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Old 06-22-07, 09:27 PM
Kailana Kailana is offline
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Vaniqa works really well, but its not perfect, it just slows growth, doesnt really stop it.

Electrolysis, or laser, is about the only way to permanently get rid of unwanted hair. And often it will take repeated treatments to work. Sort of like each time the roots get damaged, but as its part of you, human that is, the body, will try to repair itself. Thus it takes several tries, to permanently damage the hair follicles (cells)so that they are no longer alive, and beyond the bodies ability to heal itself. Thats when there will finally be no hair present.

thinking here:
As for the hvier growth, its kind of combination of the higher androgen lvls. Sometimes the combination of aldosterone lvls, fsh, tsh, testosterone and well lots of things.

Have you had a complete lab work up done for all of these? There may be others im not thinking of at the moment. It may be possible that there are things you can take like the Vaniqa that will help with controlling excessive hair growth. Ex: high lvls of Aldosterone sometimes leads too low lvl of potassium, so Aldactone(spironelactone) is used but it is also a male androgen blocker and is often used for MtF to lessen the effects of testosterone. I don't know if that will help you any. Ask your Dr, about your bloodwork, and what you are currently taking. Its likely that there is something that will help lessen hair density. Overall though to permanently stop growing hair the roots of the hair have to be damaged repeatedly for hair growth to stop.

Hope that helps.
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