Embarrassing Illnesses

Hi,

I watched your show and found it to be very informative. I have a problem. I am an indian women with brown skin and have excessive facial hair, My condition is very embarrassing to me. The hair that I have is rough, black and thick under my chin, but have got many in grown hair as well as hair around my nipples. To be honest, I don't feel feminine.its so embarrassing the dark marks and scars are noticable and are really getting me down please can u help me

please can you tell me where to look for laser treatment as I suffer from polyocistic ovaries and have tried all removal forms with no joy, it is really bad, I am currently having my face threaded twice a week and do not kno where to turn as it just isnt any better, pls help

Hi,

I watched your show and found it to be very informative. I have a problem. I am an indian women with dark skin (think that I am a type 5 skin type) and have excessive facial hair, severe acne scarring and hyperpigmentation. My condition is very embarrassing to me. The hair that I have is rough and is around my chin and under my chin, as well as hair on my stomach which goes up to my breasts and around my nipples. I have been to dermatologists before and was put on the pill, but did not see much improvement. To be honest, I don't feel feminine, since doing my research, I appear to have a hormonal imbalance and bear male pattern traits, which is so distressing. The worst part of my condition is that my entire face is discoloured and the area around my mouth is darkly coloured/blueish black. My main concern is the discolouration and blackish/blueish hyperpigmentation on my face. My question is since I am brown, do you suggest any treatments to treat my condition? Also, I would really like your advice on laser treatments for hyperpigmentation on dark skin like mine. Would I be a candidate for fraxel laser or any other laser to remove my stubborn hyperpigmentation and what about hair removal? This condition has dampened my social life which is non-existent and have suffered with this condition from age of 12.

I have the same situation as "Y" the person who posted Aug. 31 15:28. I have awful scars on my legs from mosquito bites and it's hard for my skin to recover from injuries like these. I want the dark marks to go away. I've tried everything under the sun and nothing is working can you help.

i'm a 34 year old asian woman and suffer hyperpigmentaion on 80% of my body. i've had severe eczema as a child growing up and still occasionally have itching skin. to avoid scratching i spent most of my life sitting in front of an open fire heater exposing mainly my arms, legs nad back so close up to the flames that over the years, those areas have become similar to rough, raised, black freckless close together in patches across my body. i've virtually no confidence due to comments made by others and feel really embarrased when i rarely have to wear sleeveless tops and skirts on holiday. i've tried using bleaching creams but nothing works on these stubborn scars. i would be so grateful for any help in curing my condition and would like to know more about the laser treatment as an option…

Embarrassing Bodies TV Programe lits up my hope again… I am now 27YO, and i have suffered scaly skin on my entire body, especially my legs are full of scar marks since i was little girl. And these marks won't fade away, and i find that is really hard for my skin to recover from injuries like mosquito bite, abrassion and so on. I had tried to consult doctor before, and he said my case are more likely to Hyper-pigmentations. My skin problem has totally affected my social life with friends, because i couldn't wear swimsuit or shorts during summer, because of scare to show my scaly legs. I was hoping my wish can be heard, and i was hoping there is a solution for me, to change the condition of my skin appearence and i wish i can wear shorts together like normal people will do daily. Addition, i am currently using Derma Blend body covered creme to covered my scar, when i really need To expose my legs. Really hope to hear a good news from u. Thank you very much.

ON 1 SIDE OF MY FACE ITS DARKER THAN THE OTHER IT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND THERE USED TO BE SPOTS WITH IT BUT THE SPOTS ARE NOT AS BAD AS LAST TIME..I AM KNOCKED BACK AND HATE GOING OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS ON WHAT IT IS WHICH KNOCKS MY CONFIDENCE A LOT..I HAVE BEEN TO MY LOCAL GP OVER HALF A YEAR TRYING DIFFERENT CREAMS TO GET RID OF THIS DARK SKINNED TONE BUT I DON`T SEEM TO FIND ANY LUCK I JUST HATE GOING OUT..PLEASE HELP ME FIND A SOLUTION PLEASE

Im a 23 year old women and over the past 2 years my confidence has been lost due to brown spots, moles and freckles over my back, chest, shoulders, stomach and arms. they only appered in the past 2 years, i dont expose to my skin to the sun, i dont go on sunbeds so i would like to now how i got these pigmentations? PLEASE could u help me as i tried loads of creams and nothing has worked and the pigmentation seems to be spreading over my body fast, i have no confidence left and cover up my body all the time now. i need help to get rid of these so i can get back to my normal self

I have exactly the same condition as the lady in the video above. However I have been told that laser hair removal would not be an option for me as I am Black and not mixed race. What would you recomend?

What is the name and/or kind of laser being used? The name of the lotion is given but the name of the laser isn't. I'm surprised the name of the laser treatment isn't given and would very much like to know as I suffer from hyper-pigmentation (not as bad as the lady in this vid) and I've been turned away from laser treatment and wasn't even told why – and yes, I can afford it. I don't have any autoimmune diseases but do have acne scarring and would like to know what type of laser treatment this lady is getting done as I can't understand why I've been turned away.