It may feel like a taboo topic, but these celebrities are reducing that stigma.
Some people experience surgical menopause immediately after the gender-affirming or medically-necessary removal of their ovaries, regardless of age.
However, some celebrity women are looking to change the status quo.
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Here are five celebs who have been open about their menopause experiences.
“When I was going through menopause, there was nowhere to turn.
I went from doctor to doctor to doctor, five different doctors, I thought I was dying.”
When a fan asked “How do you deal with menopause?”
And I thought, ‘Well, this is crazy.
I can’t, I can’t, I can’t do this.'"
“Mood swings, night sweats and migraines …
I was feeling like I was spiraling out of control.”
She started by being her “own best advocate.”
“A lot of freedom came in the self-acknowledgement,” Watts continued.
