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Menopause Changes a Lot. Your Hair Care Should Adapt Too.

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Menopausal hair loss has a specific cause. It's not "just getting older." Here's what actually happens: as estrogen drops in perimenopause and menopause, testosterone becomes proportionally dominant. Your scalp has an enzyme called 5α-reductase that converts a small amount of that testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone that binds to receptors on your hair follicles and slowly shrinks them. Every growth cycle, the follicle produces a slightly thinner, shorter hair. Over 5-10 years, follicles that used to produce thick strands produce nothing at all. This is female pattern hair loss. It affects roughly 40% of women by age 50. The industry answer is minoxidil: a topical drug with side effects (scalp itching, unwanted facial hair, dependency) that stops working the moment you stop applying it. Here's what almost no one tells you: certain plants inhibit 5α-reductase directly. 🎃 Pumpkin seed oil — in a 24-week randomized, placebo-controlled trial, produced a 40% increase in hair count vs placebo, working through 5α-reductase inhibition (Cho et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2014). 🌿 Rosemary essential oil — in a 6-month randomized trial vs 2% minoxidil, produced equivalent hair regrowth, with less scalp itching (Panahi et al. Skinmed 2015). Frøya's Hair System combines both, in a sulfate-free and parabens-free formula built for menopausal scalps. Zero synthetics. Zero harsh detergents. The mechanism your dermatologist would recognize, from the plants that produced the science. Learn more 👉🏼 Sources: Grymowicz et al. Int J Mol Sci 2020 · Herskovitz & Tosti Int J Endocrinol Metab 2013 · Cho et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 2014 · Panahi et al. Skinmed 2015