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" Question I have seen several questions from women who suffer with excess facial hair, but I have a problem with general excess body hair.  It only started a few years ago, and isn&amp;#039;t particularly coarse, but I do have hair of about a centimetre long all over my body, including my breasts.  This is very embarrassing and so far I have been using hair removal cream on my upper lip (not too much of a problem) and on my chest.  I do not have a particularly hairy pubic region, nor are my legs and arms very hairy, so I can&amp;#039;t understand why I started to grow hair everywhere else!  I was wondering if it might be a hormonal thing? I tried Dianette pill for about 18 months with no visible improvement so I have returned to the Microgynon pill.  Are there any hormone treatments I could get from the doctor?  I would be so embarrassed to go and have laser hair removal for my chest!   Answer  The medical condition of hirsutism usually refers to a general excess of body hair, which doesn&amp;#039;t seem to be the case with you, as you mention that neither your legs nor arms are particularly hairy.  It is uncertain from the information that you have sent in whether the breast hair is around the nipple area and central chest area only, or distributed evenly over the whole of the upper half of the body.  It is not uncommon for women to have a relative excess of hair on the upper lip, between the breasts and around the nipples. Some women also find that they have an &amp;#039;upside-down&amp;#039; triangle of hair on their lower abdomen, reaching from their tummy buttons to the pubic area.  This does tend to be more noticeable from the teenage years onwards and can be partly hormonal, partly genetic. If your GP has excluded any major hormonal abnormality by blood tests, then I suggest that you continue taking Microgynon.  Laser treatment for hair removal is only available privately at present, and doesn&amp;#039;t always result in permanent removal of unwanted hair.  Plucking the unwanted hairs from around the nipples does no damage at all and using any of the methods mentioned in previous answers about unwanted hair would be sound advice for managing your problem. Yours sincerely The NetDoctor Medical Team   Other Qs &amp;amp; As A dramatic increase in body hair Can facial hair be permanently removed? Can laser treatment be used for hair around the areola? Coarse, dark, thick hair on my body Dealing with unwanted hair on my breasts Excess hair Excess hair on face and body Excessive body hair Hair around the nipples Hair between my buttocks Hair follicle removal in abscess treatment Hair growth below the belly button and around the nipples  Hair on the abdomen Hair removal for men Hair removal query Hair removing cream allergy Hairy and spotty back Hirsutism How can I get rid of the hair on my back? I am too hairy I feel like the bearded woman Is it wrong to shave the vagina? I&amp;amp;#8217;m getting dark hair I&amp;#039;ve got excess body hair Laser hair removal Laser treatment for hirsutism My eight-year-old has underarm hair PCOS &amp;amp;#8211; dealing with extraneous hair Removing hair from the chest Terrible body and facial hair Thicker and darker hair on my torso   Last updated 13.03.2014 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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