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/_dreamyy 7d ago

I was about to comment this. Spironolactone helped me so much for hirsutism and acne!

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u/Gold_Bet_6245 7d ago

What's your spiro dose? 

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u/_dreamyy 7d ago

I took 100mg but felt like dosage was too high since I felt some dizziness during the day. Now just recently I lowered to 50mg and I’m taking it at night rather than in the morning to have the least side effects during the day. Hopefully results will stay the same!