Hormones, hair and what actually changes after forty
Reporting on the biology behind the changes women notice in their thirties, forties and fifties — written for people who want the mechanism, not reassurance.
Crown Thinning · Women's Health · Advertorial
Most women notice it in a photograph taken from above. Then in certain bathroom mirrors. Then they cannot stop noticing it. Here is what is actually happening — and why most treatments don’t reach it.
Read the article →Hair Shedding · Women's Health · Advertorial
You have counted it. You have saved it in a tissue to show someone. You have started spacing out your washes. Here is the biology of what changed — and what actually reaches it.
Read the article →Ponytail Thinning · Women's Health · Advertorial
It is a very specific, very physical measurement. The ponytail is the same length. But the elastic that used to go round twice now goes round three times. Here is what is happening at the follicle.
Read the article →Temple Thinning · Women's Health · Advertorial
It is not the dramatic version. It is gradual, bilateral, and it changes the face in a way that is difficult to describe to someone who has not seen it happen to themselves. Here is what the follicle research shows.
Read the article →Visible When Wet · Women's Health · Advertorial
When it is dry, it is manageable. When it is wet — that ten-minute window after the shower — you can see exactly what has changed. Here is why it shows when the hair is wet and not when it is dry.
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