Does anyone else have a problem with facial hair? I have 2 patches under my chin that are driving me crazy!!! Sometimes the hair gets ingrown and looks like I have acne.

My mother had the same problem area - but electrolysis took care of it.

I'm 28 and don't want to become one of those old women with a beard!!!

Blessings!

I don't think the keratosis pilaris and facial hair are linked together, but I also deal with issues with facial hair, upper lip hair, etc...and of course, I'm a brunette so it grows in dark...it's a pain in the butt--ugh! I've waxed and used over the counter hair removal although my skin is sensitive so I have to be careful. I just blame my Italian roots for my hairiness ha!

I have a friend who gets electrolysis done--I've heard it really works!

I know that facial hair and KP are unrelated - I just wanted to know if anyone's facial hair made their KP more of a problem.

I also have the same problem. I've had semi-successful Laser Hair Removal but the problem is still there.

Yeah, I have hair and KP. In another post today about hormones, I refererred to them as my two "curses".

Uh, you might want to rethink that "they are not related" stance.

I was thinking about preparing an entire post about it because people here don’t seem too aware of it and I think that they really need to know. More life-threatening disorders like type II diabetes & PCOS can manifest themselves in the skin's appearance and by androgynous characteristics such as hirsutism, or excess hair in females.

What are the most effective treatments for hirustism? I think I would save literally hours of time in a week if something helped to reduce all the shaving and plucking I have to do. I actually have a real fear of ending up on a deserted island and being rescued a few months later and being all over the news pictured as a wild hairy woman!

I have tried several things, including waxing which I found to be miserably painful, and tedious since I have such so much hair, and it resulted in tons of ingrowns when the hair started growing back. It sucks and I've been dealing with it for years and am sick of it but keep at it because a female having facial hair is an unforgiveable thing in this society and people can be brutal about it if they see it.

I had GREAT success with electrolysis for face and laser for legs

http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/796_hair.html

I highly suggest this article about hair removal. It's very informative.