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natural ways to prevent body hair growth
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Dr. Clarene Cress answered
Specializes in Pediatrics
None that I know: There are many products advertised when one looks on the internet for products to slow hair growth, but none of them have controlled studies. A topic ... Read More
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Dr. TED FEDER answered
40 years experience Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Hormone imbalance: Hormones such as testosterone can stimulate hair growth.
A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
44 years experience Pathology
Your options: If you have hair someplace that you are sure you don't want it, electrolysis is your best option. Especially if you're a man, you may want to wait unt ... Read More
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Rothman answered
35 years experience Internal Medicine
Hormones: Testosterone increases hair growth to body and estrogen tends to antagonize the effects of testosterone effectively reducing hair growth.
A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Mark Taylor answered
47 years experience Dermatology
Hair Follicles: Hair follicles are genetically determined. They are also affected by hormones that increase or decrease hair growth. Other factors may also have an ... Read More
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Dr. Michael Fisher answered
32 years experience Dermatology
Hair growth: Biotin 2.5 mg a day.
A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Oscar Novick answered
58 years experience Pediatrics
Body hair: No body hair keeps on growing.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Sinclair answered
38 years experience Family Medicine
It doesn't : Increased sexual activity will have no affect on any hair growth. Neither does shaving. When young men/women first start to have sex or shave, they ma ... Read More
A 17-year-old male asked:
Dr. Robert Kwok answered
33 years experience Pediatrics
Doesn't grow hair: If one starts masturbating in his or her early teen years, he or she will have more body hair by the late teen years. It's just a coincidence, because ... Read More
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Michael Fisher answered
32 years experience Dermatology
Abnormal Hair Growth: In general, abnormal hair growth is caused by hormonal imbalances that produce too much testosterone. Such imbalances can be caused by a variety of is ... Read More
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