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[quote=Anonymous]I have pcos and I’m not surprised the condition has been mentioned a few times on this thread. Apparently in some cultures pcos was referred to as “the thief of beauty”.

I was a naturally slim, clear-complexioned, shiny haired teen and college student. Only symptom was irregular periods and some easily controlled excess hair. I felt gorgeous and judged my heavier older female relatives (both sides of the family have pcos and men have met b).

The cascade of symptoms (and accompanying terrible medical advice) started at 25. I am now 41 and the decades of undiagnosed insulin resistance have compounded. (Didn’t help that I spent the first twenty years of my life eating low-fat vegetarian and walking instead of weight training since I thought it was healthy). Now I have both frontal and overall hair loss (yes, hypothyroid often comes with pcos). Permanent ice pick scars from cystic acne. About fifty pounds overweight and frankly grateful exercise keeps it from being 80). Skin tags, dark patches of skin and the dreaded hydrasentis suppurativa (don’t look it up).

I was lucky enough to carry two children thanks to painstaking tracking and cgm monitoring. But it took a decade with multiple miscarriages and I couldn’t breastfeed due to androgen in changes to breasts. But the fatigue and feelings of being judged by thin, well off women are toughest. And knowing my daughter likely will deal with the same cluster. Luckily we know so much more now.

I do make efforts to look better. But it’s an uphill battle. Sometimes I wish I could show attractive women a photo of me at 20 so I could be part of the club again. One wonderful point: I truly don’t judge now. And I have very beautiful friends who I know are beautiful inside and out. [/quote]

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