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“Hair” raising topic ahead. As estrogen decreases, its ratio to testosterone changes—and suddenly, hair changes enter the picture. There are two main things that can happen to hair in perimenopause and menopause. First: thinning or loss of hair on your head (we will talk about this in a future blog). Second: extra  hair growth on your face. Bold and beautiful: A striking illustration captures the confident expression of a bald woman with vibrant red lips and a bright orange c

Thanks to social media (and sometimes my children), I occasionally manage to catch onto a trend before it becomes outdated. This is not a skill I had in high school, so I consider it a midlife achievement. Yesterday I was scrolling Instagram and came across a post about a 23-year-old woman from India, Sithara Jahan. She asked her strict parents for permission to go on a girls’ trip to Kashmir—something she was absolutely sure they would say no to. And surprisingly… they said

Since being born during the bicentennial year in a small hospital in Hoboken, New Jersey, I have traveled to India eight times—five during childhood and three in adulthood. Last night, when I couldn’t sleep (jet lag, perimenopause, and a new bed), I found myself thinking about how, on each trip, I’ve seen India through a different lens. And to be honest, that realization frustrated me. In my fiftieth year of life, wasn’t I capable of seeing things consistently? Was it strange