@insidehealthlab4: This is what PCOS is actually doing inside your ovary 💜 Normal ovary: develops ONE dominant follicle → ovulation → progesterone PCOS ovary: 🔴 Multiple follicles start developing 🔴 ALL arrest at immature stage — never ovulating 🔴 Arrested follicles accumulate inside ovary month after month 🔴 No ovulation = no progesterone = no period or irregular period Caused by: 🔴 INSULIN RESISTANCE → excess insulin → ovarian testosterone → follicle arrest Effects throughout the body: 🔴 DEEP CYSTIC JAWLINE ACNE — androgen excess 🔴 HAIR LOSS at crown and temples — DHT from testosterone 🔴 FACIAL HAIR — hirsutism from androgen excess 🔴 WEIGHT GAIN in abdomen — insulin resistance 🔴 7x HIGHER DIABETES RISK from insulin resistance The ROOT CAUSE is insulin resistance — treating it improves everything Follow Inside Health for daily videos your doctor never showed you. Comment PCOS if you have been diagnosed. #PCOSinsideovary #insidehealth #whatdoesPCOSdo #PCOS #polycysticovary