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When and How to Tell Your Partner About Your Hirsutism

“When and How to Tell Your Partner about Your Hirsutism”… I’ve been contemplating whether or not to write this article for a while. Why? Because in the end, hairy or not, love is love and the fact that you have hirsutism really shouldn’t and doesn’t matter. And while some women decide to simply not mention […]

Hirsutism and Anxiety – How You Can Manage It

Know that feeling when you’re really antsy, but not sure why? I sure do. Unfortunately, anxiety is no stranger to me and I’ve been trying to figure out how to best deal with it for many years now. While I definitely have a tendency to get anxious at times, I have realized that my anxiety […]

8 Personal Stories from Women Living with Hirsutism

What It’s Like to Be a Hairy Woman In this interview, 32-year-old Renae shares her hirsutism story. She talks about school, her college years and how she eventually learned to come to terms with her condition. I’d pretend it didn’t bother me and I didn’t talk about it. When I was in college, I worked […]

4 Tips For Building Confidence and Self Esteem with Hirsutism

I’ve been dealing with hirsutism for many years now. And I’m not gonna lie: It’s been a struggle at times. Even though I’ve mostly come to terms with the fact that my legs aren’t going to be as smooth and my skin isn’t going to be as clear as other women’s, I have moments when […]

3 Common Mistakes Women with Hirsutism Make

I was in my teens when I first started to struggle with excess hair on my chin and thighs. I didn’t know about hirsutism at the time and just assumed I was hairier than other girls. I stopped wearing shorts in the summer, because no matter what I tried, my legs just never seemed to […]

Does Yoga Help With Hirsutism?

Hirsutism describes the presence of a male-pattern hair growth, meaning that there is thicker, darker hair growing in areas where men usually have more hair, such as the chin, chest, arms and legs, and the back. What is considered too much or too little body hair also often depends on the culture and ethnicity. Hirsutism […]

Dating with Hirsutism: This Is What It’s Like

I know it’s just hair, but even after 30 years on the planet and all the self-love Instagram accounts in the world, I still can’t get myself to love the coarse hair in places on my body where it doesn’t belong. I hate the way it looks, I hate the way it feels, I hate […]

10 Things Women with Hirsutism Want You to Know

1. No one knows about the condition. Although it affects 5-10% of women, hardly anyone knows or talks about it. So many of us struggle with this hairy problem, yet it seems like everyone’s fighting their battle alone. Why is it so hard for us to talk about our excess hair? Why the embarrassment? Why […]