Awareness About Hirsutism Is Raised Using Social Media By A Woman With Facial Hair

Awareness About Hirsutism Is Raised Using Social Media By A Woman With Facial Hair

These days, acceptance is all the rage. Social conventions, beauty standards, and taboos are being questioned everywhere. In particular, when it comes to body image and societal expectations for how attractive women display themselves in public.

We live a free life, no one is forced to adhere to artificial “standards” imposed by an outdated patriarchal society.

People has to look beyond the exact object to understand the incident to a more contrasting level. TikToker Nellie-Jean Robinson wanted to raise some voice about the condition she’s suffering from.

Nellie-Jean Robinson is 35 years old. She went viral for speaking about Hirsutism on her videos.

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Know what Hirsutism is? It is a hormonal condition that grows hair on women’s face and certain parts of the upper body.

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Hirsutism is a side effect of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)

Awareness About Hirsutism Is Raised Using Social Media By A Woman With Facial Hair
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This PCOS affects 8-13% of woman at reproductive age. Some high-risk populations, such as Indigenous women, are more likely to experience it. When a woman’s ovaries or adrenal glands generate more male hormones than usual, she has polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS).

For the first time ever, Nellie revealed her tale about her illness in a video on TikTok, and it went viral.

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Nellie brought awareness about woman suffering from this condition.

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There were 14 million views for her video within few days.

Nellie's video received 14 million views within few days
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Now Nellie shares her life story on TikTok and Instagram.

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She wants to help other women affected by this condition.

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And finally many women shared their experiences in social media.

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Currently Nellie Robinson wants to educate people about with her videos and to change the negative attitudes towards women who are suffering from this condition.

Nellie Robinson
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