What are the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? Experts share the most common signs of the condition, including irregular periods, unwanted facial hair, and acne.
When Oludara Adeeyo began missing her period for long stretches as a teenager, her paediatrician didn’t think much of it. “They told me I was going through this because I was an athlete,” she recalls. When Adeeyo did bleed every five or seven months, it was super heavy – and crampy. “I would literally go through a box of extra-heavy period pads with wings in two days.
You’ll typically see large, deep cysts, rather than small, superficial pimples, Dr. Weiss says. For Dr. Vash-Margita, where acne shows up also factors into her PCOS suspicions. “It’s usually severe, inflammatory acne on the face, upper chest, upper back, upper arms.” So why might PCOS trigger these types of breakouts? It comes back to those excess androgens, which can stimulate your oil glands and make an ideal environment for acne-causing bacteria to thrive.
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