Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and it's time to talk. So today we're

going to talk about managing menopause because whether your perimenopause or postmenopause,

the whole process of managing your body changing into that phase is very difficult and challenging.

And no one talks about it. No one talks about it. Not enough.

Not your doctors, not your friends. It's not a conversation that's always circulating. So these

imbalance hormones and hot flashes and estrogen-defeated skin, these are some of the most

significant and noticeable symptoms of menopause. And the majority of women don't know how to manage it.

So, let's talk about this chapter of transitioning and managing.

I read a quote in the New York Times that said,

sex health expert Rachel Rubin said,

Menopause has the worst PR campaign in history. Most people believe that

menopause is just minor symptoms like hot flashes, trouble sleeping, but in reality it's so

much more than that. It's brain changes. It is a shift in the hormones in this transition

period that can cause mood swings, depression, weight gain, memory loss,

vaginaldreness, change in libido, change in your skin quality. It's so many things and also

just metabolic changes that can make you more prone to being pre-diabetic or having high blood sugars.

And the hormones are constantly fluctuating during this change.

Estrogen especially drops down, and because of this, women will notice rapid hair less

and thinning and a negative change in skin complexion and skin quality.

This is, you know, the opposite of pregnancy where you have so much estrogen that your

hair becomes a thick, luscious mane, and your boobs grow nicely, and your skin is glowy, and you have that pregnancy look.

Parenthoodipause and menopause are the opposite.

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