‘When my husband asked me if there was anything I’d like to do to mark my 60th birthday, I said a hair transplant.’

Lynda Braybrooke had her £6,500 surgery at the Farjo Hair Institute (farjo.com) in Harley Street in 2017.

‘The surgery took a full day,’ she says. ‘The most painful part was the back of my head where they harvested the follicles. But it very quickly healed. For a while there was nothing and then suddenly it came up almost overnight.’

Lynda’s full, jaw-length hair attracts plenty of compliments from others. ‘Six years on, friends still say, ‘God, your hair’s amazing!’ Many of them are just reaching that midlife stage where they’re starting to lose their own hair — so they notice mine more.

‘It’s been life-enhancing for me. It’s high time there’s more information out there to help others realise how accessible the procedure now is for women.’

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