id: sig-20260710-skin-collagen-effect
site_id: skin-hair-changes
site_hint: "Skin and hair changes — symptom"
attribute: effect
value: "After menopause skin collagen content declines (reported around 2% per year, with larger losses in the first years), reducing skin elasticity and hydration, and hair may thin (diffuse effluvium / female-pattern changes)."
source_url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2022.2050206
source_title: "Skin, hair and beyond: the impact of menopause (Climacteric 2022)"
publisher: Climacteric
source_date: "2022"
observed_date: "2026-07-10"
collected_by: gn_info_scout/1.0.0
confidence: high