Your part is widening, your ponytail is thinner, and your scalp itches

Midlife hair loss has several causes that look identical in the mirror — the hormonal shift, low ferritin, scalp inflammation, and rapid weight loss on a GLP-1 medication. These articles separate them, because which one you have decides what helps.

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