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Why Hair Thins During Menopause | Gold Earth Hair Essence
The Hair Loss Conversation We Don't Talk About
There is something I have noticed since I started taking Gold Earth to shows and events.
Sometimes a woman will wait.
She will look at the Hair Essence, walk around my stall, wait until her husband or partner has moved away and then quietly come back to me.
And then she tells me.
“I'm losing my hair.”
Men do it too.
They wait until they have a moment alone. Then the questions begin.
My hair is getting thinner.
I'm losing it here.
Is there anything I can do?
I recognise that hesitation immediately because I was once the person who couldn't talk about it either.
Hair loss shouldn't be a taboo subject.
But somehow, for so many of us, it still is.
My GP told me it was alopecia
When my own hair started falling out during menopause, I was frightened.
Eventually my GP told me I had alopecia.
I remember what that meant to me emotionally more than anything else.
Hair is such a visible part of us. You can hide many things you are struggling with from the outside world, but when your hair begins disappearing, you feel as though everyone can see what is happening.
And I didn't want to talk about it.
I didn't want people looking at my scalp.
I didn't want sympathy.
I certainly didn't want to accept that this was simply how things were going to be.
I couldn't give up on my hair.
And then my mother gave me something very simple.
Hair oil.
What my mother passed to me
My mother didn't hand me a marketing concept.
She handed me something generations before us understood instinctively: plants, seeds, herbs and oils had always been part of caring for our hair.
I started using it.
But anyone who knows the way my ADHD brain works will probably understand what happened next.
The original oil wasn't enough for me.
I wanted to know more.
What else could I add?
What did this seed do?
Why had this herb been used traditionally?
What oils were best for the scalp?
What could protect the actual hair?
And, if I'm completely truthful, I wanted the best and fastest result I could possibly get for my own hair.
So I kept going.
One ingredient became another. I researched. I experimented. I refined the blend.
Eventually, that little bottle passed from my mother's hands to mine evolved into something much bigger:
Gold Earth Hair Essence — my 29-ingredient formulation.
Then my hair started growing
This is the part of my story I will never be ashamed to tell.
I saw my own hair grow back.
Those results changed far more than my appearance.
They gave me hope at a time when I had felt I was losing something I couldn't control.
And they made me deeply curious about the ingredients I had been using.
Because although traditional knowledge had led me back to oils and botanicals, I wanted to understand what modern science could tell us too.
And that's where this story gets really interesting.
Our ancestors didn't have PubMed — but science is now studying some of the plants they used
Traditional use and scientific proof are not the same thing, and I think we should be honest about that.
But neither should we dismiss generations of botanical knowledge simply because it came before a laboratory.
Today researchers are investigating hair follicles, plant extracts, fatty acids and botanical oils in ways our mothers and grandmothers could never have done.
Take rosemary.
Rosemary isn't in my Hair Essence because it became fashionable on social media.
A randomised human study involving 100 people with androgenetic alopecia compared rosemary oil with 2% minoxidil over six months. Neither group showed a significant change in hair count at three months. At six months, however, both groups showed a significant increase in hair count from where they started.
That doesn't mean every bottle containing rosemary will produce the same result.
But it does make rosemary considerably more interesting than a passing beauty trend.
Then there is coconut oil.
Its story is different.
Research examining oils on human hair found that coconut oil could reduce protein loss from both damaged and undamaged hair. Its structure allows it to penetrate into the hair fibre in a way that helps explain why it has been treasured as a hair oil across generations.
And these are only two ingredients.
Why did I end up with 29?
Because I wasn't looking for one miracle ingredient.
Hair and scalp care are more complicated than that.
My Hair Essence brings together oils, seeds, herbs and botanicals selected for different reasons.
There are oils chosen to condition and protect the hair.
There are ingredients traditionally used in scalp and hair rituals.
There are botanicals now attracting scientific investigation.
And there are ingredients I chose because of what I learned through years of working with hair and beauty and, ultimately, through working with my own hair.
Among them are rosemary, black seed, fenugreek, hibiscus, curry leaf, coconut, castor, jojoba, argan, avocado, olive, mustard, neem, hemp, grapeseed, sea buckthorn, rosehip, lavender, frankincense, myrrh, geranium, clove, cinnamon and bay, alongside the rest of the formulation that makes up Hair Essence.
For me, the beauty isn't one ingredient.
It's the formulation.
It's how those ingredients came together.
And it all began with the bottle my mother gave me.
There is science behind why hair can change too
Menopause was part of my own journey, and modern research is helping us understand why so many women notice changes at this time.
Hair follicles are biologically active structures influenced by hormones. Scientific reviews describe how the hormonal changes surrounding menopause may affect the hair cycle, hair density, the diameter of individual hairs and texture.
But hair loss isn't only a women's issue and it certainly isn't only about menopause.
There are many forms and causes of hair loss.
What interests me most now isn't diagnosing the person standing in front of me.
It's getting them to talk.
Because I see the silence all the time
This is perhaps the part of Gold Earth nobody sees online.
I'm standing behind my stall.
Someone approaches.
Their partner is beside them, so we talk about something else.
Then later they come back alone.
Their voice gets quieter.
And they tell me about their hair.
Sometimes it's a woman.
Sometimes it's a man.
And every single time I understand.
Because I know what it feels like to wait until nobody is listening before saying the words.
Hair loss can affect confidence in ways people around us don't always understand.
For a woman it can feel deeply connected to femininity and ageing.
For a man it can be equally difficult. Men are so often expected to laugh about losing their hair or simply accept it.
But if it is upsetting you, then it matters.
You don't need to be embarrassed about caring.
Maybe that's why Gold Earth became more than a bottle of oil to me
My mother gave me an oil when I was frightened about losing my hair.
I couldn't leave it there.
My curious, impatient ADHD brain wanted to understand more, add more, learn more and create something better for myself.
So I did.
Twenty-nine ingredients later, Gold Earth Hair Essence was born.
But perhaps the most important thing I've learned didn't come from an ingredient or a scientific paper.
It came from the people who quietly approach me.
We need to talk about hair loss.
Without shame.
Without whispering.
Without pretending it doesn't hurt simply because there are bigger problems in the world.
Whether you're a woman going through menopause, a man watching his hairline change, or simply someone who has started noticing more hair coming away than before — you are allowed to care about it.
I did.
And I'm very glad I didn't give up.
Gold Earth Hair Essence
Passed from my mother's hands to mine. Developed through my own journey. Handcrafted with 29 ingredients.
Nurture by Nature.