A Guinness World Record breaking woman has spoken out about how she has found new confidence, now that she has grown a full beard.
Harnaam Kaur, 23, from Slough in Berkshire has become the youngest woman to grow a full beard and, when speaking to BBC Asian Network, has declared: “I’m confident and I love myself.”
She has been growing facial hair since she was 14, due to polycystic ovary syndrome.
This means that she has been letting her hair grow for the past seven years.
Harnaam now embraces the beard and says: “I don’t want to look like a typical woman.”
She may be confident in her body now but it hasn’t always been that way.
When Harnaam was 11, she started to have facial hair, which spread to other areas of the body.
She became an instant target for secondary school bullies.
Harnaam recalls: “All through secondary school I was bullied by I would say the whole school.
“It was absolutely horrible. I hated waking up. I was imprisoned.”
Harnaam would wax twice a week and tried bleaching and shaving to combat the hair growth.
This led to the hair growing back thicker and stronger.
By the age of 14, Harnaam had started to self-harm, as she refused to leave the house. She then thought about taking her own life.
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