what medical condition might this me?

[kamari]

I've searched everywhere and can find absolutely nothing so I figured before my doctor charges me a $20 copay for an answer i'd toss it out to the intelligent class also known as photographers

I have a buddy who's been dating this girl for just over a month...the scary thing we've noticed is that she has ABSOLUTELY no body hair. ABSOLUTELY none. We haven't actually seen her head because she wears a wig...but we're left to speculate that there's probably no hair there too. I mean just NO hair ANYWHERE: ear lobes, eye lashes, eyebrows, legs, arms, not a single trace of hair.

Anyone seen or heard of this before???

[carrbowl]

yes...my husbands friend got this in college. It was stress related and his hair started falling out. It can also be related to allergies. It is alopecia areata. You can find lots of stuff on the internet about it.

[Mike G]

one possible

hypogonadism during childhood will result in lack of menstruation and breast development and short height. If hypogonadism occurs after puberty, symptoms include loss of menstruation, low libido, hot flashes, and loss of body hair.

[lscottpht]

http://www.americanhairloss.org/type...otrichosis.asp

This condition does not actually involve hair loss, but no hair ever.

[Wes]

Has she ever had hair?

[okcwannabe]

This might be stupid but are you sure she doesn't have cancer and is going through chemo?

[kamari]

Originally Posted by Wes

Has she ever had hair?

well we don't wanna just come out and ask her what the deal is, but it's somethin that's been buggin the hell out of us. It kinda came up as a joke at first regarding her eyebrows...but then we started noticing lack of hair in other obvious full-of-hair-places.

Maybe if they get serious enough then it'll come out, but for now it's just pretty wierd.

[adirty1]

Alopecia Universals
There are a couple medical conditions that will cause total hair loss over the entire body. Thanks to many hours watching TLC and DIS

[Breezy]

she could be like a friend of mine she hates hair in general and shaves her arms, legs, eyebrows etc...
But I doubt it, just throwing it out there though

[gardener]

Originally Posted by kamari

well we don't wanna just come out and ask her what the deal is, but it's somethin that's been buggin the hell out of us. It kinda came up as a joke at first regarding her eyebrows...but then we started noticing lack of hair in other obvious full-of-hair-places.

Maybe if they get serious enough then it'll come out, but for now it's just pretty wierd.

I'm just curious why it's "we" and "us" instead of "he" unless you're both dating the same woman...

[janetg]

could be alopecia -

could be medicine related...i had this happen once...no hair! fortunately it grew back

[Terrancelee]

What does it matter? Her hair or lack of it, shouldn't be an issue to your friend. And if it's an issue to you, then you are no friend to him. Try growing up.

[jon_k]

Originally Posted by Terrancelee

What does it matter? Her hair or lack of it, shouldn't be an issue to your friend. And if it's an issue to you, then you are no friend to him. Try growing up.

Who said it was an issue? It could be curiosity. I'd be curious myself if I was the friend or boyfriend, though if I was the boyfriend I would feel totally comfortable asking her directly about it.

[kamari]

Originally Posted by Terrancelee

What does it matter? Her hair or lack of it, shouldn't be an issue to your friend. And if it's an issue to you, then you are no friend to him. Try growing up.

...just like your lack of a brain shouldn't be an issue to the rest of TPF. Try taking your lame ass comments and keeping them to yourself. Nobody said it was an issue. I asked if anyone knew of any conditions that would cause this. My next thread will dive into what possible conditions cause people to come from left field & jump into a convo with an attitude as if we're talkin bout them.

Originally Posted by Gardener

We're pretty good friends and the girl is cool with the two of us so we're always out together with a group of friends. It wasn't a critical issue, we're just two clowns and we both noticed it. It went from "yo, she ain't got no hair" to "hol up, that ain't normal...i'm gonna find out what it could be."

[janetg]

hey - my husband has that one - it's a disease called foot-in-mouth! in fact, his whole side of the family has it - so it's HAS to be genetic!