laser hair removal Washington: If I take medicine to fix my hormones will my facial hair go away?

I have facial hair and in order to get rid of it with laser, I did some blood tests to check my hormones levels. They came up high and the doctor said that they will not go away....I don't know what to do...

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Answer:what exactly is your promblem? do you have PCO syndrome?, Cushing's?, high testosterone levels? most of the times a treatment with contraceptives(estrogens +progesterone) in the right doses prescribed by a doctor may help you if you have PCO syndrome. you will not lose all the facial hair but you will lose better. you may gain some weight though.