Fight Unwanted Hair with Hormone Balance

There are actually medical reasons that your hormones are off balance and begin to cause unsightly hair to grow where you never had it before. Women with irregular periods, the condition called polycystic ovaries, those with genetic traits that predispose them to these conditions and a variety of less common causes can be diagnosed by your gynecologist. About 50% of women with polycystic ovaries (PCOS) will have some degree of glucose metabolism problems, actually a pre-diabetic state. Controlling those hormones can help balance hormones for more benefit when treating unwanted hair. For those wanting to read about a variety of hormone issues go to GynoGab. If your gyneocologist wants you to have medical therapies we often do use the oral contraceptive, and picking the right one or adjusting the kind of hormone can be beneficial to some women. There are also a number of other medications such as spironalactone, eflornithine in a cream, flutamide and finsteride that have been used and may be covered by your insurance plans. Not all hair will be successfully removed by medical treatment. It takes bout 6-112 months for full effectiveness and may still require advanced treatments for long term successful hair reduction. We suggest that patients come in for a consultation, talking to someone knowledgeable about both skin and unwanted hair can be the first step towards success!

Your Nose and Your Hormones

Hippocrates him self noted that in menstruation or pregnancy the mucosa (lining) of the nose would be swelling and any nose bleeds would be worse during a period as well as during pregnancy. Your nose skin thus has special hormonal considerations as well! We now have a study from Brasil and the Otorhinolaryngology Department at Santa Casa de Sao Paulo that has looked into the nose, and the way it responds to hormones. We have estrogen receptors in the nose! And the type of receptors and their numbers vary during our cycle. In the nose we have more beta receptors than alpha receptors. And beta receptors do relate to local arterial pressures though vasodilatation or opening up of blood vessels. And the numbers of cells can vary if you are on birth control pills, and when you cross over into menopause these tissues can thin. So that you may have noticed that at the same time this affects break outs, the amount you flush, sweating, and how dry or moist your skin is. Right now we don't have tests that can determine how each individual can best use this information. At Hada Cosmetic Medicine we suggest you discuss changes you notice during your cycle with us so that we can help you adjust to these changes.