9 perimenopause symptoms women are told to ignore — and what to actually do about them
Perimenopause is the hormonal transition that precedes menopause — the period during which estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone levels begin their decline. It ends when a woman has gone 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, at which point she has reached menopause.
What most women don't know: perimenopause can begin as early as the mid-thirties, and the average duration is 4–8 years. Most women spend nearly a decade in perimenopause before reaching menopause in their early fifties.
Peptides for women: what they are, how they work, and why everyone in your feed is talking about them
You've seen the word everywhere. On TikTok. In wellness newsletters. In the checkout basket of the most put-together person you know. Peptides. But between the hype and the science, it's hard to find a straight answer: what do peptides actually do? Are they safe? Are they for you? Here's everything you need to know — without the jargon, without the sales pitch, and without the assumption that you have a PhD in biochemistry.