Fat and hair

I go away for a nap for like 3 hrs and now I'm the hair queen everyones laughing at?! :(

Well FatShowDown..I've got only one thing to say to you!!

"It..it..it was some sorta roof!"
 
PaperAirPlanes said:
Thats very true. Especially women with things like PCOS, because of the hormones you get the wonky hair issue, however, if you lose weight you can also sorta control that to a lesser degree. So in that particular case, being over weight doesn't help but it isn't the root cause, but losing weight can help.

For guys? Beats me...lol.
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I noticed the more weight I gained, the worst the body hair got. I always have to pluck, shave, and trim my way to less hair. Also, I noticed the hair on the top of my head was getting thinner as I gained weight.

So hopefully as I lose this weight, the symptoms of PCOS will lessen and I will have fuller hair on the top of my head, and less body hair.

Becuase having a mustache is not cute. At all. :leaving:
 
:ack2:Holy Moses! Laser hair removal sounds VERY expensive! I obviously went into the wrong profession...

One thing that tipped my docs off to possible PCOS was that the hair on top of my head started falling out (which seemed to get much worse while I was losing weight) and to my utter horror I seemed to start growing more hair on the bottom of my face!? WTH!? Totally annoying, like there was not enough else to deal with :cuss: Since getting my weight under control I don't seem to be losing so much hair, and I just pluck and bleach the rest. Sorry if TMI!!! *sigh* ain't hormones grand.:icon_bs:

ABBA
 
I'm starting to wonder if my PCOS disagnosis is correct after reading all this.....*lol*....I've got a head full of hair, and it's growing as if it's going out of fashion.....the hair on my upper lip and chin have gotten a lot worse since I started losing weight, I have to shave every day now. Got a cream that is supposed to make it better, but it has done zilch so far....:(

Guess I'm just weird....glad that it works for everybody else though! :)
 
On a scale of 1 to 10, I guess I'm about a 4 in area coverage. When I was really big, I didn't fuss over it much mainly because I couldn't reach most of it to tend to it - that and I don't go shirtless in public now or then, so it wasn't a major concern until I started re-dating again.

Now that I can access it, I groom with a regular barber clipper about 4 times a year just for control purposes. I don't labor over perfection. It's fruitless. Outside of the aforementioned laser deal, nothing is going to bring much more than 72 hours of pure appearance bliss. It's not worth the expense and task.

Since my surface is smaller now, it appears I have more hair but that's just simple geometry. The distance between pores is closer. I don't think I noticed more or less at either weight stage, to be honest.

I did start shaving my legs in '08 because since becoming a diabetic, my left leg has almost no hair whereas my right has noticeably more growth, still. I shaved frequently up until October and stopped during most of the winter. I surmised my left leg would produce new growth but in reality my right leg had much less regrowth and my left is nearly close to not needing shaved at all now. A diabetic progression? I suppose so.. Anyway, I don't regret shaving my legs, it was the right decision appearance-wise though I have a new-found respect for what the ladies have to go through.





My ex-wife was induced with male hormones at the age of 11 for premature period regulating. It messed her up in a sad way, that being facial male hair growth patterns. We tried everything (back then) to find a solution. She used Nair to the point it would break out her chin and mouth area to untouchable soreness, electrolysis was expensive, painful and uneventful in results. She thrashed and consulted with me about using my type of razor on many occasions, I warned against it. Ultimately she caved in and used it. Bad decision.

It tortured her terribly, mentally. I use to feel bad about it. An otherwise pretty woman with a problem created by an OBGYN that may or may not have known if this was the best way to handle the problem. I don't know if this method is still used today but an early period can't be worth a lifetime of embarrassment to wear like a scarlet letter.
 
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That poor lady! How absolutely dreadful. Unless her periods hit earlier than 9 yrs old, she wouldn't be considered nowadays to have "precocious puberty" and they certainly wouldn't treat her (as far as I know, and I am not a doc). We have so much more info these days on endocrinology, etc.

ABBA
 
This is a really good topic. Most of you made me laugh myself silly - which I thank you for since this was a rotten day.

T2 - really sorry about your ex-wife. What a rotten thing that doc did to her. :( I'm glad you're doing okay with your diabetes and hair removal etc. Sounds like you take good care of yourself. :)

FatShowdown - just wanted to let you know, waxing only hurts the worst the first time. If you keep up with it after that first horrendous rip out of giant roots, it gets wayyyyyyy easier. No kidding. It is like the first set of hairs have such heavy roots that you're practically ready to cry ... but by keeping up with it and not letting their hair get any larger than necessary for the wax to grip, it barely feels like anything. Trust me, I've let mine get away from me a few times and had to start over again. LOL. Not fun.

Asphalt - (I think it was you who did the laser, right?) I'm so glad you mentioned that it hurt!! Yeeeeee! My ex-b kept trying to convince me that if I had laser done it wouldn't hurt one bit. (I wax or pluck - which lasts about 6 weeks for me) I KNEW that didn't sound right. LOL The reason I really never did laser, aside from the money, was that it doesn't work as well on certain hair colors, and redheads like me don't often work out.

Hey - all you other ladies who remove facial hair - consider something called threading. You can do it yourself once you develop the knack for holding the thread right. It is just a piece of sewing thread, held figure 8 style between your fingers, you make one end wider, then the other wider - so the middle pieces roll over and grab the hair and rip it out. That way no wax touches delicate facial skin, no horrible chemical hair remover touches delicate skin either. You can google it - I think there was an Indian web site that had the best instructions.

Oh - PS to FatShowdown - the breakout waxing caused on your back might have been ingrown hairs when the hair started to grow in again. You poor thing! No fun though -whatever it was!
 
My friend has blackmail video of me getting my back waxed for the first time...but I also have a video of him getting it for the first time too, and THATS why no one will EVER see those videos...

ChirpyBird I do believe that if I got my back waxed more often it wouldn't be as painful, unfortunately I can't pay to have it done that often, and I have no one that would really WANT to do it for me that often (That excludes PaperAirPlanes, shes just plain crazy). I've had it done probably 3 times in my entire life, and each time was pretty painful because it wasn't consistent, nor was it professionally done.

But the whole back breaking out in acne thing, yeah that was awful, and there is this oil that I put on my back that was supposed to prevent it from happening, buuuut it didn't really work. I guess there is no real way to prevent it?

Oh yeah and I love how you responded to so many posts at the same time, haha. Good stuff!
 
fatshowdown said:
My friend has blackmail video of me getting my back waxed for the first time...but I also have a video of him getting it for the first time too, and THATS why no one will EVER see those videos...

ChirpyBird I do believe that if I got my back waxed more often it wouldn't be as painful, unfortunately I can't pay to have it done that often, and I have no one that would really WANT to do it for me that often (That excludes PaperAirPlanes, shes just plain crazy). I've had it done probably 3 times in my entire life, and each time was pretty painful because it wasn't consistent, nor was it professionally done.

But the whole back breaking out in acne thing, yeah that was awful, and there is this oil that I put on my back that was supposed to prevent it from happening, buuuut it didn't really work. I guess there is no real way to prevent it?

Oh yeah and I love how you responded to so many posts at the same time, haha. Good stuff!
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If you had more hair, it wouldn't hurt as much! Waxing only hurts because if your hair isn't thick, the wax will attach itself to your skin and when you rip it off, it rips skin with it. Now take my arms for example, I've got super hairy arms [thank you Russia!] and when I waxed them, it didn't hurt as bad considering it was sticking to basically hair only. Not to say I didn't rip skin off too cause I did that as well and got the evil red bumps of doom, but that went away after like yanno 2 weeks [thank gosh for long sleeves!!]

But, that wont stop me from stalking you with wax!! mwahaha.
 
Ooohhhh PaperAirPlanes - you reminded me of a trick that helps. When you catch poor FatShowdown to wax his back - try using those Sally Hansen pre-waxed strips. Put baby powder down on the skin first, then the strips on top of that. Pat the strips down so they grab the hair - then yank. It won't grab the skin that way - just the hair. :patriot:
 
ChirpyBird said:
Ooohhhh PaperAirPlanes - you reminded me of a trick that helps. When you catch poor FatShowdown to wax his back - try using those Sally Hansen pre-waxed strips. Put baby powder down on the skin first, then the strips on top of that. Pat the strips down so they grab the hair - then yank. It won't grab the skin that way - just the hair. :patriot:
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Boooo, Sally Hansen sucks...any pre-waxed strips suck!!

I use good ole cold wax [which usually has to end up in the microwave anyways..wtf? haha] Just cause, well, I'm strange and like rippin hair out and spreading wax out and using cloth!

I tried to baby powder once, didn't stick as well =( I've also tried uhm, what's it called, you can bake with it....n coat things in it before deep frying?? [not flour..the other stuff] haha.
 
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