How Hormone Pellet Therapy Supports Wellness After Menopause

Each year in the United States, about two million women enter menopause — the hormonal transition that marks the end of a female’s reproductive years. While some lucky women navigate this transition with ease, most experience symptoms that range from pesky hot flashes to more serious bone loss — and a whole lot in between.

Menopause casts an incredibly wide net and can have a significant impact on your quality of life as the side effects can touch every aspect of your wellness, including your physical, mental, and emotional health.

To help women make the transition through menopause with their health and wellness intact, the Skin Shop MedSpa team offers hormone replacement pellet therapy. As physicians, both Dr. Tiffany Su and Dr. Hui “He” Kang understand how hormonal imbalances can affect women, which is why we offer pellet therapy and discuss how this approach to menopause can make a big difference. 

The side effects of menopause

There are many different potential side effects of menopause, and we want to touch on some of the more common, including:

• Hot flashes and night sweats, which occur in 75% of women
• Vaginal dryness, affecting half of postmenopausal women
• Vaginal itching
• Bone loss — 1 out of 2 postmenopausal women develops osteoporosis
• Weight gain
• Mood swings
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Sleep issues
• Memory problems

This list is far from complete, but what we outline here can be life-altering, and not in a good way.

Hormone replacement therapy to re-establish wellness

The most effective frontline treatment for many of the side effects of menopause is hormone replacement therapy (HRT). For example, if your vaginal health has declined and you're experiencing dryness or itching, HRT is a great solution.

HRT can stop those vasomotor symptoms, namely hot flashes and night sweats, allowing you to get better sleep at night.

When it comes to bone health, HRT can prove invaluable in preventing bone loss and preserving your bone strength.

There are many ways in which hormones get delivered to postmenopausal women, including pills, patches, and topical creams. While effective, we’ve found that pellets work best for our patients.

Why patients love hormone pellet therapy 

There are a few key reasons our patients appreciate pellet therapy, which delivers bio-identical hormones into your system using slow-release pellets placed under your skin. Pellet therapy works because it is:

• No hassle — once we insert the pellets, they do the rest
• Sufficient to last 3-5 months
• Systemic to tackle a wide range of menopausal symptoms
• Tailored to your needs

This last point is important. When you come in for an HRT evaluation, we first test key hormone levels to come up with the right dosing in your pellets. We also continue to track your hormone levels so we can make adjustments along the way to ensure that your symptoms are getting addressed.

To see for yourself why pellet HRT has been a real lifesaver for many women, contact our Houston, Texas, office at 713-701-1717 today. You can also use the convenient booking feature on our website to schedule an appointment.