Woman who spent hours shaving finally embraces her excessive body hair
Leah Jorgensen
Leah Jorgensen  33  has polycystic ovary syndrome  a hormonal disorder which can cause hirsutism  or abnormal  male-pattern hair growth.
 Jorgensen  feared people getting close to her and seeing the hair on her face  which resulted in her not having her first kiss until age 27 and avoiding the dentist for 12 years.
But since ditching the razor and showing her hair off in public   Jorgensen  says  she  feels âempoweredâ â and hopes  her  story will give other women courage.
 Jorgensen   a behavioral health technician from Madison  Wisconsin  said: âI had never seen women who looked like me. I was so ashamed that I didnât want to talk about it.â
In December 2015   Jorgensen  was hit by a car as  she  crossed a road and  she  had to be taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Paramedics cut  her  clothes off and  she  underwent surgery and therapy  so people saw the extent of  her  hair growth up close for the first time.
âI realized no one cared what I looked like  they just saw me as a person. It really helped me to get over it â  she  said.
Around that time   Jorgensen  also connected with a man who found  her  attractive  body hair and all.
 She  is no longer in a relationship but said the fact that he embraced  her  for who  she  is helped give  her  the push  she  needed.
âI realized that I never really disliked how the hair looked. The problem was not with the hair  it was with peopleâs perception of it â  she  said.
Since  she  stopped removing  her  body hair just over a year ago   Jorgensen  says   she  feels empowered.  She  also wears low-cut  sleeveless tops and shows  her  legs in public.
 She  bravely wore a bikini for the first time last summer and shares photos of  her  hair with  her  2 500-plus followers on Instagram.
The mindset shift also prompted  her  to quit  her  job in insurance and return to college  where  she  is studying social work and recently got a job working with autistic children.
 Jorgensen  said: âPeople definitely stare or try to take photos  but I expect that because you donât really see women who look like  me .â
[TGT]   33  has polycystic ovary syndrome  a hormonal disorder which can cause hirsutism  or abnormal  male-pattern hair growth.
 Jorgensen  feared people getting close to her and seeing the hair on her face  which resulted in her not having her first kiss until age 27 and avoiding the dentist for 12 years.
But since ditching the razor and showing her hair off in public   Jorgensen  says  she  feels âempoweredâ â and hopes  her  story will give other women courage.
 Jorgensen   a behavioral health technician from Madison  Wisconsin  said: âI had never seen women who looked like me. I was so ashamed that I didnât want to talk about it.â
In December 2015   Jorgensen  was hit by a car as  she  crossed a road and  she  had to be taken to a hospital by ambulance.
Paramedics cut  her  clothes off and  she  underwent surgery and therapy  so people saw the extent of  her  hair growth up close for the first time.
âI realized no one cared what I looked like  they just saw me as a person. It really helped me to get over it â  she  said.
Around that time   Jorgensen  also connected with a man who found  her  attractive  body hair and all.
 She  is no longer in a relationship but said the fact that he embraced  her  for who  she  is helped give  her  the push  she  needed.
âI realized that I never really disliked how the hair looked. The problem was not with the hair  it was with peopleâs perception of it â  she  said.
Since  she  stopped removing  her  body hair just over a year ago   Jorgensen  says   she  feels empowered.  She  also wears low-cut  sleeveless tops and shows  her  legs in public.
 She  bravely wore a bikini for the first time last summer and shares photos of  her  hair with  her  2 500-plus followers on Instagram.
The mindset shift also prompted  her  to quit  her  job in insurance and return to college  where  she  is studying social work and recently got a job working with autistic children.
 Jorgensen  said: âPeople definitely stare or try to take photos  but I expect that because you donât really see women who look like  me .â