I'm a 53-year-old beauty expert: Here's exactly how to stop hair loss

It may be your ponytail doesn’t feel as full as it used to, or you’ve noticed more hair on your hairbrush or on the shower floor.

Whatever the signs, realising your hair is thinning can be distressing. For me, now aged 53, it was a bit like finding the first grey hair – a horrible shock. Immediately, I wanted to do something about it.

The first thing to know is that it’s completely normal. ‘Eighty per cent of women will start to experience some form of hair loss by the time they’re 50,’ says consultant dermatologist Dr Ophelia Veraitch, one of the UK’s leading hair-loss experts.

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