Vital Menopause

You’re losing weight. Your clothes fit differently. The number on the scale is finally moving.

But lately, your workouts feel harder. There’s more hair in the shower. And because you’re rarely hungry, some days you realize you barely ate.

Those are things I want to know about.

When I’m supporting a woman on a GLP-1, I’m paying attention to what’s changing while the weight comes off.

If you’re losing strength, we need to talk about muscle and protein.

If your hair starts shedding, I want to look at what could be contributing, including your rate of weight loss, nutrition, iron, thyroid, vitamin D and hormones.

If you’re struggling to eat enough, that matters too.

And sometimes what we learn means we adjust what we’re doing.

I want to help you reach your weight loss goals, but I also want you to feel good while you’re getting there.

If you’ve been thinking about getting help with weight loss or wondering whether a GLP-1 could be right for you, book a consultation at Vital and we can talk through it together.

Womens Health

The scale is going down. But what else is changing along with it?

Maybe your ponytail feels thinner. Your workouts feel harder. You’re struggling to eat enough because your appetite has changed. Or your energy just isn’t where you want it to be.

Those things matter to me too.

When I’m supporting a woman on a GLP-1, I’m not trying to get her to lose as much weight as possible, as quickly as possible.

I want steady progress while we pay attention to what’s happening to her muscle, hair, nutrition, energy and overall health along the way.

That may mean looking at how much protein and overall nutrition you’re getting, your rate of weight loss, and whether things like ferritin, vitamin D, thyroid or hormone levels could be contributing to changes you’re noticing.

And sometimes, we adjust the plan.

Your dose. The pace of weight loss. Nutrition support. Deficiencies or hormones that need attention.

A smaller number on the scale doesn’t tell me the whole story of how well you’re doing.

If you’re using a GLP-1, your care should look at the whole picture too.

Weight Loss Over 40

Your ponytail feels smaller than it used to.

There’s more hair in the shower drain. Your part looks a little wider in photos. And now you’re paying attention every time you run your hands through your hair.

In midlife, it’s easy to assume hormones are the answer.

They can be part of the picture. But they’re not the only thing we want to look at.

When a patient comes to me with hair loss, I want to understand why it’s happening.

That can mean looking at thyroid function, ferritin and iron, vitamin D, nutrition, hormone levels and whether there may be an androgenic component to the shedding.

Because two women can walk in with what looks like the same hair loss and have very different things contributing to it.

And then there’s minoxidil.

I like Minoxidil, which is is a medication used to help stimulate hair growth and is one of the treatment options we may discuss when it makes sense for the patient. We use oral more than topical in my practice.

Yes, minoxidil is still the GOAT.

But I don’t want to hand you a hair-growth recommendation and ignore the reason your hair started changing in the first place.

Hair loss deserves a workup, not a guess.

If you’ve noticed more shedding, a widening part or your ponytail getting noticeably thinner, bring it up at your next visit. Those changes are worth looking into.

Midlife Health

You don’t wake up one morning and suddenly have less collagen.

The changes are quieter than that.

Fine lines start hanging around a little longer. Your skin doesn’t look quite as smooth in certain lighting. Texture becomes something you notice more than you used to.

That’s part of why collagen matters so much in the midlife skin conversation.

SkinPen microneedling creates controlled microchannels that trigger your skin’s natural wound-healing response and stimulate new collagen.

And that word stimulate matters.

We’re not covering up what you’re seeing or expecting your skin to change overnight. We’re supporting a process your skin already knows how to do.

SkinPen can be used to improve the appearance of fine lines, texture, acne scars and overall skin quality over time.

But we don’t start with, “You need microneedling.”

We start with your skin.

What are you noticing? What do you want to change? And which treatment actually makes sense for getting you there?

If SkinPen has been on your radar, book a complimentary skin consultation with our esthetician and we’ll start there.

Boost Collagen, Erie CO microneedling

You’ve stared at that same spot in the mirror enough times to know your skincare isn’t making it budge.

Maybe it got darker after summer. Maybe your skin tone looks less even than it used to. Or there’s texture you keep noticing every time the light hits your face.

Stephanie had some of those same things she wanted to work on with her own skin, so she decided to try a VI Peel.

And she documented the whole thing.

Not just the pretty after photo.

The peeling. The in-between days. The part you actually want to know about before deciding if you’d ever do one yourself.

VI Peel is a more corrective treatment that can target concerns like discoloration, sun damage, uneven tone and texture.

And yes, there can be some very visible peeling afterward.

Because the result matters. But so does knowing what you’re signing up for.

If you’ve been looking at your own skin wondering what would actually make a difference, book a complimentary skin consultation with our esthetician.

We’ll take a look at what you’re seeing and help you decide what makes sense for your skin.

Skin Over 40, Colorado aesthetics