chest hair growth in women if you have unwanted chest hair you may have too much of the male hormone photo credit stockbyte stockbyte getty images if you are experiencing unwanted hair growth on your chest you may feel embarrassed but more often than not it is mostly just a nuisancenwanted hair growth termed hirsutism can occur when women produce too much of male hormones such as androgens or testosterone or are extra sensitive to them the hair that grows in is coarse and dark and can grow on the lips chin chest abdomen or back the typical areas on a man