A short YouTube video by Dr. Tabatha Barber explaining that women commonly notice hair changes (thinning, dryness, brittleness, increased scalp visibility) as they enter menopause due to reduced estrogen; untreated or suboptimally managed thyroid issues can also negatively affect hair. The excerpt is an opening clinical observation aimed at patients noticing hair differences.
One of the first things that women notice is that their hair changes. Their cosmetologists or hairstylist usually comments like, your hair's getting thin or it's feeling a little dry, a little brittle, or women are just saying, I can tell my hair, then I can see through it like I never could before. And that is because they're going into menopause. They're going into this transition of not making as much estrogen as they made before. And if you have a thyroid issue that's not being addressed properly, it's not being optimized, that can affect your hair as well.
