Monday, 22 October 2012

He is a man, no she is a girl, he is a man, no she is a girl. Actually she is a girl with facial and body hair.





She is 16-year old Nana, a Chinese girl. She has a rare condition called Hirsuitism. The heavy beard and moustache are the unexpected product of her condition.

She started growing thick facial and body hair after undergoing a life-saving drug treatment. She was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in 2010, Nana's bone marrow wasn't producing sufficient amount of new blood cell, causing her hospitalization.

Nana's mother told China's Zinhua new agency according to the Huffington Post that, The doctor said that...it was very serious and without treatment Nana would die.

After undergoing a majoy drug regiment, her health improved, but it was then her physical changes began taking place. After taking these drugs...the girl's face started to grow thick black beard, and her arms and legs covered with body hair.

 Nana's mother says that since growing her extensive facial and body hair her daughter more and more tragically doesn't want to leave her bedroom.

There are very few treatment options for sufferers of this condition according to the University of Maryland Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic.

One of them is psychological as this is a frustrating and embarrassing condtion to live with, others can include various hair removal treatments, medications and lifestyle and or dietary changes.

An estimated eight per cent of women in the U.S. live with hirsutism, this is according to the University of Maryland.

Roughly half of women with the condition are found with high levels of male sex hormones called androgens, risk factors being genetics as well as race and ethnicity.
 

 

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