Symptom detail

Excessive hair growth

Excessive hair growth is a skin, hair, nail, or visible tissue change that can be tracked with appearance, spread, triggers, itching, pain, and exposures.

Skin / hair / nails Skin ID 143
Excessive hair growth reference image: An anatomical illustration of skin layers.
Image: Blausen 0810 SkinAnatomy 01.png by BruceBlaus, CC BY 3.0.
Common Tracking

Record appearance, size, color, location, spread, itch or pain, fever, new medicines, foods, soaps, insect exposures, wounds, and photos if useful.

Urgency Context

Track patterns and contact a clinician for persistent, worsening, unexplained, recurrent, or concerning symptoms.