Age Management via Hormones (Pellets) BHRT
What age-management treatments are available?
At Aveda Integrative Medical Center, Dr. Saxena customizes your age-management treatment according to your aesthetic goals. Therapies she may recommend include:
- Bioidentical hormone therapy BHRT Pellets
- Testosterone injections
- Laser Treatments
- Cryoskin Slimming/Toning
- Weight management
Dr. Saxena provides only state-of-the-art anti-aging treatments to help you achieve an optimal wellness balance and prevent the onset of many chronic conditions.
Age-management treatments can help slow the aging process and enhance the quality of your years. Issues addressed with age management include:
- Restored confidence
- A healthy weight - decreased body fat
- Nutritional intake
- Hormone levels
- Improved bone density
- Increased muscle strength
- Improved glucose control
- Improved libido and sexual responsiveness
- Improved mental activity - better memory, focus, concentration
- Improved sleep quality
- Skin health
Laser treatments help destroy old, tired skin cells and stimulate your skin to produce more collagen, a major protein in your skin that builds strength and resiliency. Cryoskin helps in getting rid of stubborn fat and cellulite reduction. Men and women benefit from the increased energy, mental clarity, and vibrancy achieved through age-management therapies.
The sex hormones of both men and women play an important role in a variety of bodily functions, promoting good health and feelings of vibrancy. In men, testosterone is the primary sex hormone, while women largely depend on progesterone and estrogen.
As your body ages, production of testosterone or estrogen and progesterone slows down, resulting in many of the symptoms you may consider a natural effect of getting older. These include:
- Poor energy
- Poor libido and sexual dysfunction
- Weight gain and muscle loss
- Cognitive decline
- Sleep disturbances
Dr. Saxena evaluates your hormone levels to determine if declining hormones are causing your unpleasant symptoms. She offers bioidentical hormone replacement therapy to restore your natural levels if you’re a good candidate, based on your medical and family history.
These hormones may be administered orally, via injection, in topical creams, or as pellets inserted just under the skin. You receive a customized therapy plan to boost your hormone levels so you can feel more like your younger self.
Bioidentical hormones are used in natural hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women and men. These hormones can offer relief from symptoms common during the transitional years of menopause and Andropause.
The term “bioidentical hormones” refers to hormones are molecularly identical to the ones made by your own body. Bioidentical hormones are produced from plant tissues, which are scientifically engineered in laboratories to precisely match natural human hormones.
These bioidentical hormones are usually administered as:
- Creams
- Gels
- Pills
- Pellets
All these options can help your body to absorb the hormones more easily.
With age, you may notice you tire more easily, feel less motivated, or realize you’ve lost your zest in the boardroom or bedroom. Hormone therapy can help relieve these symptoms and many others, including:
- Lack of initiative or assertiveness
- Weight gain for no obvious reason
- Muscle loss
- Inability to build muscle despite consistent workouts
- Less enjoyment of life
- Poor performance in work or sports
- Insulin resistance or diabetes
- Belly fat
- Depression
- Sleep apnea
If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, Dr. Saxena can help. She specializes in hormone replacement therapy with natural compounded creams, testosterone injections, and pellet insertion therapy.
Hormonal imbalances, during menopause or your monthly cycle, can trigger a host of symptoms, including:
- PMS
- Hot flashes
- Mood swings
- Irritability
- Insomnia
- Loss of sex drive
- Vaginal dryness and painful intercourse
- Dry skin
- Sagging or tender breasts
- Depression
- Brain fog
- Lack of energy
- Depression
- Anxiety
Dr. Saxena helps relieve these symptoms with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, which restores hormonal balance.
Hormonal pellet therapy uses tiny pellets of bioidentical hormones that consistently release small doses of hormones. Dr. Saxena inserts the pellets, which are smaller than a grain of rice, under the fatty tissue in your skin.
Once implanted, the pellets gradually release hormones into your bloodstream. The hormone pellet implantation procedure is easily performed in Dr. Saxena’s office.
Because the hormones used in pellet therapy are natural, the treatment is ideal if you’d like the benefits of natural hormones.
Menopause, generally considered to begin after you cease having your period for 12 consecutive months, is a time when significant changes occur in your body. Your ovaries gradually stop producing the hormone estrogen. The levels of other hormones in your body also wane.
These changes may make you feel like you’re not yourself anymore due to hormonal imbalances. Common symptoms before and during menopause include:
- PMS
- Hot flashes
- Mood swings
- Irritability
- Insomnia
- Loss of sex drive
- Dry skin
- Sagging or tender breasts
- Depression
- Brain fog
- Lack of energy
- Depression or anxiety
- Vaginal dryness and painful intercourse
Because these changes can be significant, it’s best to consult with Dr. Saxena at Aveda Integrative Medical Center. She helps to manage the symptoms of menopause by rebalancing your hormones.
Dr. Saxena first performs a physical exam and takes a detailed health history to understand the symptoms you’re experiencing. She recommends a series of lab tests to assess your hormone levels, including measuring:
- Estrogen
- Progesterone
- Testosterone
- Growth hormone
- Thyroid hormones
- DHEA (a precursor to other hormones)
When your results come back, she reviews them with you and discusses your options. She may recommend taking hormones to make up for the loss of estrogen and other deficiencies, as well as to maintain your bone health since menopause can increase your risk of osteoporosis. Her aim is to alleviate your menopausal symptoms.
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy helps to restore hormonal balance. Bioidentical hormones aren’t synthetic. Instead, the hormones are produced from plant tissues and designed to be molecularly identical to the natural hormones your body makes.
Aveda Integrative Medical Center offers bioidentical hormones in a variety of forms for your convenience. This includes:
- Creams
- Gels
- Pills
- Pellets
All of these options may help your body to absorb the hormones more easily — so you enjoy optimal results. Pellets, for example, are inserted just under your skin’s fatty layer to continually release hormones into your body.
If menopause is triggering hormonal imbalances, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy may correct the imbalance, so you feel 100% again. Call Aveda Integrative Medical Center today or book a consultation online.
Maybe you’ve noticed you feel sapped of energy, where before you could go non-stop? You may suffer from andropause, a hormonal imbalance in men. A board-certified specialist in integrative therapies, Deepti Saxena, MD, offers hormonal therapy for andropause at Aveda Integrative Medical Center. Treatments include testosterone injections, pellet insertion therapy, and beyond. Just because you’re over 40 doesn’t mean you can’t feel like you’re 20 again. Call the center in California today, or book a consultation online.
It’s common knowledge women experience hormonal changes with menopause, but you may not know men also experience changes in testosterone levels with age. In men, it’s known as andropause, and it describes a constellation of aging-related hormone changes.
Andropause occurs with the decline of testosterone as you age. After you reach age 30, your testosterone levels gradually slide, dropping 1% each year on average. You may also hear andropause referred to as androgen deficiency of the aging male, testosterone deficiency syndrome, or late-onset male hypogonadism.
Andropause is complex, producing a host of different symptoms that depend on your own lifestyle and genetics. You may feel flabby — even though you workout — or you’re gaining weight all of a sudden, even though your eating habits are the same.
Although andropause is unique to each person, there are some signs to look for, such as:
- Erectile dysfunction (ED)
- Lower sex drive
- Tiredness
- Little energy
- Gaining weight for no apparent reason
- Losing muscle mass or definition
- Difficulty building muscle despite consistent workouts
- Feeling mildly depressed
- Less zest for life
- Performing worse in sports
- Insulin resistance or diabetes
- Belly fat
- Depression
- Sleep apnea
You may also feel a lack of initiative or that you’re not as much of a tiger in the boardroom as you used to be. The good news is that help is available at Aveda Integrative Medical Center.
If you’re experiencing any of the above symptoms, Dr. Saxena recommends testing your hormone levels. Depending on your results, she may recommend one of these treatments or others:
- Testosterone injections
- Hormone replacement therapy with natural compounded creams
- Pellet insertion therapy
These therapies are all available in the convenience of the Aveda Integrative Medical Center office.
Hormonal pellet therapy uses tiny granules of bioidentical hormones, which are plant-based hormones that are molecularly similar to the ones in your own body. Dr. Saxena inserts the pellets under the fatty layer of your skin in a simple procedure.
The pellets, which are smaller than a grain of rice, steadily release small doses of bioidentical hormones into your bloodstream. The hormones replace the hormones your body has lost, helping to reverse the progression of andropause.
If you haven’t felt like yourself lately, and you think you’re experiencing andropause, find out more about the advantages of hormone therapy. Call Aveda Integrative Medical Center today or schedule a consultation online.
