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# Hello Menopause

Menopause can be a difficult experience for some women. We provide helpful information and menopause-related products to improve your lifestyle.

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- [Blog](https://hellomenopause.net/blog/) - Blog landing page:Drop down menu –MenopauseSkinSexual health Copy:No matter what you’re looking for, the advertorial free, evidence-based information in these articles is sure to help. Have a read! Rows of articles Blogs in attached .zip file and on main jira
- [The menopause skincare guide](https://hellomenopause.net/over-40-skincare-guide/) - The Hitchhiker's Guide to Skincare in menopause: Discover how your skin changes & what can help. There are so many things that affect our skin quality - pollution, too much sun exposure and declining hormones are just some. In fact, its said that in the first 5 years after menopause we lose 30% of our
- [Menopause & the brain](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-the-brain/) - Menopause and the brain: could MHT/HRT really prevent dementia? How many times have you walked into the kitchen and found yourself wondering what you came in for, or struggled to find words only to end up saying: "you know, the thing-a-me-jig that what's-his-name uses'? If you're approaching menopause or are already on the other side
- [Making the most of your GP appointment](https://hellomenopause.net/making-the-most-of-your-gp-appointment/) - How to make the most of your GP appointment if you want to discuss menopause? You've only got ten minutes, so how do you make the most of it if you want to talk to your doctor about menopause? This is a question that’s kept Dr Carys Sonnenberg awake for many nights – tossing and
- [Overactive bladder](https://hellomenopause.net/overactive-bladder/) - Running to the toilet more than 7 times a day? Feel the need that you have to go right now? Find out why and what you can do about it. Most of the time we don't pay much attention to our bladder - it just does what it does - emptying a few times a
- [Nadia Yousri](https://hellomenopause.net/nadia-yousri/) - GYNAECOLOGIST At a glance: Dr Nadia Yousri is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists-London, an OB&GY; Surgeon & Aesthetic Regenerative Gynaecology & Sexual Medicine Consultant. She is A TripleBoard-Certified in OB&GY; with FRCOG, MRCOG, PhD, Master’s Degree & FSRH, and a University Lecturer Degree. Dr Nadia is working in NHS top
- [Kate Organ Accredited Menopause Specialist](https://hellomenopause.net/kate-organ-accredited-menopause-specialist/) - MENOPAUSE At a glance: Founder of The Menopause Specialists, Kate Organ is a pharmacist and BMS accredited menopause specialist who also has an interest in mental health, PMS & PMDD. Qualifications: MRPharms Hons, Msc, PGdip, PGcert Location: Guilford and Haselmere and online Experience: 20yrs+ Bio: Kate Organ has 20+ years clinical and leadership experience within
- [Dr Naomi Potter](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-naomi-potter/) - MENOPAUSE At a glance: Dr Naomi Potter is a GP with a special interest in Menopause. She understands how difficult menopause can be and is passionate about providing holistic care to women in their mid-life, and offers a bespoke menopause service online only but has clinics with a team of dedicated menopause doctors in Barnes,
- [Nadia Bhal – Consultant Gynaecologist](https://hellomenopause.net/nadia-bhal-consultant-gynaecologist/) - MENOPAUSE & COSMETIC GYNAECOLOGY At a glance: Mrs Nadia Bhal is a Consultant Gynaecologist at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in South Wales. She is a member of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and British Menopause Society. Her practice focuses on Pelvic Floor Disorders, Childbirth Related trauma, Menopausal health and Cosmetic Gynaecology. Qualifications: MBChB,
- [Dr Ferhat Uddin](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-ferhat-uddin/) - MENOPAUSE & WOMEN'S HEALTH At a glance: Dr Ferhat Uddin, is a GP with a special interest in Menopause Care. She has a diploma in Women’s Health, with further training at Guy’s Hospital Menopause Clinic and is a member of the British Menopause Society. She is the founder of Liberty Health Clinics, where she offers
- [Dr Radhika Vohra](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-radhika-vohra/) - MENOPAUSE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH At a glance: Dr Radhika Vohra, MbChB, BMedSci, MRCGP Dist (2005), DFFP FRT, DCH, is a qualified GP with a special interest in Women’s Health, Menopause and Education. She qualified in 2001 from the University of Birmingham Medical School and works as a NHS & Private GP in Surrey. Qualifications: MbChB,
- [Dr Juliet Balfour](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-juliet-balfour/) - Dr Juliet Balfour is an NHS GP with a special interest in menopause. She trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School in London and later did her GP training in Somerset. She has been a GP partner at Glastonbury Surgery for many years where she looks after women at all stages of life. She runs
- [Dr Shashi Prasad](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-shashi-prasad/) - GP AND MENOPAUSE At a glance: Dr Shashi is an experienced GP, BMS accredited Advanced Menopause Specialist with special interest in Lifestyle and Functional Medicine. She is passionate about women’s midlife health and aims to provide highest standard of care to her clients. Qualifications: MBBS, MRCGP, DRCOG, Dip BSLM, BMS Advanced Menopause Specialist Location: New
- [Annice Mukherjee](https://hellomenopause.net/annice-mukherjee/) - Annice Mukherjee is highly regarded in her field and has held elected positions on national committees for the Society for Endocrinology. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and member of the British Thyroid Association and British Menopause Society. She was an NHS consultant
- [Zoe Schaedel](https://hellomenopause.net/zoe-schaedel/) - Zoe Schaedel is a member of the British Menopause Society (BMS) and is an accredited trainer and mentor to clinicians wishing to develop their knowledge and skills in Menopause Care with the BMS. She is passionate about education and sees this as vital in achieving high quality individualised menopause care for all. Zoe Schaedel also
- [Vikram Sinai Talaulikar](https://hellomenopause.net/vikram-sinai-talaulikar/) - MENOPAUSE + IVF At a glance: Mr. Vikram Sinai Talaulikar is the co-founder of the Menopause Clinic London on Harley Street along side menopause expert, Professor Isaac Manyonda. He has dedicated his career to helping women with their reproductive problems, in particular those associated with premature menopause. Qualifications: MBBS, MD, MRCOG, PhD Location: Harley Street,
- [Dr Shahzadi Harper](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-shahzadi-harper/) - WOMEN'S HEALTH – MENOPAUSE At a glance: Dr Shahzadi Harper is a menopause doctor who is interested helping women balance their hormones and optomise their health in the peri-menopause and menopause. She speaks regularly on the Menopause, health benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Vaginal Lasertherapy (Femilift) for menopause symptoms, vaginal laxity and incontinence.
- [Dr Samantha Brown](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-samantha-brown/) - Dr Samantha Brown is a GP and Menopause Specialist at The Bronte Clinic, a Women’s Health Clinic in Chelsea, which she founded in 2021 with Dr Fiona McCarthy. The Bronte Clinic practice evidence-based medicine with kindness. Dr Brown is passionate about providing holistic menopause care and has a special interest in mental health and how
- [Dr Emma Ping](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-emma-ping/) - Dr Emma Ping is passionate about offering women holistic, patient-centred, bespoke advice and support, enabling them to be empowered and maximise their wellbeing and long-term health at any age. She believes it is never too late start improving your life. Her approach is open, empathic and non-judgemental, aiming to address every woman’s unique situation and
- [Dr Carys Sonnenberg](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-carys-sonnenberg/) - MENOPAUSE DOCTOR At a glance: Dr Carys Sonnenberg is passionate about women’s health and has set up Rowena Health to give her the opportunity to care for more women; to set up a clinic where she can provide care to the highest standard.Carys qualified as a doctor in 1996 and has been a GP for
- [Dr Alison Macbeth](https://hellomenopause.net/dr-alison-macbeth/) - At a glance: Dr Alison MacBeth is a British Menopause Society accredited GP with a passion for women’s health including Genito-Urinary Medicine, Breast Cancer & Menopause. She is also a Breast Speciality Doctor in an NHS Breast Unit in Glasgow, and she also consults privately as a menopause specialist at Health In Menopause. Qualifications: Dr
- [DHEA & skin](https://hellomenopause.net/dhea-skin/) - DHEA is sometimes used to treat the symptoms of menopause. Dr Haran Sivapalan explains what it is and what it does to you and your skin. DHEA stands for dehydroepiandosterone. It is sometimes known as ‘prasterone.’ It is a hormone naturally produced by the body’s adrenal glands. More accurately, it is classified as a ‘precursor
- [Menopause the messy bits](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-the-messy-bits/) - From flash floods to fibroids & polyps - menopause can be messy. Dr Carys Sonnenberg explains. We women go through a lot around menopause and our hormones play a big role in quite a few of them. Our periods can change. They can become lighter, heavier, closer together or further apart - of a combination
- [Ashwaghanda](https://hellomenopause.net/ashwaghanda/) - Could Ashwaghanda help with your menopause symptoms Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is fast becoming one of the most popular ingredients in wellness supplements, especially when it comes to perimenopause/menopause. It's said to help in reducing stress and anxiety as well as improving brain function, among other things - but do the claims stack up? Ashwagandha, or
- [Menopause & cancer: the risks explained.](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-cancer-the-risks-explained/) - Consultant Gynaecologist Professor Isaac Manyonda answers some frequently asked questions on menopause, HRT and breast cancer. Q: Is HRT safe? A: "There's no doubt that the one thing what worries women when it comes to HRT is the Big C, breast cancer. When it comes to the WHI studies which were published in 2002-3, the
- [Affected hair, skin & nails](https://hellomenopause.net/affected-hair-skin-nails/) - How does menopause affect your skin, hair and nails? Dr Naomi Potter explains what it does and what can help. Menopause is so much more than hot flushes and night sweats. There are more than 40 symptoms that signal declining oestrogen levels, and many affect our skin, hair and nails. As skin is the body’s
- [Menopause & hair loss](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-hair-loss/) - Hair loss and the Menopause. Scalp Confidential's Kelli Morrell explain the treatment options. Hair loss isn’t always first on the list of seemingly never ending list of Menopause symptoms and because of that many women don't realise that their thinning hair is associated with their declining oestrogen levels. We see many women over the age
- [Adult acne](https://hellomenopause.net/adult-acne/) - Just when you thought you were too old for spots – they make a come back. Heather stephen looks at some of the reasons why and what you can do to get rid of them. Spots are an unwelcome but normal part of teenage life but sometimes they can carry on or even start for
- [Oils and lubes](https://hellomenopause.net/oils-and-lubes/) - It might be 'natural' but should you use cooking oils to soothe your dry vagina? These days there is a plethora of internet sites targeting menopausal women offering a variety of 'natural' solutions for the symptoms of menopause - and one of the most prevalent of those although it's rarely spoken about is vaginal dryness.
- [Prolapse](https://hellomenopause.net/prolapse/) - What is a prolapse and why do they happen. A prolapse occurs when one or more of the organs in the pelvis shift from from their normal position and push on the walls of the vagina, or in the case of the uterus, bulge into into. There are four main types which involve the womb (uterus),
- [Pelvic floor health](https://hellomenopause.net/pelvic-floor-health/) - From prolapses to peeing when we sneeze - find out how the right advice from a physiotherapist could change your life. 'Are you doing your Kegel exercises?' It's a question we often hear when it comes to problems with the waterworks, but is it the right question? Women's health physiotherapist Fiona Mitchell has been working
- [Sex during menopause](https://hellomenopause.net/sex-during-menopause/) - Are you talking about sex to your doctor? If not, you should because they can really help - but you may have to make the first move. You might have a great relationship with your doctor but you might be too embarrassed to talk about problems you're having when it comes to sex - and,
- [Menopause symptoms](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-symptoms/) - Do your Menopause Symptoms Really Fade Away After Menopause? There’s a perception that menopause symptoms fade away within several years of your periods stopping and post-menopausal life goes blissfully on, but a growing body of research is challenging that. We know that vasomotor symptoms (VMS) usually start in perimenopause and for most women last around
- [Progesterone](https://hellomenopause.net/progesterone/) - Confused about how to use progesterone or you don't tolerate it well? Dr Juliet Balfour explains your options. If you have a uterus you need progesterone as part of your HRT. It is vital for controlling the thickness of the endometrium or lining of the womb. By stopping it from becoming too thick it reduces
- [The Menopause Symptom Checker](https://hellomenopause.net/the-menopause-symptom-checker/) - Get your downloadable Menopause Symptoms Check List here! If you're planning on speaking to your GP about starting HRT or other treatment options to help manage your perimenopause or post menopause symptoms, print and fill in this symptom checker. It will help you workout how your symptoms are affecting you and it will save time

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- [Home](https://hellomenopause.net/) - What we do At Hello Menopause we want you to have the best peri and post menopausal life you can have! That starts with the choices you make today, and we're here to help. Hello Menopause started its life back in 2019 as Harley Street Emporium - a one stop home of evidence-based information for
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- [Menopause](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause/) - Menopause landing page Headline: Menopause Copy: Menopause – it can sneak up on you, or hit you like a mac truck. Depending on whose list your looking at there can be up to 60 symptoms, so it’s no wonder no two menopauses are the same. And while some people may ‘sail through it’
- [About Us](https://hellomenopause.net/about-us/) - Helping you navigate menopause About us Meet the founder Hi, I'm Fiona. I'm an Australian journalist with a science background. I spent 20 years with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in TV news and current affairs before moving into medical publishing. I've written for The Lancet, Australian Doctor, and Medical Observer, as well as health education
- [footer info not page](https://hellomenopause.net/hello-menopause-empowering-your-journey/) - Footer: Contact info Contact Us; Email: hello@hellomenopause.net Tel: 07507228214 Privacy policy: OUR UPDATED GDPR PRIVACY POLICY: General Alfinity Ltd trading as Hello Menopause. We take the privacy of your information very seriously. Our privacy and data protection policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that
- [Privacy Policy](https://hellomenopause.net/privacy-policy/) - Privacy Policy Our updated GDPR privacy policy: General Alfinity Ltd trading as Hello Menopause. We take the privacy of your information very seriously. Our privacy and data protection policy is designed to tell you about our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information that you may provide via the Hello Menopause website. By using
- [Our Experts](https://hellomenopause.net/our-experts/) - Our Experts Kate Organ Accredited Menopause Specialist Dr Alison Macbeth Dr Carys Sonnenberg Dr Emma Ping Dr Shashi Prasad Dr Samantha Brown Dr Radhika Vohra Dr Ferhat Uddin Nadia Bhal - Consultant Gynaecologist Dr Naomi Potter Dr Shahzadi Harper Vikram Sinai Talaulikar Nadia Yousri Zoe Schaedel Dr Juliet Balfour Annice Mukherjee
- [Menopause and Sex](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-and-sex/) - Headline: Menopause and Sexual Health Copy: Somewhere between 70-90% of those who go through menopause will have pelvic floor, vaginal or bladder symptoms. These could be prolapses, vaginal dryness and painful sex, or bladder leakage (stress urinary incontinence which is peeing when you run, laugh or sneeze) or urgency (having to go NOW!), or even increased frequency
- [Menopause and Skin](https://hellomenopause.net/menopause-and-skin/) - Menopause and Skin landing page Headline: Menopause and Skin Copy: Your skin performs some really important functions. It helps you regulate your temperature, protects you from all sorts of nasties trying to get into your body and helps keep your internal bits safe from injury, but as we age and our hormone levels drop, it undergoes some significant
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- [MenoWars](https://hellomenopause.net/product/menowars/) - Fiona Confused about menopause? MenoWars tells you why people are arguing over how best to treat it, how it could affect your longterm health and how you can advocate for yourself in a medical system that's still stacked with misogyny & misinformation and rapidly growing commercialisation.
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- [Menopause](https://hellomenopause.net/category/menopause/) - Menopause – it can sneak up on you, or hit you like a mac truck Depending on the list you’re looking at, there can be up to 60 symptoms, so it’s no wonder no two menopauses are the same. And while some people may ‘sail through it’ unscathed, others will find it a very difficult phase of life. In all cases there are changes in our bodies as a result that we may not see or feel but need to be aware of such as bone loss, rising blood pressure or cholesterol levels that can raise our risk of heart disease in the years to come. So, we’re here to guide you through that with helpful articles and useful resources (like our symptom checker).
- [Menopause & skin](https://hellomenopause.net/category/menopause/menopause-skin/) - Menopause and Your Skin Your skin performs some really important functions. It helps you regulate your temperature, protects you from all sorts of nasties trying to get into your body and helps keep your internal bits safe from injury, but as we age and our hormone levels drop, it undergoes some significant changes. It loses hydration, it loses collagen (around 30% in the first 5 years after menopause) and elastin (the scaffolding that helps keep it firm and smooth) and as a result, fine lines and wrinkles appear, and it can become more sensitive, drier and itchier. For people with rosacea, they can see more flare ups. But, around perimenopausal some people find they get more outbreaks and oily skin returns due to the fluctuating hormones. So, what can be done. Take a look at the articles to find out what could help you.
- [Menopause & sex](https://hellomenopause.net/category/menopause/menopause-sex/) - Are you paying attention to your sexual and intimate health? It’s important! Somewhere between 70-90% of those who go through menopause will have vaginal or bladder symptoms. Collectively these are known as the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause or GSM. It may not be a phrase that roles off the tongue about it’s one you need to know about! A ‘bit of vaginal dryness’ may not sound like much, but it can affect your quality of life significantly. If you can’t have sex because it’s too painful your relationship with your partner may be affected. If your external genitalia is itching and burning you may not be able to sit comfortably, walk properly or exercise. And if you’re having constant bladder infections, bacterial vaginosis or are scared to exercise or leave the house because you might pee yourself – your no longer living your best life. These symptoms are very common – so don’t think that you’re alone, but just because they’re ‘common’ doesn’t mean they’re ‘normal’ and the good news is there is a lot that can help. You don’t have to ‘put up’ with them. It doesn’t have to be ‘your lot in life.’ So, take a look at the articles we’re got here and learn about what could work for you. Also, if you have a spare moment, please take the time to fill in our intimate health questionnaire below. We aren’t collecting any personal details that will identify you but your answers will help us get a better picture of women’s intimate health from pre to post menopause. Thank you!

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