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The relation between quality of life, anxiety, depression and the level of hairiness has not been described. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aims:&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/b&gt; To investigate the correlations between the levels of hairiness, quality of life, anxiety and depression. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Methods:&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/b&gt; 200 patients from Malm\u00f6, \u00d6rebro and Uppsala, who had been in contact with the clinics for problems with excessive hair growth, were invited to answer a self-administered questionnaire including sociodemographic questions, EQ-5D index score, Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Ferriman-Gallwey scale (F-G); of these, 127 women participated in the study. &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Results: &lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/b&gt;The mean values were: EQ-5D index 0.73 (SD = 0.27), EQ visual analogue scale 61.0 (SD = 22.6), HADS-anxiety 9.5 \u00b1 5.3 and HADS-depression 6.5 \u00b1 4.6. 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