Women have many problems that somehow relate to the appearance. One of these problems is an increased hairline in women. Long hair alone will not cause any harm, even if it covers the hands, feet, back, belly or face. On the other hand, the moral state of a woman may be depressed due to increased hairiness. In medical science, there are two concepts that describe increased hair growth in the weaker sex - hypertrichosis and hirsutism.
The term hirsutism refers to the increased growth of terminal hair in a woman in the male type. Under terminal hair is understood as long, dark, hard, under the hairs of the hair - slightly colored, short, soft. The masculine type of hair is characterized by the growth of hair on the upper abdomen and back, on the upper area of the sternum, on the chin. On the other hand, the growth of terminal hair in the lower parts of the back and abdomen, near the nipples, on the legs and hands is considered normal. Hypertrichosis is characterized by increased hair growth in those places where they are considered the norm, but their growth is strengthened due to age, gender and ethnicity.
The causes of hypertrichosis and hirsutism in women are very diverse, in some cases they coincide. In medicine, there are several types of hirsutism in women, depending on the causes of its occurrence. Hirsutism (increased hair) can be caused by a high level of male sex hormones, medicinal hirsutism, genetic or familial hirsutism, idiopathic hirsutism.
Elevated levels of male sex hormones in women are the result of a number of causes, among which adrenal diseases are most dangerous to health. However, the most common cause of hirsutism is Stein-Leventhal syndrome or ovarian sclerocystosis syndrome. Diseases of the adrenal glands, especially malignant neoplasms in their tissues, are accompanied by an increased release of precursors of male sex hormones. The latter are converted into testosterone in the tissues of the body. Moreover, lung cancer also causes an increase in the hair cover in the "male" areas of the body, as the disease is accompanied by the synthesis of hormones that regulate the work of the adrenal glands. Stein-Leventhal syndrome is accompanied by increased stimulation of the ovaries, which for some reason begin to develop cells that can process female hormones into males. Such changes in the body lead to the appearance of hypertrichosis and hirsutism, violations of the menstrual cycle, and sometimes to infertility.
Drug hypertrichosis and hirsutism in women can be anticipated in advance because of the side effects of medications. It is known that the most common stimulant of hair growth is corticosteroid preparations. These include hydrocortisone, cortisone, prednisolone and so on. These medicines are prescribed by the doctor, regardless of side effects, only when assessing all risks in the treatment of a patient.
Family hirsutism is genetically determined and is a normal human condition, unless other signs of endocrine disruption are found.
Clear causes of idiopathic hirsutism can not be found. It is believed that it can be associated with increased activity of certain enzyme systems of the body, as well as high sensitivity of hair follicles to the action of androgens. To date, the pharmaceutical industry has not yet developed drugs that can eliminate the cause of idiopathic hirsutism. The only way out in this case is hair removal. The market offers a wide variety of methods and means for removing superfluous hair, in connection with which the legs of a woman simply have to be bald.
The causes of hypertrichosis are very diverse. The most unfavorable cases of hypertrichosis are congenital forms of this pathology, as they speak about the presence of a genetic component in the etiology of hypertrichosis. The emergence of acquired hypertrichosis may be for traumatic and medicinal reasons. The drugs that cause the development of hypertrichosis are identical to those that provoke hirsutism.