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Estrogen Vs. Progesterone: Which Bioidentical Hormone is Right for You?

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Many of our patients experience the benefits of receiving customized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy at our Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Metairie, and Slidell clinics. These personalized injections can help reverse the effects of aging by helping your body recover functions that have been lost to decreased levels of hormones over time. These symptoms are common in…

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Why We Recommend Injectables to Our Patients

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When you come into our Metairie clinic for hormone therapy, you’ll end up with a customized hormone treatment that helps restore your body’s natural hormone levels in order to reverse the effects of aging. Along with your hormone therapy, you may also receive nutrient supplements and cosmetic treatments via injectables. If the thought of a needle…

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Warning Signs of Low Testosterone in Women

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Men aren’t the only ones who experience low testosterone; it’s also commonly found in women. Testosterone is most often associated with men. After all, it’s responsible for a man’s low voice and his increased muscle mass. However, testosterone is also important for women. While it’s true that women don’t produce anywhere near as much testosterone…

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Warning Signs of Low Testosterone in Men

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Low testosterone can affect you in a number of ways, but how do you know if you have it? As men age, it’s common for their hormone levels to fluctuate, but all men don’t experience a significant drop-off in testosterone production like women do when their estrogen levels decrease significantly during menopause. However, more men suffer…

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How Hormones Affect Weight

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Have you tried everything you know to do to lose weight without success? Weight loss can often feel like an uphill battle, but if you have been consistently eating a healthy diet and exercising, you should start to see results after several weeks. However, if you’ve been doing your part to lose weight, but you…

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Your Guide to Low Estrogen

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Declining estrogen levels are a normal part of the aging process for women, but there are a few things all women need to know. Estrogen is an essential hormone for women, and it allows them to enjoy smooth, hairless skin on the face, and it plays an essential role in menstruation and many other functions…

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Lifestyle Choices That Age You

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The lifestyle choices you make in your day to day life can either age you or keep you looking young. There are many things that can make us look and feel older. Some of them are out of our control, like genetics or even just time, whereas others are completely dependent on the lifestyle choices…

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The Benefits of Testosterone Therapy

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For men suffering from low testosterone, there are many benefits of getting testosterone therapy. Although men don’t suffer from menopause, some men do suffer from andropause which is a decrease in the production of testosterone and is often referred to as low testosterone. In our last blog, we went over the symptoms of andropause, as well…

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Can Men Get Menopause?

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Is it possible for an older man to suffer from male menopause? The endocrine system controls everything from sexual function to growth through a series of glands that produce hormones. As we age, the levels of hormones we produce change; we produce more of some hormones and less of others. In women, a decrease in the…

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Benefits of Bioidentical Hormones vs. Synthetic

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When men and women start getting older, many turn to hormone therapy to help them look and feel younger again. Hormone therapy has been especially helpful in treating the symptoms of menopause in women, including hot flashes and fatigue. It used to be that all hormone therapy utilized synthetic hormones. Though synthetic hormones are approved…

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