Hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, is a treatment that helps bring hormone levels back to normal when your body isn’t making enough. Hormones are special chemicals made by your body that help control things like energy, mood, sleep, growth, and reproduction. As people get older, their hormone levels can drop, which may cause problems like tiredness, weight gain, low sex drive, or trouble sleeping. HRT gives your body the hormones it’s missing — like estrogen for women, testosterone for men, or thyroid hormone for anyone with low thyroid levels — to help you feel better and stay healthy.
Male and female sex hormones are very important for our health and longevity. Estrogen, testosterone and progesterone are required for many health benefits such as supporting brain health, bone structure, muscle and strength, heart health, and sex drive. Both men and women have rapid declines in sex hormones during their 40 to 50’s so it’s no surprise that when our sex hormone levels drop, we start feeling worse, age faster, and have more medical problems later in life. A key component in anti-aging therapy is optimization of hormone levels.
There’s been some controversy surrounding hormone therapy due to concerns about negative side effects or medical conditions. While its true that there are somne adverse effects, there are ways to prevent problems with hormone therapy treatment.
When these guidelines are followed, hormone therapy is very safe.
“The mission of my Regenerative Clinic is to help you feel better, look better, and
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If you’re over 35 and feeling tired, gaining weight, losing motivation, struggling in the
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There are several methods for administering hormone therapy to patients, including oral tablets, topical creas, injections and hormone pellets. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages so it’s essential to evaluate the patient thoroughly to determine the best option for them. For example, oral hormone treatment has been linked to a higher risk of blood clots, so it is generally avoided.
Injectable treatment are effective but inconvenient since they need to be administered once or twice a week, which can cause hormone level fluctuations. Topical creams are convenient and effective, but proper dosing can be difficult as they rely on absorption through the skin.
In my practice I use various forms of hormone treatment including topical and injectable methods. One of the newer and more convenient methods is hormone pellet insertion. These pellets also use bio-identical hormones which are safer than synthetic ones. This is why I am a strong advocate of hormone pellet treatment.
Hormone pellets are small tablets of hormone medication that are implanted into the fatty layer of your skin, where they are slowly absorbed over a period of months.
The procedure to insert hormone pellets is quick and easy and can be done in the office under local anesthesia. It involves making a tiny incision in the skin of your love handle region and inserting a small number of pellets. It is painless, with no side effects, and very convenient since it only needs to be done a few times a year.
There are several advantages to using hormone pellet over the other delivery methods.
The procedure needs to be done 2-3 times a year for men and 3-4 time a year for women. The total cost over a year is very comparable to using hormone injections or monthly creams over the same time period.
In summary, hormone replacement therapy is a cornerstone of my anti-aging protocol. In my practice I use various methods of hormone delivery, depending on factors like convenience, patient preference, clinical indication and a thorough evaluation to determine the best form of treatment for each individual.
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