Hirsutism historical perspective

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rasam Hajiannasab M.D.[2]

Overview

Throughout the history hirsutism has been regarded as a syndrome of hair growth in women in a male pattern , obesity and menstural irregularity (Apert, 1910) . Other authors considered hirsutism as masculine hair growth only(Howard and Whitehill, 1937; Glass and Bergman, 1938). Hirsutism has been the most outstanding symptom in virilism and masculinization and also the major feature of adreno-genital syndrome which was introduced in 1905 by Bulloch and Sequiera.

Historical Perspective

Excessive hair often stems from what is considered the “ideal hair pattern” within the culture and society.

In the United States, “ideal” is considered as no terminal hair except for the scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and pubis . The terms hirsutism and hypertrichiosis are sometimes used interchangeably. However, hypertrichiosis is defined as excessive hair growth, terminal or vellus, in non-androgen-dependent areas of the body. Hypertrichiosis can be congenital or acquired.[1]

Barbara Vanbeck, a very hairy woman. Stipple engraving by G. Scott. Iconographic Collections,http://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/d2/24/c55c7cfa155542ac698a3b0cba23.jpg
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Charles Eisenmann - Transferred from en.wikipedia; transferred to Commons by User:Innotata using CommonsHelper.
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References

  1. Loriaux DL (2012). "An approach to the patient with hirsutism". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 97 (9): 2957–68. doi:10.1210/jc.2011-2744. PMID 22962669.
  2. "Hirsutism - Wikipedia".
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