The keys to getting informed and going through menopause as smoothly as possible Westend61 / Getty Images / Westend61
Here are some keys to informing yourself and getting through this phase as smoothly as possible.
If ever there was a taboo topic, this is it. However, this applies to 12 million women in France, and each year 500,000 pass the threshold of 45 to 55 years… With its procession of small and large misfortunes. Between denial and apocalypse, the reality seems much more nuanced. This is what the MGEN (Public Service Agents Interchange Agents) study in collaboration with the Kantar Foundation, conducted by Kantar on French women and menopause* shows: 87% of women surveyed experienced this period well. No impact on their daily life for 41%. 30% even consider it as an advantage. The hardest thing to endure is perimenopause. However, whether mild or violent, the experience often happens in silence, and 90% would like more information from the 45-year-old.
* Out of 2000 people in September 2023.
Book
Menopause Revolution, By Laurence Howratt (Ed. Dr Good Solar). Psychologist, nutritionist and author of @la_psy_des_kilos account, she answers questions about physical, psychological and social changes.
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Two podcasts
Online at vichy.fr, the Menocoach program provides you with advice from health professionals (gynaecologists, dermatologists, nutritionists, etc.). Madame Figaro and Vichy have also developed the No Pause podcast series, where journalist Geraldine Dormoy interviews inspiring women and professionals on the topic. Clarins also has a podcast, My body, this hero, dedicated to this topic.
care
A lack of female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, and an increase in cortisol affect the quality of the skin, which becomes thinner, drier, duller, and lazier. At the same time, the influx of male hormones can accelerate hair loss and thinning, as well as excess hair growth on the chin and upper lip. The solution: Richer creams that activate the skin’s natural mechanisms, as well as vitamin and amino acid-based hair treatments.
Additions
Only those based on phytoestrogens (flax lignans, soy isoflavones, hop flavones, etc.) benefit from robust studies and are likely to reduce some discomforts, such as hot flashes, notes Odile Bagot, M.D., MD, author of Menopause, don’t panic! (Ed. Mango). It is through this same mechanism that certain plants such as black cohosh or sage (ofinal and clary) can work. Due to their hormonal activity, however, they are contraindicated in a history of hormone-dependent cancer (breast, endometrium). Then we can turn to homeopathic complexes (Climaxol, W518, Acthéane, etc.).
Source: Le Figaro
