If you had told me 10 years ago that at 50 my hair would be longer, fuller, and healthier than it was in my thirties, I would have thought you were lying. Back then, I genuinely believed I would never be able to get my hair's old condition back. Like for so many women, it has always been my comfort blanket, and while it wasn’t as thick as my mum’s or sister’s, it had always been long and full. So when it began to change, it hit my confidence hard.
I first noticed my hair thinning the year I turned 40. At the time, I was working as beauty director of Boots Health & Beauty magazine, and my kids were 11 and five, so I was well past the post-partum hair loss stage. I remember noticing my scalp far more at the front – it would also be visible when looking in the rearview mirror of my car. And once I noticed it, I couldn't unsee it.
