From Panic to Confidence Elizabeth's Skin Transformation

I believe I aged overnight. I woke up one morning, in my mid-forties, shuffled to the loo, looked in the mirror and thought I’d had a mini-stroke in the night. Genuinely.

My husband was working abroad, and I distinctly remember thinking I would get the kids to school first and then I would see what one was supposed to do after one had suffered a mini stroke in the night. Of course, by the time I got back to the house, I’d forgotten all about it – brain fog – but I soon remembered when I caught sight of myself again.

I eventually calmed down and realised I was overreacting, of course I hadn’t had a mini-stroke, but the difference in my face really was quite something. Everything seemed to have gone just that little bit further south and my eyes seemed to have retreated just that little bit further back into my head.

Perimenopause often arrives unannounced, during a time of great stress. I could
write ten more pages detailing the stress I was under at that point in my life – but I will spare you. However, I do believe that stress plus perimenopause took their toll on my face.

I had to start educating myself, as there was little literature out there at the time.
Menopause remained a taboo, and perimenopause was a completely new word to me.

Fast forward eight years and thanks to upping my water intake, overhauling my diet, findings ways to manage my stress levels, adding some self-care into my life, and discovering Kollo Collagen I have transformed my skin - a real game changer.

Standing in front of that mirror, with the weight of the world on my shoulders, staring in dismay at my face, I could never have imagined that I would be putting myself out there, modelling in my fifties, and loving my skin.

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