I have alot of the symptoms of PCOS and my gyno said it probable that i do have it but i have not had any of the test. I was severly overweight and my mother and 6 of her siblings are diabetic. I have facial hair and pain in my right ovary although I had no trouble conceiving and no known cysts. My previosly thick hair is not so thick anymore and i now have dark noticable hairs on my chest! I finally started a low carb/ Good carb way of eating last january and the weight is comming off when nothing ever worked before. My question is what is everyone elses weapon of choice in the excess hair battle? I really do not want to shave my chest and i already pluck the facial hair. I am just wondering if there is a better way to go.

Hi Julie

Im sure some of the others will offer some other solutions for you. Myself, I use a bright light, and good tweezers. I will add though, that starting low carb eating, I once again have a very full thick head of hair!! Curly too!! Mom cant get over how curly it is. Anyway, about your chest hair, I used to have a few that actually grew on my right breast...well, its been over a year and I havent had to pluck any. So hopefully this way of eating fixed that problem for me....maybe it will do the same for you.

Robin

Hi! I use Nair, shaving, and plucking on the body hair. Rogaine 5% and Spironolactone for the "male pattern" baldness on my head. The Spiro and Rogaine have been nothing short of a miracle for me. The Spiro is a testosterone blocker, and I think it's also helped my skin and nails-- and I'm a lot less aggressive, too! No more Incredible Hulk for me, lol! I've also cleaned up my diet, lowered my stress, done a lot more exercise, etc. I'm beginning to feel really good. So for me, a combination of strategies has worked well. Good Luck.

I pluck chin hairs if they get way long but other than that I leave it be. My endoc. offered me a cream/meds for the hair thing but I declined. Once my hormones are down to normal, it takes care of itself -- I started seeing this while I was on Glucophage. Once I go back post baby, I'm sure it will fall out again on its own.

A.

I know how you feel Dowsx4. As for me, I pluck & shave. I'd like to get lazer but it just costs too much for me right now.

My endo offers laser treatment for his PCOS patients at a much cheaper price than the local dermatologists do. He said he only wants enough $ to pay the tech and for the equipment. Check around and see if you have a service like this available, it is the best way to go that I know of.

I think $50 a pop is good! At least for around here, it is. Ok, I see that it would get costly to laser so many places. I was just thinking wild hairs above the neckline, myself!

I have problems with hair on my stomach and some on my breast....I hate it, but I don't do anything about the ones on my stomach...but the ones on my breast I pluck. I figure that I'm not fit to be in a bikini so what's the point of doing anything about the ones on my stomach, luckley they are not too dark either.

I have heard once your body gets use to the Metformin and the LC way of eating that some of the side effects do go away (such as the dark/hairy problems). I hope it's true.

Z Carb Chocolate Bars are sugar free, sugar alcohol free, and somehow have fiber. The dark chocolate bars are really good. They sell them at Walgreens in my town.

Tigger, weight loss in general will help with the symptoms, but a low glycemic way of eating is a good alternative to LC if you don't like low carb. Check out the Sugar Busters and South Beach Diet forums and you can see what they are like.

Good luck!

Yeah, I think $50 is really good, plus, who knows one treatment might do the trick. My daughter and I are going to get our lips laser treated at the end of the month, and we're each paying $100 for that.
J