Current Events > Woman with immense body hair stops shaving and embraces her body.

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UnfairRepresent
02/21/18 1:52:30 PM
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Leah Jorgensen, 33, has spent years shaving her entire body because she felt like a freak for her body and facial hair. She has polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes her to have male-pattern hair growth on her chest, her chin, and her stomach.

Its not something we often see hair anywhere below the the eyebrows remains a taboo and so those with more hair than the norm can feel like pressured to shave, wax, or epilate. That can be time-consuming and painful, not to mention the general unpleasantness of feeling like youre weird and unattractive for something entirely natural.

Thats why its important when someone does showcase their body hair, as a reminder to others that theyre not alone in having a little extra fur.

From the age of 14 Leah was bullied for the way she looked, and chose to cover up in full-sleeved, high-necked shirts and trousers. In her twenties she began shaving, spending hours removing the hair from her chin, cheeks, upper lip, chest, stomach, arms, legs, and back.

Leahs insecurity stopped her from getting close to people she didnt have her first kiss until age 27 and avoided the dentist for twelve years. I had never seen women who looked like me, says Leah. I was so ashamed that I didnt want to talk about it.

My way of coping with that shame and embarrassment was to hide. My daily goal for a long time was to just get through the day without anyone noticing how hairy I was.

Because I have so much of it, it was very difficult to hide it. I developed a terrible case of anxiety and it really took a toll on my mental health. I had a bad experience with my doctor. She had never seen such an extreme case of hirsutism and she was startled and made a facial expression.

She had a figure on a piece of paper and she drew where the hair was. I was so sensitive that it really upset me and made me feel like a freak. In junior high school a classmate noticed the hair on my face and there was this group of girls that would tease me about it and call me a man.

I felt ashamed, embarrassed and scared, like I was somehow less of a woman. I covered up with clothes and shaved my face, and if I was going to be showing any part of my body I would shave it. It gets hot and humid here in the summer and I would wear hoodies year round so I would be drowning in sweat.

People would ask me, Why are you wearing that? and I was just like, Leave me alone.

I was really convinced I would lose my friends and my family would disown me and I wouldnt be able to get a job or a boyfriend, I would just live a miserable life alone.

Everything changed in 2015, when Leah was hit by a car. She had to be taken to hospital by ambulance, and then had her clothes cut off by paramedics to undergo surgery. This meant people saw the extent of Leahs hair growth but to her surprise, they werent at all bothered.

I realised no one cared what I looked like, she explains, they just saw me as a person. It really helped me to get over it.

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UnfairRepresent
02/21/18 1:52:48 PM
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From that moment onwards she decided to stop shaving and hiding away her hair. Leah now embraces her hair, wearing low-cut, sleeveless tops and skirts with bare legs out in public without worrying about what people think.

Leah shares photos of her hair on Instagram, and next month will be photographed for a book promoting diversity, called Underneath We Are Women. I realized that I never really disliked how the hair looked. The problem was not with the hair, it was with peoples perception of it. used to be scared of people noticing my hair but now I embrace it and let it grow. Im unique and that is perfectly fine. I do still shave my face because I like how my face looks without hair

It has been incredibly empowering. I hope that sharing my story will give others courage. And to women who have hirsutism; you are not alone.


Full Article: http://metro.co.uk/2018/02/21/woman-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-shares-finally-learned-embrace-body-hair-7329390/#mv-b

Reminds me of that song. I forget who sang it but it goes like "God makes no mistakes I was born this way!"
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EverDownward
02/21/18 1:54:19 PM
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No

Nope

Holy shit, no
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Waluigi7
02/21/18 1:55:19 PM
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She's hot
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Zazabar
02/21/18 1:56:16 PM
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Good for her.

Nope for me.
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Electrokinesis
02/21/18 1:56:23 PM
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EverDownward posted...
No

Nope

Holy shit, no

Well. Not touching that link.
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voldothegr8
02/21/18 1:56:38 PM
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*projectile vomits*
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Vaati_Reborn
02/21/18 1:57:04 PM
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why'd you put the pictures up first you sick freak DX
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Mr_Biscuit
02/21/18 1:57:10 PM
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Zazabar posted...
Good for her.

Nope for me.

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NeonOctopus
02/21/18 1:57:29 PM
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UnfairRepresent
02/21/18 2:05:43 PM
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Waluigi7 posted...
She's hot

Honestly I've seen people who look worse.
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Genocet_10-325
02/21/18 2:06:46 PM
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Why did I click this topic why why why
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Muffinz0rz
02/21/18 2:07:26 PM
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dear god put a NSFW warning or at least don't direct-link images like that
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KiwiTerraRizing
02/21/18 2:07:49 PM
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EverDownward posted...
No

Nope

Holy shit, no

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HydroCannabinol
02/21/18 2:12:40 PM
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Yummy :)

Id eat dat booty idgaf
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Muffinz0rz
02/21/18 2:14:42 PM
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HydroCannabinol posted...
Yummy :)

Id eat dat booty idgaf

SyAXs2q
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Lost_All_Senses
02/21/18 2:16:23 PM
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Good fo....I don't know about this one actually
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iClockwork
02/21/18 2:16:30 PM
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That's gonna be a y i k e s from me.
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Questionmarktarius
02/21/18 2:17:33 PM
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Waluigi7 posted...
She's hot

Definitely a little bit warmer in the winter, yes.
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metralo
02/21/18 2:18:54 PM
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good for her. shaving all of that must have taken literally hours almost daily.

body hair on a woman is prob a bigger turn off than fat for me tho
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LordMarshal
02/21/18 2:20:49 PM
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Marked for offensive.
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UnfairRepresent
02/21/18 2:21:46 PM
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metralo posted...
shaving all of that must have taken literally hours almost daily.

Yup
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mattnd2007
02/21/18 2:22:41 PM
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Good for her. Maybe she can find some dude that's into that.

I bet she's a really nice person.
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DeanAuryn
02/21/18 2:23:02 PM
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Whats seen cannot now be unseen.

Fucks sake TC.
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Metua
02/21/18 2:24:29 PM
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UnfairRepresent
02/21/18 2:30:08 PM
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DeanAuryn posted...
Whats seen cannot now be unseen.

Fucks sake TC.

Metua posted...
Not sure I needed to see that...

I don't get why you guys are at angry at me.

What did you think this topic was going to contain from the title:

This?


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prince_leo
02/21/18 2:32:07 PM
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it's not for me. I am glad that she feels confident enough to rock it, because there are undoubtedly people who are attracted to that sort of thing and it must've been a headache to deal with
I feel so bad for her too. my wife has pcos and it's barely even a thing for her, especially when compared to this woman
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EverDownward
02/21/18 2:59:15 PM
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iClockwork posted...
That's gonna be a y i k e s from me.

Why are you trying to peddle such a shit meme
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bknight
02/21/18 3:06:45 PM
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she would have nice back boobs if she shaved them
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voldothegr8
02/21/18 3:08:02 PM
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bknight posted...
she would have nice back boobs if she shaved them

Seriously though, why huge patches of hair on the back tits?
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TheGrindery
02/21/18 3:09:44 PM
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Muffinz0rz posted...
HydroCannabinol posted...
Yummy :)

Id eat dat booty idgaf

SyAXs2q

Everyone knows what you're gonna post before the image loads. You've made this gif more worn out than Belladonna.
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EverDownward
02/21/18 3:10:12 PM
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TheGrindery posted...
Muffinz0rz posted...
HydroCannabinol posted...
Yummy :)

Id eat dat booty idgaf

SyAXs2q

Everyone knows what you're gonna post before the image loads. You've made this gif more worn out than Belladonna.

It's a good reaction image, tho
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Muffinz0rz
02/21/18 3:12:32 PM
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TheGrindery posted...
Muffinz0rz posted...
HydroCannabinol posted...
Yummy :)

Id eat dat booty idgaf

SyAXs2q

Everyone knows what you're gonna post before the image loads. You've made this gif more worn out than Belladonna.

SyAXs2q
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Doe
02/21/18 3:13:49 PM
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If she was fit, I don't think it'd be a big deal if she's fun/smart/kind. It's her obesity, the hair accentuates it. I thought she was mtf from one of the photos. It's fine to embrace something natural like body hair (within reason; respect yourself as well), but she is extreme unhealthy.
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Chicken
02/21/18 3:17:13 PM
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Questionmarktarius
02/21/18 3:38:09 PM
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Doe posted...
I thought she was mtf from one of the photos.

I thought she was Danny DeVito from several of the photos.
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EnragedSlith
02/21/18 3:38:47 PM
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KainWind
02/21/18 3:43:13 PM
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I feel bad that she has to deal with having all that hair. It's really not fair to her. On the other hand though, if she was a healthy weight she could probably shave an hour off of her time spent removing that hair.

pun intended
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Rexdragon125
02/21/18 3:49:33 PM
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*Legs form into a wheel*

*Doodly-doodly-doodly PEOW*
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myzz007
02/21/18 3:50:10 PM
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EverDownward posted...
No

Nope

Holy shit, no
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UnfairRepresent
02/21/18 3:51:25 PM
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Rexdragon125 posted...
*Legs form into a wheel*

*Doodly-doodly-doodly PEOW*

wut
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DirtyAim
02/21/18 3:53:40 PM
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Guys, polycystic ovary syndrome makes you fat and hairy. She literally can't just lose the weight.
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_OujiDoza_
02/21/18 3:57:32 PM
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masticatingman
02/21/18 3:58:17 PM
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Shes unattractive. Even without the hair.
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Doe
02/21/18 3:58:55 PM
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DirtyAim posted...
Guys, polycystic ovary syndrome makes you fat and hairy. She literally can't just lose the weight.

Not sure if joke post but that is not how thermodynamics work
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SapphireOfChaos
02/21/18 3:59:24 PM
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GNMPDlU

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Wait, batteries are just dead.

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There we go.

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Offworlder1
02/21/18 3:59:51 PM
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She has accepted that she is a crazy cat lady, no one sane would find her attractive being not only obese but having all that body hair.
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halomonkey1_3_5
02/21/18 4:02:48 PM
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I'm a fat hairy guy and I'm pretty sure she is both fatter and more hairy than I am
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gatorsPENSbucs
02/21/18 4:04:27 PM
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EverDownward posted...
No

Nope

Holy shit, no


But I guess

Zazabar posted...
Good for her.

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