Coleen Nolan’s ‘beard’ is one of many hormone imbalance symptoms women are scared to admit to

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Anyone who’s ever had a period will know that we can be a slave to our hormones. From mood dips and thinning manes, to hair in all the places we don’t actually want it - life ain’t always pretty for us.

But often we’re too ashamed to talk about it. At the end of the last year, with typical candour, Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan left co-hosts speechless after admitting that she has a beard - and that it once got so bad that her daughter Ciara Fensome, refused to go out with her unless she shaved it off.

Whilst some people were shocked at Coleen’s honest and frank revelation, Cosmetic doctor and hormone expert, Dr Martin Kinsella explains that this is just one of the many symptoms of a hormone imbalance that so many women experience which can have a huge impact on them physically and mentally, affecting everything from their work, to their confidence and even their sex lives. "Hormones are essential chemicals in the body that regulate a whole host of different processes," explains Dr Kinsella, a hormone expert who is passionate about the ability of bio-identical hormones to improve the quality of lives for men and women. "They’re well known for affecting our fertility, menstrual cycle and moods.

Hormone fluctuations take place during menopause and can affect women dramatically and in many ways." But what many people don’t realise is the huge impact that they have on our whole body, from our skin to our hair and even our gums.