does pcos go away?

Been reading about PCOS on the message board and thinking i may have it.  Irregular periods, facial hair, dark around neck legs, boils in groin area, skin tags.....  anyway its probibly been answered on here but ......

Does pcos go away after wls? well more specific will my periods become regular and the boils stop comeing and the hair go away? the rest i care less about.

Hello :)

Since my surgery in December, I have been  having regular periods again.  I'm probably more regular now then I have ever been.  The hair is till there (UGH).  PCOS does not go away completely, after losing weight the symptoms will lessen. 
I never had alot of boils...but I have not had any since surgery.  I have noticed that I don't have any new skin tags.  I also had insulin resistance (pre diabetes) and now I no longer have that. 

Have you had surgery or are you pre op? Have you discussed PCOS with your Doc? 

Sue

Im having surgery in 10 days and no i havent talked to my dr since the consultation a year ago. I was going through the admissions process the other day at the hospital and the nurse brought it up. Till then it never occured to me that i may have it. I have showed several drs the boils during my yearly exam and none of them seemed to be worried aobut it.  As long as it wasnt an std i didnt really care. Just thought i had lots of ingrown hairs over the years not that i shave all that much.

I think some of your symptoms could lessen. For me the biggest change has been a regular cycle.

I would check out soulcysters.com for more information on PCOS. There are smaller/skinnier women that have PCOS as well, so it is not just something that is found in overweight women nor does it automatically cause excess weight gain.

There's no cure for PCOS but WLS can help allieviate symptoms or help them go into remission. However, there are some women on this forum who still suffer from PCOS symptoms after WLS. There's no guarantees, but it seems to be the best option out there if everything else has failed (meds, diet, etc..)