What is Hormone Replacement Therapy?

Hormones affect many aspects of your health. This makes them essential to your overall wellness, but unfortunately, many things can cause imbalanced hormones and take a toll on your life. If you’re struggling with hormone-related issues like menopausal symptoms, hormone replacement therapy may be the answer.

What is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy?

Hormone replacement therapy uses bioidentical, plant-based hormones to restore hormone levels. HRT is most often used to treat menopausal symptoms but can be helpful for a variety of situations, including endocrine imbalances and low testosterone levels. If your body is not making enough of a certain hormone, treatment can help replace the lost hormone and keep it at a healthy level.

Hormones are a vital component of how your body functions. Acting as messengers, they regulate processes, trigger reactions, and keep your body functioning properly. Hormones affect noticeable body processes like metabolism, sex drive, and energy but are also crucial to the health of your bones, muscles, heart, and more.

Consequently, an imbalance of hormones can wreak havoc on your well-being. This is common during certain life stages like menopause when women frequently experience symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings, and vaginal dryness. Hormone replacement therapy can greatly reduce these unpleasant effects by balancing your hormone levels. 

What is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) Like?

At Alamo Ranch Laser Aesthetics, we use bioidentical, plant-based hormones. These more closely match your natural hormones than the synthetic ones used in traditional HRT and can be targeted specifically to your needs.

First, we will perform testing to assess your hormone levels so that we can create a customized treatment plan. We will then work with local licensed pharmacies to create your specialized treatment, which may be a tablet, cream, or capsule.

You can be on hormone replacement therapy as long as necessary. Some may only need a few months, while others may continue treatment for years. Your hormone medication may need to be adjusted every few months until you reach optimal results.

Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy

As a fully customizable treatment, hormone replacement therapy can be beneficial for a wide variety of problems. It is commonly used to relieve symptoms of menopause by balancing levels of progesterone and estrogen.

HRT can also help restore low levels of testosterone, which may improve your physical energy and strength and can even help with thinning hair. Additionally, hormone therapy can be used to treat endocrine, thyroid, or adrenal disorders.

Your exact results with HRT will depend on your unique treatment, but some common benefits include:

• Increased energy, physical strength, and libido
• Improved mood
• Better health, including your immune system
• Reduced symptoms of menopause

Your results with hormone replacement therapy will be gradual and may improve over time. Depending on your condition and unique treatment, you can expect to start enjoying the results within a couple of months of starting HRT.

Am I a Good Candidate for Hormone Therapy?

Adults of all ages can struggle with hormone imbalances. Using a DUTCH (dry urine total comprehensive hormone) test to analyze your hormone levels, your Alamo Ranch provider will be able to determine if HRT is right for you.

Take the Next Step

If you have further questions about hormone replacement therapy, we encourage you to schedule a consultation at Alamo Ranch Laser Aesthetics. Call us at (210) 999-9588 or fill out our online contact form. We look forward to helping you.