When your mother is diagnosed with something, the phone rings. When someone you love dies, the flowers arrive. When your hair thins in your forties — silence.
When your mother is diagnosed with something, the phone rings. When someone you love dies, the flowers arrive. When your hair thins in your forties — silence.
Nobody asks how you are doing. Nobody notices you have stopped wearing it up. Nobody sees you standing in the shower after a wash, holding a handful of it in your hand.
Last week's episode was the checklist — the five red flags of menopause hair loss. This week is the permission slip.
In this episode, Esmael Gilis — founder of HEADS (Belgium, 1998), 28 years behind the chair, a two-time nominee at the Belgian Hairdressing Awards — sits with the emotional side of perimenopausal hair loss. What no one else will say. Why women grieve it in silence. The three sentences he hears most often in the chair. And the three permissions he gives every client in her forties this week — permissions, not treatments.
In this episode:
Free companion guide — The 7 Types of Hair Loss:
👉 https://heads-hairacademy.com/hair-recovery
A 14-page plain-language guide with photos, self-check, the exact blood panel to ask for, and how to take a baseline photo that doesn't lie to you. No cost, no card, no spam.
Listen to Ep 8 first (if you haven't):
The Five Red Flags of Menopause Hair. This week's episode is the emotional companion.
Watch on YouTube:
📺 https://www.youtube.com/@HairHormonesHonestTalk
This episode complements your doctor's advice and does not replace it. Esmael Gilis is a professional hairdresser, not a medical professional. If perimenopause hair loss is affecting your mental health, please speak to your GP.