Hormone Replacement Specialist

What Are the Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy?

Menopause can cause symptoms that are extremely uncomfortable and, in some cases, severe enough to impact a woman’s quality of life. As a woman ages and her production of estrogen decreases, her body can begin to undergo certain changes. The changes are significant enough to cause severe symptoms such as hot flashes, dry skin, vaginal dryness, loss of libido and weight gain. Hormone replacement therapy helps restore the delicate hormone balance within the body. As the hormone levels are re-established, the unpleasant symptoms gradually disappear, and a sense of normalcy returns.

How Is Hormone Replacement Therapy Prescribed?

Hormone replacement therapy can take many forms. Pills, patches, creams and implants. The symptoms of menopause range from woman to woman and can depend on several different factors. Women who have very mild symptoms may do well with the patch or a topical cream. 

Who Needs Hormone Replacement Therapy?

Hormone replacement therapy serves different purposes for different people. The most common use of HRT is to alleviate and soothe the symptoms of menopause. Hormone replacement therapy restores the balance of hormones within the body and allows normal functions to resume on many different levels. Other uses include restoring regular ovulation cycles in women who are attempting to become pregnant. Using hormone replacement therapy in this way can also help to regulate a woman’s menstrual cycle. Regulating the hormone levels in the body can help to boost the metabolism and improve overall physiological function, which, in turn, improves general health and well-being.