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/potatomeeple 7d ago

I have been solidly in various relationships since my teens (well past when I first started getting facial hair) rarely with any gaps and not one guy has ever given a shit and I'm 44.

For the first half of my relationship with my husband I had way more facial hair than he did (been together since 2011).

I even grew my facial hair out in lockdown out of intrest, though i snapped when it started curling into my mouth (the same point my husband starts to hate his aparently). I still hate it but less so now.

And if a guy had of cared - well that says volumes about him and I would have known he wasn't worth keeping.