Menopause Matters Forum
Menopause Discussion => All things menopause => Topic started by: OldBird on October 25, 2015, 09:57:10 PM
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Hi everyone :) Would be so grateful for some help.
Hit late 40's and there is hair sprouting everywhere, well mainly the face area. I have a moustache and goatee - if I don't keep an eye on it :( Hair is also sprouting on my neck :( So it's getting very embarrassing :( I'm continually checking for hairs.
The hair on my scalp also gets greasy so quickly. I've tried shampoo's for greasy hair but none of them work :( and my hair is like a oil slick by day two.
My mum says it's a sign of the menopause (an annoying one at that) as she had a similar problem with hair and still has, she's 84 now.
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Welcome to the forum.
Yes it's a common problem....oh the joys of meno.
If you look for a thread called My Chin you will see it discussed there.
I will have a look and see if I can find it for you.
Honeybun
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Thanks Honeybun :) Will search for the thread.
My hubby thinks it's funny ::) I have more hair on my chin than he does on his head!
At least I know it's the meno - like you say oh joy! :'(
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I've found it and bumped it for you.
It will make you smile if nothing else. ;D
Honeybun
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My hubby thinks it's funny ::) I have more hair on my chin than he does on his head!
There must be a future for hair transplants - then all of us ladies who have unwanted beards and moustaches could pass our hair onto balding men and we'd all be happy ;D
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Not sure my hubby would appreciate my blonde hair on his bald patch as he has dark hair. ;D It would certainly be a conversation starter.
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Hi OldBird
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It is an unfortunate symptom (or whatever you like to call it!) of menopause. I have read that it is a consequence of oestrogen to testosterone ratio falling. ie oestrogen drops considerably at menopause but tesosterone is falling all the time - so there is more testosterone relative to oestrogen, even though testosterone is itself falling and can also give rise to other symptoms ( such as loss of libido etc).
I use HRT and also testosterone but the hairs seem to have kept their distance from my face - I mainly just have to pluck the odd few hairs from the corners of my upper lip about once a week or so - I'm sure most of us have to do this! Not sure what they would be doing if I wasn't on HRT - maybe I'm just lucky :).
Glad your hubby is amused OldBird - at least you're not having to worry about his negative reaction!
Hurdity x
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Hurdity BTW - how is the testosterone going ? Do you notice any improvements, ?
Hairs on chin etc : just get a good mirror and a very good pair of tweezers and never let a day go by without checking ...........they sneak up overnight
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Don't they just :o and I hate it when the one I'm tugging breaks :-\
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Thanks everyone :) So friendly and so helpful it's great. :) :) :)
Does anyone have any tips for dealing with greasy hair - head this time rather than the very irritating places it's deciding to sprout elsewhere >:( I've tried shampoos for greasy hair and they don't work, it's greasy the next day. I've tried googling it but it's all adverts for shampoo that I have tried or about the onset of puberty - hey perhaps I'm going to change into a teenager again! ;D ;D ;D