A 55-year-old healthy married woman complains of reduced sexual desire and arousal for the past 10 years. She denies any dyspareunia. She underwent a hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy at the age of 45 for symptomatic uterine fibroids. After the surgery, she started experiencing ...
Plenty of medical professionals use progesterone therapy for hair loss in menopausal women as a “go-to” treatment. Since progesterone is a precursor to testosterone, it can help inhibit DHT (that tricky little devil that causes the follicles to shrink) and stop more loss from occurring. Of c...
Hormones play a role here, too. In men, declining testosterone levels can thin the vocal cords and raise pitch slightly. In women, lower estrogen and higher androgens can thicken the vocal cords, causing a deeper voice. However,hormone replacement therapycan sometimes counteract these changes. ...
Changes in hormonal effects Hormonal changes during aging significantly affect muscle mass and strength and contribute to sarcopenia. At approximately 50 years of age, men and women have hormonal decline; men have andropause, characterized by a reduced testosterone level, while women have menopause, ma...
Hormonal acne — when androgens (like testosterone) indirectly cause an increase in our skin’s oil production. We think of hormonal acne as acne that is most prominent on the lower cheek, chin, jaw, and neck, and we often relate it more to women as it typically worsens in relation to ...
As womenage, their blood levels of androgens continue to fall so they will not feel the same desire for sex at the age of 60 as they did at 20 or 30 years old. Luckily, the medical science invented methods to increase female sexual desire and prevent problems associated with a low femal...
So women who are low thyroid or going to become, may become lower still. So especially for low thyroid women you want to be tracked really closely. Once you have the baby, you also want to kind of keep an eye and the way I kind of see if I have somebody who had a history before...
Postpartum hair shedding is a common situation among women, especially those who are giving birth for the first time. Studies show that accidents, surgeries, and pregnancy usually take their toll on a woman’s hair and cause it to shed in a matter of two or three months after the actual ...
Because androgens (hormones that women with PCOS have more of) are linked to insulin resistance, they can cause you to store more fat instead of burning it. That's why some people with PCOS struggle losing weight. More From Women's Health “...
Hormonal fluctuations can trigger more sebum production, which can lead to more pimples. An increase in androgens in both men and women can cause sebaceous glands to enlarge and result in higher oil production, which is why breakouts are common during puberty. Progesterone surges can also ...