A woman with a condition that causes excessive facial and
body hair to develop has written an open letter to her younger self telling her
to accept her 'beautiful' beard.
Harnaam Kaur, from Slough, Berkshire, suffers from
polycystic ovary syndrome - and began growing stubble on her face aged just 11.
The hair quickly spread to her chest and arms.
Miss Kaur penned the empowering note - which is part of
Illamasqua's #LetterToLittleMe campaign - at a time when she was being bullied
at school, taunted in the street and wanted to 'end it all'.
'I feel it in your soul that you are struggling and you need
some guidance,' she wrote. 'You quiver at the sight of people, you shudder at
the touch of a stranger, and you drag your lifeless body everywhere that you
go.'
During her early teens, Miss Kaur was so ashamed of her
beard that she waxed twice a week, and also tried bleaching and shaving.
Writing about how unhappy she was on her appearance, Miss
Kaur continued: 'If only you could see your own self worth and the gems that
you have embedded inside your own beautiful heart.
'You have a heart of gold and you will empower many one day.
Don’t you see it? Can’t you see just how amazing and beautiful you are?'
Miss Kaur says she used to live in the 'shadow of an
unconfident girl' and didn't see her 'self-worth'.
As the hair became thicker and spread, Miss Kaur felt so
self-conscious that she refused to leave her house.
She even began self-harming and she considered suicide.
Commenting on how she learned to love herself and inspire
others, she said: 'I promise you that the world will one day read your story.
'You have no idea of just how many people will be inspired
by your self-love, your strength, your self-empowerment,' she wrote to herself
after so many years of bullying and now coming to love herself.
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