like for pregnant women or something?

hey ladies,

yeah i'm never on here and when i do get on i usually only lurk but i just had a few questions when i saw this post.

ok so since i got to 250 and up ive had facial hair, but never before that. also once i hit 275 and up my periods were very irregular and i was put on depo. ever since i got off of depo (2 years ago in july) ive had 1 period that lasted 2 weeks. i looked everything up online but it all comes back so PCOS. i really doubt i have that so couldnt just me being a fat*** be the cause of all this? but my main question did any of you have these symptoms and did they go away/ correct themselves when you lost weight? i'm not ganna lie not having a period is heaven but the whole facial hair thing is really annoying!!!!

I am blonde and fair but I have a little dark body hair.. i have a line of them from my belly button down that look like pubes really attractive , i have the same hair in my armpits legs and on my toes lol... Then i have the pimples and scarring under my boobs , and the tops of my leg.. where i get the pimples and ingrown hairs.. I have MASSIVE Stretch marks form my boobs to my crotch,then i have old stretch marks all over my boobs on my hips under my arm pits nd on my legs all the old ones i got just for reaching puberty lol ... Th stomach ones of from pregnancy but my kids are 3 and 7 you would think they would go away.. but they are really wide really deep and all the way down they are silvery purple now but are still very there and very gross lol .. i would take a picture but ... I'm not in the business of scaring people lol .. .. So my body just needs a little help.... like ummm cut my head off and put it on a new body :) lol ... One with small boobs about 160 pounds .. that would do lol