The reason why women have so much leg hair

Many women do not allow their leg hair to be too long, especially when wearing shorts or short skirts in the summer. If the leg hair is long, wearing shorts will be particularly ugly, so now there are various hair removal methods.

Women's leg hair is particularly vigorous, mostly due to factors such as genetics, hirsutism, and excessive hormone secretion. Under special circumstances, certain drugs can also cause hirsutism, such as the anti-epileptic drug phenytoin, which can cause hirsutism on the limbs; certain Chinese medicines such as psoralea corylifolia have hormone-like effects and can also cause hirsutism; some sick women use drugs containing male hormones, which can directly cause hirsutism, such as methyltestosterone, testosterone propionate, and testosterone phenylacetate in male hormones. If a woman's leg hair is significantly thicker, longer, and denser, and is accompanied by other abnormal manifestations such as facial acne, menstrual disorders, infertility, and obesity, it indicates the presence of a disease. It is recommended that women with similar conditions have blood tests for gonadal and growth hormone levels, and at the same time complete gynecological B-ultrasound examinations to rule out disease factors.

1. Genetic factors

Thick body hair is mainly related to genetic factors and excessive androgen secretion in the body. If you have more hair on your limbs, more hair on your armpits, thick eyebrows, etc., it is largely affected by genetic factors, so you don't need to worry too much about this situation.

2. Polycystic ovary syndrome

Before girls remove their hair, they should first understand a disease: polycystic ovary syndrome. A typical feature of this disease is the increase of sweat hair, especially in the calves, arms, midline of the abdomen, vulva and around the anus, and the hair distribution tends to be masculine.

3. Excessive hairiness may be the root of your own troubles.

Drugs can cure diseases, but they can also harm the body and "disfigure", especially when abused. "Fuqingsong" and "Piyanping", these hormone-containing ointments have been regarded as panaceas for skin diseases because of their good efficacy and wide application. But in fact, long-term use will produce side effects such as facial capillary dilation, hirsutism, pigmentation, skin atrophy, etc., and once sensitive skin caused by hormone dermatitis is formed, it is easy to have allergic reactions when using normal cosmetics. If triamcinolone acetonide ointment is applied for more than 1 month due to eczema, the hair will become longer, darker, and thicker.

4. Women grow a lot of long, thick and black hair in parts that should not grow hair, or the hair is distributed in a male pattern, such as around the lips, jaw, midline of the chest, inner thighs, around the areola, etc., with different degrees of hair distribution, eyebrows become thicker and darker, pubic hair grows towards the abdomen and even the navel. This phenomenon needs attention, as it is mostly related to endocrine abnormalities.

No. The number of hair follicles is fixed at birth, so there is no problem of getting thicker the more you shave. In addition, the color of body hair is related to local endocrine, so there is no problem of getting darker the more you shave. However, shaving will stimulate the body hair to enter the next growth period, so the body hair is easy to grow again, and when it grows, the hair roots closest to the skin will be thicker and darker, which can easily give people the illusion that the hair is getting thicker the more you shave. But after the hair grows longer, it will be the same as before. Generally, if there is no special need, it is best to let the body hair grow naturally. If you don't pay attention to hygiene and care when shaving, it is easy to cause infection and inflammation.

For girls with long leg hair, the best treatment is to choose laser hair removal. Laser hair removal has a good therapeutic effect on armpit hair, limb hair, lip hair, beard, and hair in private parts. After repeated treatments, the hair follicles are completely destroyed, and the hair will not grow permanently. The treatment has almost no side effects. It only targets the hair follicles but not the skin, sebaceous glands, and sweat glands around the hair follicles, so it will not affect the secretion of sweat and sebum. Laser hair removal is mature, safe, and effective.