Newbie with a Question about Facial Hair and Acne

Hi All,

    I am scheduled for surgery Dec 2nd and am new to this board.  I have a question about whether ladies with excessive facial hair who have lost most of their weight have noticed a reduction in the number of hairs and the color.  Right now, I have hundreds of dark hairs around my neck and chin area that I pluck and I am so tired of it. 

   I also have a mild case of adult acne and wonder if that begins to diminish with weight loss too. Do my hormones become more in balance over time?

Thank you for your time.

Pennie

Well for me no, it does not diminish i unfortunatly started having that facial hair issue when i was in the 8th grade. and it kept going all my life. i am a year and 3 months out. no such luck still have to shave cause it was so dense that plucking was never an option for me. if you are very fair skinned or caucasion or latina laser surgery will work wonders for you. if you are african american you have a longer road on this journey. i dont know if this will chane over the years. i am on spironolactone to help with the over production of andogens in my body. ( im hard headed i dont take it every day like i should. tired of spending 5 minutes plus paying my water bill.)  im going to go pop one now though. i do not have the adult acne though. by the Grace of God. But acne can be cured. Unfortunately it looks like this curse of facial hair is my cross to bear for the rest of my life. I am tired of crying over this. But this thing hinders me from having an active social life. I stay indoors alot and to my self. And i do not have a dating life at all. No matter how much make up i try to use on top of the dark spots on my upper lip chin, sideburns face and neck the dark spots still show through. even with concealer i have to cake on so much make up i look like i sat up and got out of a coffin some days. ( this is also very pricey) trying to find a foundation that will even out the skin and not  touch and smear on all my clothes. I am glad you posted this. i needed to vent again. I HAVE HEARD OF  people having chemical peels to get the dark spots gone and evening out skin, And most say go to the dermo. i have also seen some on youtube and on ebay where people have done it at home. Every doctor online that i have seen presented with this question has stated DO NOT DO CHEMICAL PEELS AT HOME. LET AN PROFESSIONAL ASSESS YOUR SKIN!!!!!   To each his own. Find a dermo, an endocrinologist or an doctor who specializes in pcos and go from there.

  I guess I will have the excess facial hair for a long time.  Last night, a doctor friend told me that it will take considerably more than a year for my hormones to balance.
   I do want to try laser treatments down the road and hope that will be the answer.
Thank you.

You may want to check the PCOS website soulcysters.net to see if anyone there has had some success.  I don't think these boards are viewed much, so you may get more info checking out a PCOS specific site. 

As for me, I haven't had any sucess with hair diminishing, but I'm only 6 months out and I've only lost 50 lbs.  I have incredibly dense hair on my chin/neck.  I've tried electrolysis before but its costly, painful, takes a lot of time, and I got dimiishing results.  I am curently doing laser hair removal.  Today was my first treatment.  We did a small test area a few weeks and had good results, so hopefully this will work.