Bearded lady blues
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=10528845/31/2008
"For a woman, it's a most heart-breaking condition.
Stephanie, 35, has polycystic ovarian syndrome, a hormonal illness characterized by irregular or no periods, acne, obesity, and excess hair growth.
Women with PCOS are at a higher risk for obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and uterine cancer. There is no cure. Some women have just one or two symptoms.
Others, like Stephanie, have many.
It's the excess hair growth that has destroyed her young life."
