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Clinical assessment of body hair growth in women.
Visually scoring hirsutism as a tool for clinical practice.
Ferriman-Gallwey Score
Normal Hair Growth
The modified Ferriman-Gallwey (mFG) score is the gold standard for clinical assessment of hirsutism. A score ≥ 8 (or ≥ 4-6 in some ethnic groups) is considered abnormal.