I would like to hear stories of those who have dealt with paradoxical hypertrichosis

I did ten sessions of laser hair removal one year ago, coming in with peach fuzz on my chin/mustache and leaving with a beard.

It’s been a year of me breaking out from waxing and getting ingrowns from needing to shave every three days. Genuinely it is frustrating me to no end and I am reaching my breaking point. The people I did laser with couldn’t offer me any advice and just told me it was unfortunate my body reacted that way.

I’m hearing a lot of different stories and I really just desperately want to get over with this. Some doing hair inhibitors, others doing electrolysis, others going back to laser…

I’d really like to hear any and all sides of the story from people who dealt with this problem. If I empty my pockets just to end up with more hair again I might genuinely go into psychosis.

Posted Jun 3, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC

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