Jay’s Medispa

12/06/2026

The clinical layer most people don't get told about ni****ne.

Carbon monoxide. Vasoconstriction. Free radicals. Collagen breakdown. These are the named mechanisms that show up in skin and hair over time.

Swipe for what's actually happening, and where va**ng sits in the picture🖤

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10/06/2026

Va**ng was sold as the safer option, and on a few measures it is. On the measures that affect skin and hair, the picture is less convincing.

Ni****ne is the active component. It constricts the vessels that feed skin and scalp, regardless of whether you're inhaling smoke or vapour.

This isn't about giving things up. It's about knowing what your body is responding to🖤

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09/06/2026

Hair grows in three phases, and the rhythm between them is what changes through perimenopause.

Anagen is the active growth phase, where 85 to 90 percent of your hair lives, for two to six years at a time.

Catagen is the short transition phase, around two to three weeks, where growth slows and the follicle prepares to rest.

Telogen is the resting and shedding phase. It's normally a small fraction of your hair, but it increases through perimenopause, which is why the shedding can feel sudden even though the shift has been gradual.

One small thing that supports the body through this shift: ask your GP to check your ferritin at your next blood test. Above 70 is what hair tends to need to stay in its growing phase. Most people don't think to ask, and most labs flag "normal" at a much lower number.

The follicles haven't given up. The conditions around them have changed🖤

08/06/2026

The clinical layer behind the shedding most women experience in their 40's.

Hair grows in three phases: anagen, catagen and telogen. Perimenopause shortens the first and tips more hairs into the last. The result is sudden-looking shedding from a gradual hormonal shift.

Swipe for what's actually changing, and what we look for in clinic🖤

06/06/2026

More on the pillow. More in the shower drain. More in the hairbrush.

If your hair has been shedding more than usual and no one has mentioned why, this one's for you.

For a lot of women, perimenopause shows up in hair before it shows up in their cycle. It's not random. It's hormonal. And it's not your hair giving up🖤

06/06/2026

30% of your skin's collagen in the first five years of menopause. Most of it front-loaded.

That's the number worth knowing.

If you'd like to understand what your skin is doing and what supports it through the shift, a free consultation is a good place to start🖤

05/06/2026

The conversation we have often in clinic.

A woman sits down and says her skin has changed but her periods are still regular, so it can't be hormonal yet.

Most of the time, it is.

Swipe for what's actually happening, and why the early window matters🖤

04/06/2026

03/06/2026

If your skin has changed and you've been wondering why, this one's for you.

Perimenopause can start 8 to 10 years before your final period. Oestrogen begins shifting in your late thirties or early forties, long before cycles become obviously irregular.

Skin is often where the change shows first.

You're not imagining it. The shift is real, and the window to work with your skin is wider than the one where you're working against it🖤

02/06/2026

A simple way we think about skin and hair.

If something is changing, the first question we ask isn't what treatment do we add. It's which pillar needs support.

Book a free consultation if you'd like to map your own🖤