Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapyin Miami, FL

Traditionally, you had the option of synthetic hormones to elevate estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone. However, as a revolutionary way to treat your hormonal imbalance, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for both women and men can raise your levels back within normal range. You can then breathe a little easier, as your symptoms begin to lessen and become less prevalent.

The best part about this form of hormone therapy is that these chemical messengers mimic the hormones your body naturally produces almost identically. Rather than stemming from chemicals found in a laboratory, these hormones typically originate from a natural, plant-based source, such as soy or yams.

The compounds similar to the ones your body produces are extracted from the plant using a chemical or alcohol extraction process. After, the compounds undergo modification so they then match the structure of human hormones.

Your bioidentical hormone replacement therapy begins with a full evaluation, where we review your symptoms, health history, and bloodwork. Men are assessed for free and bound testosterone, while women are evaluated for estrogen and progesterone levels.

Once we analyze your results, we’ll determine whether hormone therapy is right for you and explain the benefits backed by science. You’ll then review your treatment options — including pellets, pills, patches, gels, creams, or injectables — and we’ll answer any questions to help you choose the best approach.

Once we get the okay from you that you’re ready to start and have chosen a type, you’re all set to begin your treatment. If it’s a variety, we need to administer it in the office. You’ll receive it before you leave and will be told when you must return for follow-up appointments.

Let’s say you’re going to get hormone replacement pellets. Our practitioner will first prepare the pellets, which means customizing the treatment to meet your specific hormonal needs. Then, it’s essential to clean the area where the pellets will be inserted, typically in the buttocks or hip, to prevent infection.

The next step is our practitioner applying a local anesthesia, making an incision, placing the rice-sized pellets, and closing the opening with a few dissolvable stitches.

Once you start the treatment, you’ll start to see the results gradually. You tend to see results quicker with injectables, as they’re given directly in the blood. Generally, the effects from these are seen in as little as one to two weeks. The full impact of the treatment may take three months, with some people not experiencing how much bioidentical hormone replacement therapy will benefit them until six months.

Pills, creams, rings, pellets, and patches take a bit longer for the effects to begin, usually two to four weeks. The full effects usually take three to six months.

Not everyone benefits from hormone replacement therapy in the same way. Sometimes, it takes adjusting the original plan for the client to experience the benefits fully. And we strongly want our clients to feel comfortable and achieve the best possible results.

For that reason, at any subsequent visits after you begin treatment, we’ll monitor your progress by asking you questions and evaluating your hormone levels through a blood test.