This means that a woman has higher levels of men’s (or androgenic) hormones (such as testosterone, androstenedione or DHEA or DHEAS) than normal or evidences of the actions of higher men’s hormones such as thicker or darker hair growing on the face in a beard pattern (hirsutism), up the middle of the abdomen and around the breasts or acne. Androgen excess is also associated with thinning or loss of head hair in the front and on the top of the head (like a balding man). This is also called androgenetic alopecia.
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Glossary
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Androgen excess
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Hypothalamic suppression
Is a protective response to weight loss, emotional stress, illness (pain and sleep disturbances) and over-exercise in which reproduction is temporarily and reversibly suppressed. It is associated with higher levels of cortisol.
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