Hirsutism | When to call a professional?
When To Call a Professional
If you have excessive hair growth and male pattern, you should visit a health professional. Try also the issue of hirsutism with a physician if you have any symptoms of excessive androgen production:
- Infrequent menstrual periods, irregular or absent menstrual periods.
- Acne unwieldy.
- Deepening of the voice.
- A line on the scalp receding or thinning hair in crown area of the head.
- Decreased breast size or enlarged clitoris. Continue reading
Hirsutism | Prevention and Treatment
Duration
In most cases of hirsutism is likely to produce hair for life. However, most women respond to medical treatment. A few cases of hirsutism (such as androgenic hormone producing tumors or tumors in the pituitary gland) can be cured with surgery, radiation or both.
Cosmetic treatments can remove unwanted hair for a while and may limit their growth.
Prevention
You should avoid drugs that cause hirsutism.
Treatment
If a diagnosis of specific causes of hirsutism, your doctor may suggest an appropriate treatment as a result. For overweight women, weight loss can reduce androgen levels and reduce hirsutism. For all women with hirsutism, the following cosmetic treatments may be helpful. Continue reading
Hirsutism | Symptoms and Diagnosis
Symptoms
A woman with a milder form of hirsutism may notice significant growth in mature hair (has the same color as the hair of the scalp) on the upper lip, chin, sideburn area, nipple area or lower abdomen. A more advanced form of hirsutism causes mature hair growth on the upper back, shoulders, sternum and upper abdomen. It often begins during puberty. If hirsutism is made before or after puberty, the cause may be hormonal and women should undergo a medical examination.
Diagnosis
Your doctor will ask about your medical history and menstrual cycles. In addition, the review: If your periods are normal, hirsutism is almost always genetic (inherited). If your menstrual cycles are irregular, the reason could be the polycystic ovary syndrome. If hirsutism and irregular menstrual cycle are new, need to be tested for a possibly more serious condition, such as tumors in the ovaries, adrenal glands or pituitary gland. Continue reading
What is Hirsutism?
Hirsutism is excessive hair growth in certain areas of the face and body of women, such as the area of ??mustache and beard. This creates a “male pattern” of hair growth. Generally, women in these areas have fine hair, pale and slightly visible, so you do not normally see a hard hair, thick and black, with typical male pattern hair.
The normal pattern of hair growth and its distribution varies widely and is determined by racial background. For example, hair growth on face and other body parts in whites is higher than in blacks and Asians. Furthermore, women of Mediterranean heritage usually have more hair growth than women in Nordic countries.
Hirsutism in women means that the hair follicles are over stimulated by testosterone or other androgenic hormones. Androgens are the dominant hormone in man. Women usually have low levels of androgens, however, high levels of androgen can cause excessive hair growth. Continue reading