Tag: Excessive hair growth

Affecting up to 10% of women of reproductive age, excessive, male-pattern hair growth is a surprisingly common issue. So, what do you call a female with a beard from a medical perspective? The clinical term for this condition is hirsutism.

The term "wolf person syndrome" is a sensationalized nickname for the very rare medical condition known as hypertrichosis, a disorder of excessive hair growth. Fewer than 100 cases of severe congenital hypertrichosis have been documented in history, making it an incredibly rare condition.