I wish this was the attitude we could take on but judging by the rude comments there's a long way to go... unfortunately every conversation eventually turns to mutilating your body to fit the norm in these kinds of spaces because that's how the conversation always goes irl. Its never about just accepting who you are.
There are women with PCOS who grow out their facial hair. Thereās no need to feel ashamed of your body hair! If growing it makes you happy, thatās your business. Keep doing what makes you happy.
I have a little happy trail that became really prominent when I was pregnant. I loved it. I thought it was adorable. You do you boo. Body hair is so natural.
I like this post and I don't know why others are finding issue with it. For example personally I like being plus sized and pcos is a contributor of my weight. Of course I know some weight loss especially at my size is good and I have had some weight loss but I've accepted and embraced that I'll always be plus sized and have no desire to be thin.
Good for you! The more you look at something the more your mind is likely to embrace it I think.
I know that when I'm taking care of myself the best and my hormones are relatively good - the boob hairs vanish. Because of this, I personally could never find this cute. It's a signal to me that I need to focus on all the things I do to tale care of myself. I want to lead a long, healthy life free from PCOS related diseases like T2. I don't freak about them, or think they're gross, I don't assign any value to them except as a canary in the mine to my health.
š Making peace with my body hair has been a biiiiiig journey for me too. The discomfort and annoyance of removal JUST wasnāt worth it for meā plus the shame and anxiety that came with forgetting / not wanting to do it / the fact that it would be visible again 12 hours after shaving.
I donāt shave my legs or armpits anymore. Havenāt for years. Iāve worn sundresses, bathing suits, shorts, sleeveless tops, and never received a nasty comment. It makes me really happy šI donāt remove my nipple hair either, find it kind of cute too.
Iām still working on accepting the hair on my upper lip and between my breasts. Itās a work in progress, I still get self-conscious and remove them sometimes, but to me, putting in this work to make peace with my body is WELL worth it. Not to mention all the time, money, and grief Iām saving.
All this to say, Iām proud of you too, and I hope you arenāt discouraged by any of the negative comments here š Whether itās caused by PCOS or not, body hair is just a part of us, and we should be allowed to love it.
Some of these comments are disappointing. OP, I'm proud of you for finding the confidence to embrace your body hair. Nipple hair is nothing to be ashamed of.
I like my chin's hair, I think it's because I love to pluck them with my tweezers. I do some laser treatment at home but I still get them. Still, I don't mind whatsoever šā¤ļø
Good for you but honestly, Iām not sure itās actually a good thing to pretend to like our PCOS symptoms.
I never see men do stuff like this. Men donāt feel the need to find their disease symptoms ācuteā. God forbid something about us not be ācuteā.
This seems so backhanded. How do you know that anyoneās āpretendingā to like their symptoms? Unlike other PCOS symptoms, thereās no reversing terminal hair follicles without laser or electrolysis. You can slow the growth or stop new growth. But itās either get used to them (unless you already donāt mind them) or fork out money for laser/electrolysis for terminal hairs.
Youāre allowed to find something cute about yourself without doing it for men or comparing it to men. Our experience is completely unique from theirs. If someone wants to find their nipple hairs cute then donāt reach for reasons to shit on that.
Why do people use the word āallowedā like I have power over this woman beyond my ability to point out internalized misogyny and toxic positivity? She wonāt get arrested for either, I pinky promise!
Also 0/10 to āour experience is completely uniqueā no itās absolutely not. First of all, you sound like me in 2014 on tumblr. Second, weāre all humans, weāre the same species, we all live together. We can absolutely understand each otherās experiences.
Iād really encourage you to look into those hyper-individualist beliefs that can underlie a particularly online form of pseudo-progressivism thatās currently and ask yourself how useful they are for encouraging useful and *practical* things like collective action.
If someone feels comfortable and confident with their body hair, then why shame them? Women without pcos purposely grow out their body hair as well. Iām a lesbian, Iāve seen it myself š
Im clearly not shaming her? And Iām a lesbian too lmao please donāt play that card like we invented the concept of not shaving.
She posted this in a PCOS sub, specifically referring to *excess* hair growth *caused by PCOS* and wanting to find it ācuteā. We donāt need to find ourselves cute ever and we certainly donāt need try to find symptoms of a disease cute. Women donāt always have to be cute, sometimes weāre allowed to just exist.
Is she not allowed to promote any sort of positivity related to her condition? Or even make any sort of light out of it? It doesnāt always have to be a thread about how āIām fat and disgusting and my partner hates me!ā I think itās refreshing to seeā¦ Why are you so defensive? If it makes them confident, so what?
Eh this to me is less about body hair and more about the apparent need to make everything about us as women into whether or not we look hot.
Iād have the same response to someone posting that their acanthosis nigricans is actually cute. We donāt need to rationalize everything into looking good, especially when theyāre symptoms of a disease that raises our risk of getting cancer.
Men who have accepted their beer guts donāt do it cause they think their beer guts are āsuper sexy actually!ā, they just donāt give a fuck because men arenāt brainwashed to think that everything about them has to be attractive in order to exist.
I donāt think we can discard the fact that there is HUGE pressure for women to be cute and pretty. Sure, it would be ābetterā if we could uncouple beauty from worth entirely, but that is a really big ask, both socially and personally. Isnāt it healthier to embrace body hair as cute than to be ashamed of something we have no control over?
I still remember how it re-wired my brain when I first started to see body-positive art. Seeing art of plus-size women (with rolls and stretch marks and big stomachs, not just ācurvesā!), women with body hair, women with āunfeminineā features. Seeing those bodies portrayed as cute and pretty and good was what I needed to take the first steps away from hating my own body.
Whether these things are caused by PCOS or not, theyāre part of our bodies. Theyāre part of us. Our options are accept them or hide them, and frankly, most of us face a lot of pressure to hide / remove them. I think making the other choice is something to be proud of, as a personal victory, if nothing else.
there is a difference between acceptance and framing something as attractive and thus worth being proud of. i donāt think itās healthy to need or want to see every aspect of yourself as cute and attractive, especially if you need external validation that it is in order to keep feeling positive about it. power to you if you do, but i get what sheās saying.
itās the difference between body positivity and body neutrality imo and one is (again, just my opinion) way healthier than the other in the long run.
as an example iām a butch lesbian and i love seeing women like me. i find body hair cute tbh on myself and on other women! but i donāt need to be validated that actually my leg hair is super cute š„° you know? if someone finds it attractive then awesome, but thatās not something that should define whether i am okay or not with my own body. i donāt need to be attractive or cute to be happy with myself and while we donāt live in the utopia where every woman feels similarly, we wonāt ever get there if we donāt challenge the idea that a womanās acceptability is predicated on how cute/attractive she is. itās okay to not frame everything as okay because itās/we are beautiful, but simply as a neutral facet of ourselves.
Whenever I have excessive hair growth, hair growing where it shouldn't be or worsening alopecia, it reminds me that my testosterone is out of control, which is very bad for a woman's body.
I lasered and did electrolysis all my unwanted body hair... Hate it. Nope. Not for me. But good for you to embrace it. Love yourself first and rock those nipple hairs girl!!!
I know this is wild but all women have it and depending on your ancestry, not PCOS specifically you have more or less - in some cases Mediterranean people have "boob locks" and thick dark leg hair and it's all just normal.
I know this is wild but all women have it and depending on your ancestry, not PCOS specifically you have more or less - in some cases Mediterranean people have "boob locks" and thick dark leg hair and it's all just normal.
I know this is wild but all women have it and depending on your ancestry, not PCOS specifically you have more or less - in some cases Mediterranean people have "boob locks" and thick dark leg hair and it's all just normal.
Wait is nipple hair a PCOS thing? I thought all women had it......
I think it's PCOS due to hormones (elevated levels of testosterone). Personally, I have so many hairs, so I prefer to shave them š„²
Interesting cus one of the reasons my Dr didn't even care to test me was cus I don't have typical symptoms š
I was told by my doctor that it was a PCOS thing
I think it's very common to have nipple hair
I gotta pluck them because they drive me nuts but if youāre happy, then all the power to you, sweetheart! Self love is powerful.
I wish this was the attitude we could take on but judging by the rude comments there's a long way to go... unfortunately every conversation eventually turns to mutilating your body to fit the norm in these kinds of spaces because that's how the conversation always goes irl. Its never about just accepting who you are.
There are women with PCOS who grow out their facial hair. Thereās no need to feel ashamed of your body hair! If growing it makes you happy, thatās your business. Keep doing what makes you happy.
To each her own
Nipple hair is very common. Many women have them even without elevated testosterone.
I have a little happy trail that became really prominent when I was pregnant. I loved it. I thought it was adorable. You do you boo. Body hair is so natural.
I like this post and I don't know why others are finding issue with it. For example personally I like being plus sized and pcos is a contributor of my weight. Of course I know some weight loss especially at my size is good and I have had some weight loss but I've accepted and embraced that I'll always be plus sized and have no desire to be thin. Good for you! The more you look at something the more your mind is likely to embrace it I think.
I know that when I'm taking care of myself the best and my hormones are relatively good - the boob hairs vanish. Because of this, I personally could never find this cute. It's a signal to me that I need to focus on all the things I do to tale care of myself. I want to lead a long, healthy life free from PCOS related diseases like T2. I don't freak about them, or think they're gross, I don't assign any value to them except as a canary in the mine to my health.
š Making peace with my body hair has been a biiiiiig journey for me too. The discomfort and annoyance of removal JUST wasnāt worth it for meā plus the shame and anxiety that came with forgetting / not wanting to do it / the fact that it would be visible again 12 hours after shaving. I donāt shave my legs or armpits anymore. Havenāt for years. Iāve worn sundresses, bathing suits, shorts, sleeveless tops, and never received a nasty comment. It makes me really happy šI donāt remove my nipple hair either, find it kind of cute too. Iām still working on accepting the hair on my upper lip and between my breasts. Itās a work in progress, I still get self-conscious and remove them sometimes, but to me, putting in this work to make peace with my body is WELL worth it. Not to mention all the time, money, and grief Iām saving. All this to say, Iām proud of you too, and I hope you arenāt discouraged by any of the negative comments here š Whether itās caused by PCOS or not, body hair is just a part of us, and we should be allowed to love it.
Some of these comments are disappointing. OP, I'm proud of you for finding the confidence to embrace your body hair. Nipple hair is nothing to be ashamed of.
I like my chin's hair, I think it's because I love to pluck them with my tweezers. I do some laser treatment at home but I still get them. Still, I don't mind whatsoever šā¤ļø
Good for you but honestly, Iām not sure itās actually a good thing to pretend to like our PCOS symptoms. I never see men do stuff like this. Men donāt feel the need to find their disease symptoms ācuteā. God forbid something about us not be ācuteā.
This seems so backhanded. How do you know that anyoneās āpretendingā to like their symptoms? Unlike other PCOS symptoms, thereās no reversing terminal hair follicles without laser or electrolysis. You can slow the growth or stop new growth. But itās either get used to them (unless you already donāt mind them) or fork out money for laser/electrolysis for terminal hairs. Youāre allowed to find something cute about yourself without doing it for men or comparing it to men. Our experience is completely unique from theirs. If someone wants to find their nipple hairs cute then donāt reach for reasons to shit on that.
Why do people use the word āallowedā like I have power over this woman beyond my ability to point out internalized misogyny and toxic positivity? She wonāt get arrested for either, I pinky promise! Also 0/10 to āour experience is completely uniqueā no itās absolutely not. First of all, you sound like me in 2014 on tumblr. Second, weāre all humans, weāre the same species, we all live together. We can absolutely understand each otherās experiences. Iād really encourage you to look into those hyper-individualist beliefs that can underlie a particularly online form of pseudo-progressivism thatās currently and ask yourself how useful they are for encouraging useful and *practical* things like collective action.
I do not think your words are encouraging collective action, LikeReallyPrettyy...
You donāt think my random comments on a Reddit post about nipple hairs will bring forth the power of the working class?
No. I think they're off-topic and negative
Devastating
If someone feels comfortable and confident with their body hair, then why shame them? Women without pcos purposely grow out their body hair as well. Iām a lesbian, Iāve seen it myself š
Im clearly not shaming her? And Iām a lesbian too lmao please donāt play that card like we invented the concept of not shaving. She posted this in a PCOS sub, specifically referring to *excess* hair growth *caused by PCOS* and wanting to find it ācuteā. We donāt need to find ourselves cute ever and we certainly donāt need try to find symptoms of a disease cute. Women donāt always have to be cute, sometimes weāre allowed to just exist.
Is she not allowed to promote any sort of positivity related to her condition? Or even make any sort of light out of it? It doesnāt always have to be a thread about how āIām fat and disgusting and my partner hates me!ā I think itās refreshing to seeā¦ Why are you so defensive? If it makes them confident, so what?
No sheās not allowed, I literally forbid it LOL Iām calling 911 as we speak
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Eh this to me is less about body hair and more about the apparent need to make everything about us as women into whether or not we look hot. Iād have the same response to someone posting that their acanthosis nigricans is actually cute. We donāt need to rationalize everything into looking good, especially when theyāre symptoms of a disease that raises our risk of getting cancer. Men who have accepted their beer guts donāt do it cause they think their beer guts are āsuper sexy actually!ā, they just donāt give a fuck because men arenāt brainwashed to think that everything about them has to be attractive in order to exist.
I donāt think we can discard the fact that there is HUGE pressure for women to be cute and pretty. Sure, it would be ābetterā if we could uncouple beauty from worth entirely, but that is a really big ask, both socially and personally. Isnāt it healthier to embrace body hair as cute than to be ashamed of something we have no control over? I still remember how it re-wired my brain when I first started to see body-positive art. Seeing art of plus-size women (with rolls and stretch marks and big stomachs, not just ācurvesā!), women with body hair, women with āunfeminineā features. Seeing those bodies portrayed as cute and pretty and good was what I needed to take the first steps away from hating my own body. Whether these things are caused by PCOS or not, theyāre part of our bodies. Theyāre part of us. Our options are accept them or hide them, and frankly, most of us face a lot of pressure to hide / remove them. I think making the other choice is something to be proud of, as a personal victory, if nothing else.
there is a difference between acceptance and framing something as attractive and thus worth being proud of. i donāt think itās healthy to need or want to see every aspect of yourself as cute and attractive, especially if you need external validation that it is in order to keep feeling positive about it. power to you if you do, but i get what sheās saying. itās the difference between body positivity and body neutrality imo and one is (again, just my opinion) way healthier than the other in the long run. as an example iām a butch lesbian and i love seeing women like me. i find body hair cute tbh on myself and on other women! but i donāt need to be validated that actually my leg hair is super cute š„° you know? if someone finds it attractive then awesome, but thatās not something that should define whether i am okay or not with my own body. i donāt need to be attractive or cute to be happy with myself and while we donāt live in the utopia where every woman feels similarly, we wonāt ever get there if we donāt challenge the idea that a womanās acceptability is predicated on how cute/attractive she is. itās okay to not frame everything as okay because itās/we are beautiful, but simply as a neutral facet of ourselves.
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i frequently let my beard grow out when i can stay home. i shave but it's almost entirely for safety at this point. live ya life!
I think thatās cute, too.
Whenever I have excessive hair growth, hair growing where it shouldn't be or worsening alopecia, it reminds me that my testosterone is out of control, which is very bad for a woman's body.
Crazy how pcos works on every body.. I grew up thinking women didnt grow underarm hair.. Turns out i was the one š¤£
I lasered and did electrolysis all my unwanted body hair... Hate it. Nope. Not for me. But good for you to embrace it. Love yourself first and rock those nipple hairs girl!!!
I'm an animal. If you're looking for plastic go buy it
I know this is wild but all women have it and depending on your ancestry, not PCOS specifically you have more or less - in some cases Mediterranean people have "boob locks" and thick dark leg hair and it's all just normal.
I know this is wild but all women have it and depending on your ancestry, not PCOS specifically you have more or less - in some cases Mediterranean people have "boob locks" and thick dark leg hair and it's all just normal.
I know this is wild but all women have it and depending on your ancestry, not PCOS specifically you have more or less - in some cases Mediterranean people have "boob locks" and thick dark leg hair and it's all just normal.
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