MEET the 23-year-old girl who's growing a beard -- and says she feels
more feminine than ever. Harnaam Kaur, from Slough, suffers with
polycystic ovary syndrome, which causes excessive hair growth. She was
just 11 years old when it started appearing and she spent her teenage
years desperately trying to remove it by waxing TWICE a week and
covering her body in baggy clothes. The primary school teaching
assistant endured vile abuse at school and strangers would stare at her
on the street. Harnaam became so self conscious she refused to leave her
house, except to go to lessons, and at her lowest point she began self
harming and even considered taking her own life. But, at the age of 16,
she finally found the courage to accept her facial hair after being
baptised as a Sikh. The religion dictates that the body should be left
in its natural state and body hair must be left to grow. The decision
proved controversial with her family but Harnaam was determined to show
that she was beautiful no matter what she looked like. Today, seven
years on, she says she is more body confident than ever before and hopes
her story will help other women in her situation.
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