Half of UK women don’t feel prepared for the menopause

More needs to be done to further educate UK women about the menopause, with 51% saying they were unaware of the perimenopause until they started to have symptoms, found research by cosmetics company Avon.

A staggering 47% did not feel prepared for either perimenopause or the menopause when it started, and more than two fifths (42%) of women did not expect perimenopause when it began to occur, found the “Menopause - Too Little Information… The Global Conversation Deficit” Report.

32% stated that they still don’t understand the two phases; and 41% said they rely on online resources to learn about the change and only 16% ask their GP.

Avon surveyed 1,000 UK women aged 45-65 who were experiencing, or had been through, menopause.

This article appears in the September 2020 Issue of Professional Beauty

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