A woman who did not recognise herself in the mirror is raising awareness of a life changing phase half the population faces.
Yvonne Lloyd, of Crosby, was 50 when her periods "suddenly stopped" due to the menopause. A few months later, she then began experiencing "hot sweats", especially at night, meaning she was losing sleep and was "tired all the time".
She also developed arthritis in her hand and lost 50% of her hair which went "really thin" and had a "zero sex drive". She told the ECHO: "I was starting to look older in the mirror, my skin was looking dull, the skin was getting slack around the jawline and my wrinkles were getting deeper."
