Female Health
How do sex hormones affect my body?
Hair Have you heard that stress makes your hair fall out? That’s likely due to the rise in cortisol that can target and damage hair follicles, leading to hair loss. When it comes to reproductive health though, two significant events that can affect our health are pregnancy and menopause. The increase in oestrogen and progesterone during pregnancy leads to hair growth and strength, nurturing the hair and preventing hair loss. Once those hormone levels balance out post-pregnancy or decrease significantly in the case of menopause, it can lead to hair loss (Grymowicz et al., 2020). On the other side of the spectrum, we have hirsutism (excessive hair growth). This condition is often a symptom of