Request:
Salaam,
Could I please ask for you to make dua for me as I am growing uncontrollable amounts of hair on my face and body. This is very embarassing for me as I am a girl. Please could the respectable sheikhs make dua for me.
JazakAllahu Khairun
Response:
wa `alaykum salam,
The condition described with excess unwanted hair on face and other male pattern distribution, in a woman is called hirsutism. You can google it to read all details. But the most important thing to do is to rule out medical conditions causing excess male hormone, called androgen. Hirsutism is also caused because of excess sensitivity to the androgen hormone.
Common causes of excess androgen could be secondary to medical conditions like polycystic ovary disease, or because of excess stress hormone called cortisol produced by the adrenal glands, or by oral medicines mimicking cortisol, which causes an imbalance in sex hormone. Tumors producing androgen or excess cortisol also should be ruled out.. It also could be a side effect of a medicine, Dannazol, which is used to treat endometriosis in women.
Once the medical conditions are ruled out and taken care of, by a doctor, the excess hair can be removed by electrolyses or laser procedures done by dermatologists. If it is not much hair, that can be taken care of by women at home using waxing, or tweezing, or even bleaching unwanted hair.
Insha-Allah, may Allah help make the condition better with Mawlana’s baraka.
Dr. Tasneem
