Field Notes

Let’s talk about the moment. You know the one. You pull your hair into a ponytail—same motion you’ve done for decades—and suddenly it feels… thinner. Lighter. Less substantial. You wrap the elastic one more time than usual and think, Huh. Fast forward 24 hours and you’re deep in a Google spiral typing things like “Is hair loss normal for women?” and “Why is my part wider?” at 11:47 p.m. Welcome to the emotional roller coaster that is midlife hair loss. Snacks not included.

Why Medical Weight Loss Is Having a Phase Three Moment By the time we reach midlife, most of us have already dated every diet on the planet. Keto had a season. Low-fat broke our hearts. Low-carb turned brought out our alternate personalities and made us hangry. Cabbage soup nearly ended friendships. So when medical weight loss injections like Semaglutide and Tirzepatide entered the conversation, the collective response from women 45+ was understandable: Here we go again. Tu