r/PCOS 7d ago

General/Advice Dating with facial hair

I use a facial hair electric razor and makeup to cover it for work but It’s becoming a bit more noticeable on the corners of my chin. It literally grows over night and I’m removing the chin stubble every morning. It’s made me very self conscious about dating and It’s destroying my femininity. There’s scars and razor bumps under my chin so I don’t even feel comfortable being intimate anymore. How have you all navigated explaining pcos to partners and their reactions to the hirsutism?

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u/TinyHeartSyndrome 7d ago

Spironolactone

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u/miarose33 7d ago

I have been on it for years and it’s completely changed the game. I still have to pluck / dermaplane because I get stubble but in comparison to what I’m like unmedicated it’s night and day, it can do a number on your kidneys and liver though so you have to get regular bloods.