Katie Brindle describes experiencing increasingly severe hair thinning after premature ovarian insufficiency and early menopause, which left her feeling ashamed and reliant on extensions and a hair piece. Her account highlights the emotional impact menopausal hair loss can have, particularly for someone whose work involves appearing on camera.

She says she spent about £60,000 over two decades on extensions, supplements, serums and styling intended to improve volume or growth, without resolving thinning around her crown. Brindle ultimately tried a £2,950 scalp micrografting treatment at a London clinic, which uses tissue from the patient’s own scalp to produce a growth-factor solution; the article presents this as helping her, though it is a personal account rather than independent evidence of effectiveness.