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Perimenopause, no fluff.
The symptoms no one explains, real stories, and why it's so hard to connect the dots — the stuff we wish we'd read ourselves.
Guide · Start herePerimenopause: symptoms, age and what can be done
What it is, when it starts, how long it lasts and what symptoms it brings — with data from the AEEM, NICE and The Menopause Society. And, above all, what can be done to feel well.
In their wordsHalle Berry was told she had herpes — it was perimenopause
A very common symptom of this stage, vaginal dryness, mistaken for an infection. Her story shows exactly why almost no one joins the dots — not even in the doctor's office.
In their wordsPenélope Cruz gets candid about perimenopause with Olivia Wilde
Two women saying it out loud. Cruz reels off symptoms almost no one connects to hormones — frozen shoulder included — and Wilde admits she'd never even heard of them.