Hair turn to straw with menopause

[Anonymous]

If anyone else had their hair turn from smooth to straw texture with menopause, any solutions? Products that help?

[Anonymous]

Magnesium.

[Anonymous]

Olaplex helped me a lot. #4 and #5

[Anonymous]

Haven’t found solutions yet, but just wanted to commiserate that I’m there too and it’s frustrating. I have fine hair that gets greasy easily, so heavy conditioners aren’t a good solution. But I’m not quite willing yet to give up and assume that’s just my hair now.

[Anonymous]

scalp scrub nature.lab Tokyo to keep roots healthy
L’Oréal heavy metals deep clean shampoo and conditioner

Shu uemura hair oil

Low-tension loose ponytail or braid

K18 deep conditioner
I rotate these products around and it has helped. I have been coloring my hair for over a decade now and I have noticed the texture becoming coarser.

[Anonymous]

I skip heat styling now 2 out of 3 washes. It definitely helps, but my hair doesn't look as nice not styled. Except DH likes it better, so not all bad.

[Anonymous]

I'm dealing with it too, plus a lot of thinning in the front. I gave in to the instagram ads and have been using the Kitsch shampoo and conditioner bars for about a month and I am surprised to feel and see a difference. My hair seems smoother and I'm seeing fewer hairs headed down the drain.

[Anonymous]

Mine has not turned to straw, but so much comes out every day when I brush it and when I wash it. It is like after you have a baby and all that hair comes out, but now it is all the time. Is there something I can do? I put it on my list of things no one tells you about menopause!

[Anonymous]

Redken anti snap

[Anonymous]

Mine was turning to straw but now use Olaplex. Hair is so luxurious now. I was able to get the hairdresser only #1 and #2 and use it weekly.

[Anonymous]

Another Olaplex user here.

But if your hair is coming out at an unusually high rate, get your thyroid levels checked -- a full thyroid panel, not just TSH

[Anonymous]

Following - my hair looks like dry straw after menopause

[Anonymous]

I only wash my hair twice a week now, and only blow dry it maybe once or twice a month. I use a curling iron on it the day after it air drys, maybe about half the time. Not washing it and blow drying it constantly has helped immensely.

YMMV with the Olaplex; if anything if actually makes my hair look more like straw, not less so.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only wash my hair twice a week now, and only blow dry it maybe once or twice a month. I use a curling iron on it the day after it air drys, maybe about half the time. Not washing it and blow drying it constantly has helped immensely.

YMMV with the Olaplex; if anything if actually makes my hair look more like straw, not less so.

That's a good idea, but this became a real problem for me over summer when I was swimming (despite a cap). No good deed goes unpunished.

[Anonymous]

Yup, my hair texture has really changed. I can apply product, carefully blow dry and it's still straw-like.