831: Supplements for Early Menopause

Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

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4.9 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Vaginal dryness, insomnia, irregular periods, how are you treating your menopause symptoms? Hey Beauties, on this week’s Five Minute Friday, we chat about different supplements and herbs you can rely on to treat your menopausal symptoms! Some of these include ginseng, dong quad, flax seeds, and many more! Hormonal replacement therapy is also a great option to alleviate any menopausal symptoms! Be sure to talk to your doctor before undergoing any treatments or supplements! Want to learn how to incorporate supplements and herbs into your daily routine during your menopause phase? Listen to find out more!

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0:00.0	Well, hello, hello, guys, you're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic
0:20.2	Surgeon, and it's time for a five
0:22.1	minute friday i love these five minute fridays it's a flash of information something you didn't know
0:28.1	about a topic that you should know more about and today we're going to talk all about menopause
0:34.6	this is not a fun topic but a very necessary one if you've been in perimenopause postmenopause. This is not a fun topic, but a very necessary one. If you've been in pari menopause,
0:41.0	postmenopause, menopause itself, first of all, I hate the word menopause. I really think we should
0:46.7	rebrand it. It's time for a woman on fire phase of life. And anyone can experience menopause.
0:53.6	The modern woman is having menopausal symptoms starting as
0:57.2	early as age 35. So yes, the fatigue, the brain fog, the hair loss, the centripetal body fat,
1:05.0	the changes in your skin, the acne as an adult, many of these things are menopausal. I wanted to talk a little bit today about
1:13.3	supplements that you can take to improve early, early, early symptoms, starting even at age 35 to 40,
1:20.7	45 early menopause is a thing. Parymenopause is the name of it. What are the symptoms?
1:29.3	Menopause starts 12 months from the time of a woman's last period. So if you've had your last period, it's been 12 months,
1:34.3	you're probably having menopausal symptoms. Women who are within the ages of 40 to 50 get a
1:40.7	decline in their reproductive hormones. And you may have other symptoms like mood changes period
1:47.8	cycles that are very super irregular hot flashes this one of the most common symptoms of course is hot flashes
1:55.3	especially this intense warmth feeling of your neck and face flushing and you just really can't control
2:03.8	the feeling like you're on fire internally like a thermos and it's a thermostat going off it is intense
2:11.6	you may experience changes in your period cycling a cycle may not be the same. The shorter days, longer days,
2:19.5	heavier flow, those are all potential signs of early menopause. Incontinence is often common
2:27.7	during menopause when menopause hits, estrogens drop, collagen production, tanks, and tissues that rely on elasticity
2:36.7	and springback, like around the bladder, the aurethra, these things can change and you can have
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