Thankfully, the conversation around PCOS has really opened up in recent years, leading to a greater awareness of the signs and symptoms to look out for. In part, that’s down to more and more celebrities and influencers using their platform to highlight the condition and share their experience with it.

You must have heard about model and activist Harnaam Kaur, if not, you are living under a rock! She is perhaps one of the most well-known influencers to open up about her PCOS, in part due to her facial hair, which she has grown out since the age of 16. Being baptized Sikh, Harnaam lets her hair grow out in accordance with her religious beliefs – including the hair that grows on her face as a result of her PCOS. She says, “When I was growing up, I didn’t see anyone in magazines or on TV that looked like me. That can have a horrid effect on a person’s mental health.” She further adds, “I was 16 years old when I decided to grow my facial hair. I made the decision after my GSCEs and let it grow out over the six-week summer holiday. So when I returned to my school in Slough for the sixth form, I was a girl with a beard.” Okay, maybe not her, but you have definitely heard about Victoria Beckham, right? Notorious for keeping her private life on the down-low, one thing that former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been very open about is her experience with PCOS, which she was diagnosed with while trying to conceive her fourth child.