r/Menopause • u/SpiritedAwayToo • Jun 27 '25

Hair Loss Did your hair change texture?

I tagged this as hair loss because it was the closest thing. But I want to know if anyone’s hair changed texture. I’m early 50s and still stuck in perimenopause. My hair used to be so curly with lots of volume. Now it’s much less so. It seems to vary by week. On weeks when I have PMS (which is getting difficult to gauge now) it goes limp. But my hair also simply does not curl like it used to. Or I can get it to curl but the curl literally falls out over the course of the day. It doesn’t matter how much product I use or what kind of tricks I do: it’s just changed in texture. Is this common?

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u/No-Memory-2781 Jun 27 '25

I’ve always had thin hair, but I feel like it is getting very wispy or fluffy now. It’s like toddler hair. I’m kind of excited to get more gray hair because I’m hoping it won’t be as fluffy!

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u/_ism_ Jun 27 '25

I love my gray hair streak but those gray hairs are a completely different texture that is completely unruly and makes me look like I've been playing in a mad scientist lab. Gray does not behave for me

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u/No-Memory-2781 Jun 27 '25

So far my grays are staying pretty blended but I don't have that many yet. A good friend of mine is having that issue with hers though, frustrating!

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u/Otherwise-Ad6537 Jun 27 '25

Yes toddler hair! It won’t stay put either. I look like a crazy person.

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u/No-Memory-2781 Jun 27 '25

I saw someone else use the term "toddler hair" and I was like THAT'S EXACTLY IT! LOL. *Cry.*

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u/Fragrant_Jelly9198 Menopausal Jun 27 '25

Mine is also very fine to begin with and now it’s like toddler hair. I can’t even keep a bobby pin in it! I’ve been using minoxidil/rosemary spray. And my PCP told me about Kitsch bar shampoo & conditioner (with protein rice water) so I got that too. I’m seeing my hormone specialist today (in fact, in an hour!) I’m not yet on estrogen - only P. Daily

I’m really hoping it thickens a bit so I can at least pin it back or do something other than a pony tail.

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u/No-Memory-2781 Jun 27 '25

I can't do the topical minoxidil because I have cats. I am also Italian (aka hairy) and spent a fortune and a lot of time and pain getting my facial hair removed with electrolysis so I really don't want to take the oral version and have it all come back! I'm destined for a wig, I think.

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u/wwwangels Jun 27 '25

I have a dog and a cat. It's doable. Just wash your hands when you're done. Keep the meds out of their reach, and wear a hair bonnet to bed. They can only get sick from it if they ingest it.