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Age Better with Liz Earle

What actually works for thinning hair? – with Liz Earle

Age Better with Liz Earle

Liz Earle

Fitness, Healthy Ageing, Gut Health, Exercise, Midlife, Menopause, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Health & Fitness, Better Second Half, Women's Health, Beauty, Self-improvement, Skincare, Health, Hormones, Wellbeing, Liz Earle, Supplements, Education

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Liz is back investigating your questions on thinning hair, intermittent fasting, sun damage, and dry mouths.


There is a question from Denise on post-menopausal hair that is thinning, plus Janice asks about handling supplements with intermittent fasting.


Liz also helps Gemma deal with sun damaged skin, and Karen with quenching a dry mouth at night.


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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Liz Al well-being show with me Liz Earl. Now Monday is your time on the show. You ask, I listen and answer your clever questions with evidence-based science-backed research to hopefully inspire you to live well. Well, if you have a question for me, do get in touch.

0:22.4

All the contact details will be at the end of the show and they are also in the episode

0:27.3

description. So coming up today then, Denise asks about hair thinning. Janice wants to know

0:34.5

about supplements and intermittent fasting and then Gemma is looking for tips on sun damage.

0:40.7

And lastly, Karen needs some help quenching a dry mouth.

0:53.4

Well, kicking things off with Denise, who has a question on hair thinning, and you ask,

0:59.6

Hi Liz, I'm a postmenopausal woman of 57, and I'm on ever old 50 patches, but nothing else since I had a hysterectomy four years ago.

1:08.7

My hair has become very fine and weak. It was all one length

1:12.4

12 months ago, but now it's different lengths. I'm active. I take vitamin D, magnesium, omega-3,

1:18.9

vitamin B-12, biotin. I have collagen and creatine in my coffee in the mornings and also have

1:24.4

electrolytes. I eat a fairly healthy diet, except a bit of sugar.

1:28.2

Is there anything that you would recommend that may help my hair growth and thickness?

1:33.3

My hair has always been my pride and joy and it's becoming an increasing cause of concern.

1:38.3

Thank you. Oh, Denise, I feel for you because hair thinning is such an emotional issue, isn't it? And it's actually

1:45.2

one of the most common postmenopausal concerns I hear about, especially frustrating when,

1:50.3

oh my gosh, you are doing so much that's right. Let's start with what's happening. Around and

1:55.8

after menopause, falling estrogen and progesterone means that testosterone becomes relatively more dominant.

2:02.6

Now this can shrink hair follicles, especially around the temples and the crown,

2:06.5

leading to finer weaker hair and slower regrowth.

2:10.3

Now a hysterectomy can accelerate this change because hormone levels drop quite suddenly.

2:15.6

So you're on Everell, which is an estrogen patch, brilliant,

2:19.3

and will definitely help to maintain scalp circulation and skin health. But many women do find

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