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What to Expect With Feminizing Estrogen Therapy
About Starting Gender Confirming Estrogen Hormone Therapy Beginning feminizing hormone therapy is an exciting and important step in a transgender woman’s transition, as she becomes her authentic self. But starting estrogen hormone therapy also comes with some risks,...
Hormone Therapy for Menopausal Mood Swings
Hormone Therapy Treats Menopausal Mood Swings & Depression When people think of menopause, the first thing that comes to mind is usually hot flashes and night sweats. But far less talked about are the mental or cognitive side effects of menopause. In addition to...
Men: Lose Fat & Build Muscle with HRT
Men's Hormone Replacement to Lose Fat & Build Muscle! As men pass the age of thirty, they typically start to gradually gain weight – even if they are not eating more, or consuming more calories, and their activity level hasn’t declined. Unfortunately, many men in...
Hormone Replacement Can Restore Female Libido
Hormone Replacement Improves Low Sex Drive in Women A woman’s sexual drive - called her “libido” - is affected by a profoundly complicated combination of emotional and physical factors. Each woman has her own unique set of stimuli that will trigger the sensations that...
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy for Younger Skin
Reduce Wrinkles, Lines & Sun Damage with Hormone Therapy Women now live twice as long as they did 100 years ago! But even though life-expectancy has changed, the age at which menopause (hormone decline) occurs has remained the same. At approximately 50 years of...
How to Treat Vaginal Dryness with Hormone Therapy
Vaginal dryness can cause embarrassing itching, discomfort when sitting for prolonged periods, and pain during intercourse. While women of any age may experience vaginal dryness, it becomes extremely common after menopause. In fact, it is estimated that as many as...
The Link Between Menopause, Hormones & Thyroid
The thyroid is a tiny butterfly-shaped gland that lies in the front of the throat. It produces and delivers hormones that affect every single tissue and organ in the body in some way. While menopause, of course, is the “change of life” that occurs when a woman reaches...
Five Symptoms of Menopause That Hormone Therapy Can Treat
Menopause marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years – with an average onset age of 51. However, menopause can occur as young as the late 30’s – or as late as a woman’s early 6os. Leading up to menopause, a woman’s ovaries begin producing significantly less amounts...
Hormonal Weight Gain
Have you noticed some extra belly fat that you can’t explain? If you’re in perimenopause or menopause, this change may be hormonal. Even if you haven’t experienced it yet, many women will gain 2-5 pounds or more during menopause. For many women, this is a concerning...
Causes of and Treatments for Painful Sex
When a woman experiences pain during vaginal sex it is medically called “dyspareunia”. This condition is more common than most women realize – with up to 50% of woman experiencing painful sex in their lifetime, most typically after menopause. Sadly, many women...
SottoPelle Hormone Replacement Pellet FAQs
SottoPelle in Phoenix, AZ offers bioidentical hormone replacement pellets – to help both female and male patients balance declining or deficient hormones and live a better, healthier, longer and more satisfying life. But the subject of hormone replacement therapy can...
Happier Relationship Secret: Revealed
Happier Relationship Secret: Revealed by: Vanessa Dean, N.M.D Keeping the "flame" burning as we age and experience the many changes that come as we age.... can be challenging. However, what many of us do not consider is this: the symptoms of aging can decrease our...
