How To Get Your Period Back Naturally.

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Brigitte Warne is a Sydney based model and mother, who has PCOS. With a bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion, she believes using herbs, specifically tea can give your body its natural rhythm back.

At the age of 27, after 10 years on the hormonal contraceptive pill, Brigitte Warne decided to stop taking the pill and found herself experiencing a variety of symptoms such as cystic acne, hair loss, fatigue and a missing menstrual cycle.

After many doctor appointments and pleading for answers, Brigitte was diagnosed with PCOS in 2017.

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HOW DID YOU CURE YOUR PCOS HAIR LOSS?!? – That is the number one question I get asked about PCOS journey. ✨. (Vid from today, hair growing back April 2018 and beginning of hair loss oct 2017). . I think people ask me hoping I will tell them there is some quick fix or a magic pill they can take, BUT I want to be be 100% honest with you all and tell you that was not the case for me . 😅. . It has taken months of hard work, dedication and consistency to get to where I am now on my PCOS journey, and still something I continue to manage everyday, but it is TOTALLY WORTH IT. 💓 So here’s a little summary of some (not all!) of things I have done to reverse and regrow my PCOS hair loss. 🥦 Stuck to a mostly plant based low inflammatory, low GI diet. 🍭 Removed or reduced other inflammatory foods like gluten, caffeine, alcohol, sugars, processed foods etc. 🌿 Consistently used hormone balancing and detoxifying herbs, which are pretty much all now in Cysterhood herbal tea blend! (Full list of what herbs are in Cysterhood are available on my website 💓) 💊 Supplemented with vitamins and minerals I was deficient in after 10 years of being on the contraceptive pill. 🧼 Switched to all natural skin, hair, beauty and cleaning products 😅Reduced my stress levels. Easier said than done, I KNOW! but it really was and still instrumental in managing my PCOS. 🧘‍♀️ Stuck to cortisol conscious workouts such as yoga, Pilates, walking etc. From the amount of DMs I get, I know so many of you are suffering from hair loss like I did too. I know first hand how stressful and debilitating it is to suffer from hair loss, and so I really hope this gives you the inspiration to keep going no matter where you are in your journey! Hang in there girl, you’ve got this! 💪 . #pcostowellness #hairloss #pcoshairloss #pcossymptoms #androgenicalopecia #hormonebalance #pcos #pcosdiet #hairlosssolution #hairlosstreatmet

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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition, present in 12–21% of women of reproductive age according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.

For many women coming off of hormonal contraception, or struggling with hormonal issues and imbalances, this story is all too common. Women, such as Brigitte, who present these symptoms are often told “if you go back on the pill your period will come back” or “if you are really struggling with your acne you can either go back on the pill or use some other kind of medical intervention like antibacterial cremes or Roaccutane”, and as such the underlying issue is never investigated.

After receiving her diagnosis of PCOS Brigitte decided to do and learn all she could about how to manage her symptoms and condition naturally and has since not only got her period back (and healed her acne) but also had a baby boy.

Today, Brigitte shares her tips on how to get your period back (and manage your hormones) naturally.

Herbs and Naturopathic Medicine

Soon after her diagnosis Brigitte began seeing a Chinese Medicine Doctor and a Naturopath who introduced her to Chinese herbs.

She took these herbs daily and says they are pivotal in her hormone and PCOS management. So important, that she created her own herbal tea – appropriately called Cysterhood – which is designed to help support and manage the symptoms of PCOS such as menstrual health, acne and skin, hair, and energy levels.

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PCOS To Wellness Cysterhood Tea

Some of the herbs included are alfalfa (for detoxification), spearmint leaf (for managing testosterone), Lady’s leaf (period regulation and fertility) and lemon balm (assisting with bloating and digestive issues).

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Herbs can be used to support the body’s healing

Low Inflammatory Diet

“In all the research that I did, everything was showing me that essentially PCOS is one of those things that if there is any inflammation in the body your systems will be a lot worse. For me, it was then about finding a lower inflammatory diet. I was already Vegetarian at the time but decided to become predominately plant-based because dairy was incredibly inflammatory for me.”

Inflammatory foods include:

  • Dairy
  • Alcohol
  • Caffeine
  • Artificial sugar
Look into an anti-inflammatory diet

Reducing stress levels

Brigitte says, “A lot of us have this low-grade stress constantly in our lives, and particularly as women we are doing so much.

“I had to learn how to manage my stress levels better. I started doing yoga and practicing mindfulness and switching off my phone a lot more so that I wasn’t contactable 24/7.”

She also reminds people that, “Stress is stress, regardless of whether it is a mental, emotional or physical thing. So, I switched over to more cortisol conscious workouts like walking, hiking, swimming, surfing, yoga and Pilates as opposed to high intensity exercise.”

When it comes to periods and menstrual cycles, many women can think of them as inconvenient or unimportant – especially if you are not looking to try for a baby anytime soon. But Brigitte stresses the importance of learning about and getting in tune with your own body and menstrual cycle as, “Your period is like your health report card. If your cycle is irregular, missing, longer than normal or your flow is heavier than normal, these are all signs that your body is trying to tell you something.”

Tara Mckenzie

Like many of Bondi Beauty's readers, Tara has two main passions; health and beauty. As a group fitness instructor you'll either find her dripping in sweat during a HIIT class or with a full face of bronze makeup. If you meet Tara in person be prepared to act excited as she tells you all about your star sign and why you should start carrying a rose quartz around in your purse.

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