What do you mean, 'you're bald and have a beard?'

So, I've received some questions from my lurkers who are confused about my blog's name.

In short "My Feminine 5'O'clock Shadow" ismy take on my Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome.

I am not ashamed of them, and feel just as womanly with beard or sans beard.

"So, Rena, you mean you have like a REAL beard?"

Not exactly. My hair growth on my face is much like the "beard" that that creepy 13 year old in middle school can grow. " It mainly manifests on either side of my chin, under my chin (you know, on that neck flab), the sides and on the point of my jaw bones.

"Well, Rena, you say you're ok with being hairy..I don't believe you from behind your key board."

Well, ya know...drastic, idiotic questions, require drastic, idiotic answers!! :)

I normally shave and tweeze my facial hair. Not out of shame, but truely as a safety precaution, as the hairs are quite prickly!! Seriously though...to answer this question I quit shaving on Tuesday..it is now Thursday (so, basically this is 2 days worth of hair growth).

Ok, so now that that's settled...

"What about your "bald spots."

I have male patterned baldness. I admit this is the one that only slightly bothers me. I used to have amazingly full, thick, and curly hair, and when I'd hairflip...angels sang, a soft yellow glow would emit from me, and Fabio would cry out in jealousy!!

I cut my hair a month or so ago for a few reasons. For one, my hair is falling out anyways because of the PCOS, but also because I was post partum. My son learned at a VERY young age how to pull hair, and honestly my hair didn't need help coming out.

It literally was coming out in HANDFULS. So, I chopped it. It's slowed a little with the weightloss, so I'm going to let it grow back out so I can rock a banana clip again.

But, until that time..here are a few examples of my bald spots. (The first picture shows a great example of my "spiral, jaw hair." I tend to see it as a super power..like I'm a Pokemon or something?)

Most people would be MORTIFIED to post pictures like this for the world to see. Well, ya know..it's me. I love me. Hair and all...and really I don't look like this on a daily basis..you can "cover up" the bald spots, and I shave a few times a week. But, I did this to show that even if I didn't, I'm ok with it.

In fact, that is why I named my blog what I did. I still feel like a woman even in these, not so flattering pictures. You may disagree, or think I look horendous (well, I kind of do, but that was the point), but, I personally believe it's because you aren't secure in yourself.

All this being said, I will be shaving the next time Corbin goes down for a nap, and I posted a picture of me to show I'm not all scaggy!! LOL