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Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: Tiddles on March 14, 2018, 09:21:35 PM

Title: Hairy!
Post by: Tiddles on March 14, 2018, 09:21:35 PM

Hi ladies.  I've tried researching this on the internet but am no nearer an answer so thought I'd ask the experts instead !  :-) I'm on the 2nd month of Elleste Duet and seem to have sprouted some tough old chin hairs :-(  Do the tablets contain Testosterone by some other name?  What I'm reading on line suggests too LITTLE Progesterone can cause this but as I've recently increased my progesterone level by starting HRT is it just co-incidence that this has happened now or is something else behind it? I'm confused. Thanks in anticipation x

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: Nellie Noo on March 14, 2018, 10:42:22 PM

Not sure but i thought it was when your oestrogen levels were lower than your testerone levels that  chin hair can possibly sprout . Ive noticed i get them just before a bleed ie when oestrogen is low . I started to get these hairs before starting hrt . Am Sure someone more knowledgeable will know x

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: Tiddles on March 15, 2018, 06:34:26 AM

Thanks Nellie x

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: Hurdity on March 15, 2018, 01:03:07 PM

Hi Tiddles - the progestogen in Elleste Duet is norethisterone which is a testosterone derived progestogen so could well have more androgenic effects and account for your chin hair. Here are the different types listed: https://www.menopausematters.co.uk/perimeno.php . It doesn't mention the newer ones such as in Angeliq for example (drospirenone).

Hurdity x

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: Tiddles on March 15, 2018, 03:46:50 PM

Thanks Hurdity x

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: sadielouise78 on March 15, 2018, 04:07:18 PM

Hi Tiddles,

I have to say I'm with you on this one.  I've always been a bit fluffy around the chin area but over the past two months of Elleste Duet I've noticed I've become hairier and are having to get rid of it more and more often.  Not good I have to say.  I've now moved onto Evorel Sequi (starting today) so whether or not that will make any difference I don't know.

Sarah

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: Tiddles on March 15, 2018, 05:18:21 PM

Ooo keep me posted please Sarah!  If itt gets any worse I'll have to get the strimmer out !  ;D ;D ;D x

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: CLKD on March 15, 2018, 06:08:29 PM

Read my thread 'MY CHIN'  ;D and I'm in the queue for the strimmer ..........

Title: Re: Hairy!
Post by: Tiddles on March 15, 2018, 06:10:07 PM

 ;D ;D ;D CLKD x