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The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

The Truth About Women's Hair Loss After 40 and What Actually Works - 1278

The Chalene Show | Diet, Fitness & Life Balance

Chalene Johnson

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Hair loss is not one problem, and that is exactly why so many women waste time and money treating it the wrong way. In this episode, Chalene Johnson breaks down the two most common types of hair loss in women, what may actually be causing thinning or shedding hair, and why your ferritin levels could be a major missing piece. She also walks through the science backed hair loss treatments that actually work, including minoxidil, scalp care, prescription options, and higher end treatments like red light therapy and PRP. Plus, she calls out the popular hair growth products and remedies that may be more hype than help.

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🤓 What You Will Learn

  • How to tell the difference between hair shedding and genetic hair loss
  • Why stress, illness, surgery, or rapid weight loss can trigger delayed hair loss
  • What androgenetic alopecia looks like in women
  • Why ferritin levels matter for hair growth
  • Which popular hair remedies have little scientific support
  • Why biotin rarely helps unless you are deficient
  • Why minoxidil is considered the gold standard for regrowth
  • Prescription options that may help genetic hair thinning
  • Higher end treatments that show promise
  • Why scalp health and inflammation matter for hair growth
  • When to see a dermatologist for answers and treatment options

 

 

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Hair Loss in Women Over 40: What ACTUALLY Works? with Dr. Dray

 

 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hair loss is kind of a bucket term.

0:02.5

It's like going to your mechanic and saying,

0:05.0

yeah, my car is making a noise.

0:07.4

It could be a lot of different things.

0:09.5

And there are two completely different problems

0:12.8

hiding underneath that term.

0:16.4

First, there's the shedding.

0:18.0

Maybe notice extra hair in your hair brush

0:20.0

or there's maybe clumps of hair

0:22.1

even in the shower. You have to remember, your scalp is like a factory. And the follicles,

0:27.6

well, those are the workers. The hair is the product that the workers produce. And they all

0:33.5

impact each other. Think of shedding as a, it's like a temporary strike by the workers.

0:38.8

So the workers, meaning the follicles, I said, yeah, we're too stressed out right now to

0:43.0

be working.

0:44.1

And so what happens is the hair starts to fall away.

0:47.7

The workers are still there.

0:49.1

They're still present.

0:50.1

The follicles are still present.

0:51.1

They're just on strike at the moment.

0:53.2

So like the machinery that makes the product, it hasn't gone anywhere. It's just on strike. And this can happen

0:59.7

for a whole number of reasons. I'm sure you've experienced something where maybe you've given

1:04.4

birth or gone through a really stressful period in your life, maybe a divorce, a very serious

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