Thinning Hair in Menopause – Why It Happens and What To Do About It

The Doctor Youn Show

Dr. Anthony Youn

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Ever wonder why your hair starts thinning during menopause, or why it suddenly feels weaker and harder to grow? In this episode of The Dr. Youn Show, Dr. Anthony Youn breaks down the real reasons behind menopausal hair loss, from shifting hormones and declining estrogen to the surprising role of DHT and stress. You’ll learn how these internal changes impact your hair cycle and what that actually looks like in real life. 🔗 Links and Resources (Provided by Dr. Youn): → Clean your home without hormone disrupting and skin irritating chemicals! Get 15% off Branch Basics with the code DRYOUN at https://branchbasics.com/DRYOUN → I know you’ll love the BON CHARGE Red Light Face Mask! For a limited time, get 15% off when you order from https://boncharge.com and use my promo code DRYOUN at checkout. → Nutrafol Women’s Balance: https://www.younbeauty.com/products/nutrafol-women-s-balance → YOUN Beauty Supplemental Collagen: https://www.younbeauty.com/products/supplemental-collagen On This Episode We Cover: → 00:00:00 - Introduction → 00:00:51 - Alopecia + Estrogen → 00:06:48 - Collagen Loss → 00:08:08 - Stress Induced Hair Loss → 00:11:15 - Sleep Hygiene + Meditation → 00:14:30 - HRT Study → 00:18:02 - Red Light Therapy → 00:19:20 - Topical Hair Treatment → 00:21:41 - Oral Minoxidil + Supplementation → 00:24:45 - Collagen + Hair Growth Phase → 00:26:57 - Nutrition + Lifestyle → 00:30:20 - Longevity Watch This Next! → Menopause Isn’t the End — It’s the Upgrade! With Dr. Mindy Pelz 📍 Check out Dr. Youn’s skincare products and nutritional supplements -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://younbeauty.com 📍 Download his FREE eGuide: "What to Eat to Look Younger" -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discover.younbeauty.com/what-to-eat-to-look-younger-1⁠⁠ 📍 Download his FREE eGuide: 10 Things Every Plastic Surgery Patient Must Know: ⁠⁠https://discover.younbeauty.com/10-things-1⁠⁠ 📍 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUN Beauty Retinol Moisturizer⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📍 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUN Beauty Retinol Eye Cream⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📍 Follow Dr. Youn on Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tonyyounmd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📍 Follow Dr. Youn on YouTube -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/tonyyounmd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📍 Follow Dr. Youn on TikTok - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@doctoryoun⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 📍 Follow Dr. Youn on Facebook - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@dryoun⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dr. Youen Show.
0:04.1	I'm Dr. Anthony Youen, also known as America's holistic plastic surgeon.
0:08.6	Each episode will dive into the world of cosmetic medicine and alternative health
0:12.6	to help you look and feel better than ever before.
0:15.9	Are you ready to auto-juvenate yourself to a younger you?
0:19.3	Well, if so, then let's get started.
0:29.0	I'm excited to bring you this week's podcast. We're going to be talking all about what you can do
0:33.4	with the changes in your hair that you may see with menopause. Yes, with metapause, you get so many
0:38.7	wonderful things that can happen to your body. Thinning hair is one of them. And on today's
0:43.9	podcast, I'm going to explain why that happens and exactly what you can do about it. But before we
0:49.4	get there, let me give a quick shout-out to Maly-4. Maly-4 left a nice review of this podcast on iTunes stating, Love Dr. Youne. I enjoyed listening to his podcast on GLP-1 Medications. Well, thank you so much, Maly-Four for this nice review. And if you've been enjoying this podcast, if you could just take two minutes of your time to leave a rating or review on iTunes or Spotify or wherever you get your podcast,
1:11.6	it really helps me spread the word and every week I'll give a shout out to somebody who does.
1:16.3	Okay, so let's talk about menopause and thinning hair. Yes, so many changes happen to the body
1:23.0	with menopause. Thinning hair is just one of them. Did you know, first of all, that two out of three women
1:29.3	experience thinning hair with menopause? Yes, two out of three women get thinning hair and
1:36.3	hair loss after menopause. And so what causes it? Well, the first thing you have to consider is
1:41.1	androgenic alopecia. Androgenic alopecia basically is a type of hair loss
1:47.1	where you get thinning hair at the crown of the hair itself. So up like around here, you can also get
1:54.2	kind of diffuse thinning of the hair, and you can get a reseeding hair line. So once again,
1:59.9	thinning of hair at the crown, which is kind of like the apex, the top of your skull. You can get a receding hair line. So once again, thinning of hair at the crown, which is kind of
2:01.6	like the apex, the top of your skull, you can get hair that is thinning kind of throughout,
2:07.0	and you can get a receding hair line. And honestly, this describes my hair, too. So it's like,
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