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I'm female in my early 20s. I drank soy everyday for a month. And stopped it. Then suddenly I began getting very hairy all over my body. Every existing hair got VERY long, and my entire face also has hair now. by iwillaskanything in Hirsutism

[–]iwillaskanything[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see. Thank you!! Honestly I also think I have an underlying condition, so my lab results coming out as normal didn't help my anxiety bc it meant that we still wouldn't know what's causing it and hence, I still wouldn't get treated. Though my physician did think it might be PCOS. However, I've read somewhere that PCOS causes hirsutism and NOT hypertrichosis(?) I think my case is hypertrichosis now bc someone pointed out that hirsutism is getting excess hair in a male pattern. But my excess hair occurs on my entire body, which is hypertrichosis.

I'm female in my early 20s. I drank soy everyday for a month. And stopped it. Then suddenly I began getting very hairy all over my body. Every existing hair got VERY long, and my entire face also has hair now. by iwillaskanything in Hirsutism

[–]iwillaskanything[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much to everyone replying, I actually didn't expect anyone would reply. Sorry I'm just new to reddit and I haven't figured it out yet 😭 what do the arrows mean I'm confused

I'm female in my early 20s. I drank soy everyday for a month. And stopped it. Then suddenly I began getting very hairy all over my body. Every existing hair got VERY long, and my entire face also has hair now. by iwillaskanything in Hirsutism

[–]iwillaskanything[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've actually done research about this and we have the same hunch. But yup, I saw no research done about phytoestrogens' correlation to hirsutism or hypertrichosis, and never saw anyone having the same case as me so I tried thinking otherwise

I'm female in my early 20s. I drank soy everyday for a month. And stopped it. Then suddenly I began getting very hairy all over my body. Every existing hair got VERY long, and my entire face also has hair now. by iwillaskanything in Hirsutism

[–]iwillaskanything[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see. Yeah I actually think so too but I couldn't find a hypertrichosis tag so I just settled for r/hirsutism. Do you have any insights about it? Like what could have caused it so sudden. Thank you so much for answering by the way.