What is the cause of the epidemic for increased facial hair for women?
According to Dr. John Lee, women in today’s highly industrial environment and our super competitive fast as lightening lifestyles creates an environment filled with toxins, stress and a lack of support that our bodies need to survive and thrive. Women are constantly exposed to the direct effects of a poor diet, high stress levels, pollutants and progesterone deficiency. These factors leave women burned out, stressed -out and frustrated. The last thing that we want to deal with is facial hair, gross! The huge increase in facial hair for women is directly tied to our hormonal imbalances, diet, and environment. In women, especially near menopause age as the ovary functions slow down then there can be more DHEA or androgens produced thus causing an increase in facial hair or hirsutism. As the woman begins to produce more androgens rather than estrogens she may begin to experience an increase in facial hair. Yet still, because of our highly processed foods, excess sugar and caffeine intake
