Excessive hair growth can be identified by many different terms. You have probably run across the term Hirsutism, perhaps Hypertrichosis, and even superfluous hair. In many resources these terms are used interchangeably but there are important distinctions.
Excessive hair (key word here is excessive) on the face, especially around the chin, upper lip, breasts or chests, or basically hair on a woman that matches a male hair pattern on a female body is known as Hirsutism. Men can have Hirsutism when their hair is truly excessive in hormonally dependent areas. A diabetic woman with a full male pattern beard would be said to have Hirsutism.
 

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