hair removal (merged)

Katykat

Auroura, Laser hair removal is available on NHS, but I think it may be postcoded. I know there is a dermatologist performs it at Wrightington Hospital, so I'm sure there must be others. Do some research, you know you can now ask your GP to refer you to other areas apart from your local hospital. Ask your GP to find this out for you if you cant find the info yourself.

teenage_Drama

i use an epilator and it kills!

teenage_Drama

i bought a sander disk from boots once..3 for 99p they were fine but thick hair starts to grow after 3 days

shays_mum

Auroura, i know how your daughter feels. I was diagnosed with pcos when i was 12, i will be 33 in a few weeks time. It is a horrible condition, that affects different women in different ways, this might be why the nhs don't have consistant treatment across the country. I would go to my gp/consultant & explain how depressed your daughter is, she's being bullied at school, say whatever you have to & fight for lazer treatment.
My pcos amazingly was ok throughout my 2 pregnancies (incidentally i was told i could'nt have kids!), but know its come back with a vengence , my periods are horrendous & the mood swings/pms start way before-its a wonder i still have family/friends around!!. I am going to go to my gp & see if i can get some help now as i am soooo sick of it. Has anyone else experienced any pcos probs after pregnancy, or is it only me??. Let us know the outcome Auroura, goodluck

Philippa36

I was diagnosed bluntly by my gp who stated that I had 'pcos and that means you won't have any more children but then you didn't want any anyway did you?' and that was it! I had one very large cyst removed after spending over a week in a great deal of pain before they diagnosed what was wrong.

I haven't been back, even though I keep saying I will, because the doctors that I have been to see already have been so unhelpful and unsympathetic.

I have a similar problem with facial hair to you H4zel and I don't think anything works, other than spending hours plucking them out, which is painful and time consuming. I have looked into laser removal but the cost is prohibitive for me. A friend of mine has had electrolysis but considering the time and money she has spent on it, it hasn't removed the hair completely, and she would probably have spent the same on laser treatment

I just wanted to say that I totally sympathise with you all, especially your daughters Aurora Borealis its a cruel condition for a young woman

ceebeeby

How do you find someone that does laser treatment .... and roughly how much does it cost?

shays_mum

Look in the yellow pages for your local places, different types of laser for diff. skin tones & hence different prices. Go in for a free consultation then decide what's best for you , hth

shokadelika

If you need electrolysis waxing or any other beauty treatments look for a local college teaching hair or beauty courses usually very cheap and excellent service.

System

Between having my 2 daughters and after the birth of the 2nd my periods came when they felt like it. They were frequently very painful and my moodiness drove my DH to distraction. I put on quite a bit of weight which I couldn't shift and was at one point diagnosed with cysts on my ovaries. I have lots of skin tags which I thought was genetic as my grandmother had them and facial hair which p*##es me off and at no point did my doctor ever mention PCOS.

3 Years ago my DH and I in an effort to lose some weight tried the Atkins/lowcarb diet and were quite successful. This appears to have kick started my ovaries into working regularly again but the Atkins plan is difficult to stick to permanently so we try to maintain a GI diet.I am still overweight but not as heavy as I was previously. I still have the facial hair though which is costing me £300 for 5 sessions of laser treatment to try to remove.

Is it worth approaching my doctor for a more thorough examination or should just accept I'm probably going to be one of those little old ladies in 20 odd years time with a goatee any man would be proud of

Ted_Hutchinson

Pam17 wrote:

Is it worth approaching my doctor for a more thorough examination or should just accept I'm probably going to be one of those little old ladies in 20 odd years time with a goatee any man would be proud of

You may be interested in trying to improve your Vitamin D status. See Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a disease seen only in humans and is classically characterized by polycystic ovaries, amenorrhea, hirsuitism, insulin resistance, and obesity.
Animal studies have shown that calcium is essential for oocyte activation and maturation. Vitamin D deficiency was highly prevalent among 13 women with PCOS, and supplementation with 1,500 mg of calcium per day and 50,000 IU of vitamin D2 on a weekly basis normalized menstruation and/or fertility in nine of nine women with PCOS-related menstrual irregularities within three months of treatment.

This approach would be even better if D3 CHOLECALCIFEROL had been used instead of D2. See links at vitamin d council for sources of high strength vitamin d3.