Like pubic hair , though, breast hair might not be like hair elsewhere on your body. For example, hair might show up on your breasts for the first time when you go through puberty. Just like the hair on the top of your head might seem thicker and longer than normal, your breast hair might, too. If you do have other symptoms, then an underlying condition might be causing the hair growth, such as elevated male hormones, notably testosterone.
This is called hirsutism. PCOS affects 1 in 10 women of childbearing age. Other symptoms include:. Another possible underlying condition is Cushing syndrome. Allawh says other symptoms of this condition can include:. Allawh adds that sometimes certain medications, including oral steroids, testosterone, and some immunotherapy medications, can cause excess hair on the breasts, too. They can determine whether something more serious is going on. That way, if PCOS or another underlying condition is causing your boob hair, they can help you treat it with birth control or other medications to prevent excessive hair growth.
No one said your boobs have to be completely smooth. The best and most risk-free way to remove boob hair is by plucking it with tweezers, just like you might pluck your eyebrows. You can wax them, too — some salons will offer nipple waxing treatments — but be prepared: It might hurt.
You also run the risk of ingrown hairs and infections. Women with excessive hair growth often face weight gain, irregular menstrual cycles, irritable bowel syndrome, infertility, and even have higher chances of developing metabolic syndromes like diabetes and heart disease. But Dr. Early warning signs that you could have PCOS include visible manifestations of abnormal body hair, loss of scalp hair, cystic acne, or irregular menstrual cycles.
Excessive nipple hair could also be caused by many different factors, like puberty and menopause, or anytime that women have low estrogen. Plucking those lonely hairs with a tweezer around the areola is totally fine, although it might not be the most pleasant feeling. But you should never shave, wax, or bleach, because it could cause ingrown hairs, infections or even provoke hairs to grow in darker and more coarse. An expensive but more effective option is laser hair removal which women often find to be less painful than electrolysis if the hair bothers you that much or is growing out of control.
This option works better for women with darker hair. Generally, laser hair removal may require up to five treatments to fully get rid of the hair, and each treatment usually lasts about two months.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. First things first: no, you do not need to panic about nipple or breast hair. When we talk specifically about nipple hair, we are actually talking about hair on the areola, which is the pigmented skin surrounding the nipple — the nipple is the protruding part.
Some women develop hair while others don't and hair pretty much anywhere is perfectly normal, so try not to panic. A series of ducts that carry milk and all exit through the nipple,' she adds. New hair growth is commonly triggered during times of hormonal fluctuation. During puberty, the body is flooded with hormones which support the transition from a child into a woman, including breast development.
Pregnancy can also be a time when new hair growth on the nipple occurs or the hairs may become more apparent, longer or darker. This may persist or reduce after the baby is born. Some contraceptive pills can be more likely to cause nipple hair growth than others. Many women experience new hair growing around the time of the menopause, when levels of the female hormone oestrogen are falling. This can be on the face but is commonly on the chest including around the nipples.
Generally anything that can cause an increase in testosterone levels or a relative reduction in oestrogen levels can cause increased hair growth where we may prefer not to have it. In women with PCOS, excess hair growth is just one feature and other signs can be irregular periods or no periods, weight gain, thinning hair and hair loss from the head, oily skin or acne.
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