#30: Why Your Hair Changes in Perimenopause (and What You Can Actually Do About It)

About this episode

This episode discusses the changes in women's hair during perimenopause and offers insights from the founders of AREY.

If your hair suddenly feels different in this phase of life… you’re not imagining it. In this episode, I’m talking with Allison Conrad and Jay Small, founders of AREY, about what actually happens to women’s hair in perimenopause — and why so many of us feel completely caught off guard by it. We talk about: why your hair suddenly feels completely different in midlife the science behind gray hair (and why it’s not “just genetics”) how stress and inflammation impact a...

People in this episode

Host: Stacey Hutson

Guests: Allison Conrad, Jay Small

Topics covered

• perimenopause
• hair changes
• midlife health
• stress impact
• inflammation
• gray hair

Keywords

• perimenopause
• hair changes
• gray hair
• stress
• inflammation
• midlife

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AREY

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