HIRSUTISM

Most men have hair growing on their faces and bodies. Most woman don't. Inevitable, therefore, women who find that unwanted hair is starting to grow will want to get rid of it. There is nothing new about this; four or five thousand years ago, Egyptian women rubbed themselves with papyrus leaves to remove excess body hair. Modern fashions have, however, meant that the need to remove excess hair has become far more desperate. Between them, about 50 per cent of the female production spend millions of pounds each year on creams and lotions and a whole host of magical remedies, trying to rid themselves of superfluous hair. There is undoubtedly much confusion about which remedies work best, when and where.