Menopause Skin and Hair Care

Menopause causes a number of important changes in the physical and emotional state of the woman. Along with hot flashes, dizziness, insomnia, etc., the end of menstruation also carries consequences for the skin and hair. We give you some guidelines to combat its consequences.

From the onset of the first symptoms of menopause to the end of postmenopause, the gradual reduction of estrogen and collagen has a direct impact on the skin, causing its progressive aging.

Here are some of the negative effects of menopause on the skin:

• Dehydrated skin. The skin loses elasticity and is dry and rough looking.
• Wrinkles deeper and more numerous. Elastin and collagen fibers degrade and the skin is lifted off, resulting in more sagging and the appearance of wrinkles.
• Greater fragility. The skin slips and, losing elasticity, is injured more easily. It also loses moisture, elasticity, and thickness.
• Unequal tone. Loss of luminosity and freshness. The tone lets it be even as it increases the transparency of the skin.
• Greater difficulty in healing.
• Dark spots. Estrogens control the functioning of melanocytes, cells responsible for skin tone: their number decreases, losing control over melanin and causing age spots and lentigines. We can not prevent this deterioration but minimize it and delay the aging process.

The alterations experienced in the menopause do not affect in the same degree or with the same extension to all the women. The impact of hormonal changes depends notably on the type of skin you have and the lifestyle you have taken.

How does menopause affect our hair?

With menopause the hair cycle is reduced and becomes slower, making the anagen or growth phase shorter, so that the hair is becoming thinner and shorter, resulting in a certain degree of alopecia. Just as it happens on the skin, the hair also becomes drier and brittle as a result of menopause.

There are two types of alopecia: female androgenetic, not exclusive of menopause and characterized by a continuous and progressive fall, and fibrosing frontal alopecia, which manifests itself in the regression of the line of implantation progressively, in the area of the front.

Treatments come in both blisters and capsules and also oral supplements with vitamins and minerals that will help you maintain and slow these processes, and, in the field of cosmetics, shampoos, gels and masks to look more shiny and beautiful hair.

Consult your pharmacist @ about the most appropriate option in your case. At your pharmacy, you will find solutions to combat the effects of menopause on both your skin and your hair.