Pellet Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Specialist in Opelousas, LA

Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is a procedure where a physician will implant pellets that are plant-based processed hormones that accurately mimic the hormones naturally produced within your body. This therapy helps to alleviate symptoms that patients are experiencing due to low or unbalanced hormones. They are typically implanted just under the skin and will release the hormone that is being mimicked slowly to provide the body with an average amount of that hormone once again. The most commonly used hormones for BHRT include estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. Any slight imbalance in the hormone levels can cause significant symptoms in the body, so BHRT works to alleviate those symptoms and prevent them from occurring while the therapy is being continued.

The benefits of BHRT include the alleviation of any symptoms that you may be experiencing due to a low hormone or hormone imbalance. It is common for women who are taking BHRT to experience a much better quality of sleep, allowing them to wake up feeling energized and refreshed. BHRT in women has been shown to reduce the symptoms of hot flashes, night sweats, changes in mood, problems with memory, and unexplained weight gain.

As well, in both men and women, having adequately balanced hormones can improve a lost sex drive, as well as stimulates the production of proteins such as collagen, providing a youthful appearance in the skin and strengthening nails and hair. Pellet Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy includes the benefit of being plant-based, so they are more natural than most other hormone replacement therapies, and they are closer in biological structure to naturally produced hormones than the hormones traditionally used in hormone replacement therapies.

Pellet Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy is recommended for anyone experiencing unbalanced or low levels of hormones, but the most common condition for suitable candidates is undergoing menopause or perimenopause symptoms. As people age into their late 30s and 40s, their bodies will start to go through a change again, which results in lower hormone production, so anyone that has started to undergo these changes and experiences symptoms that they wish to have alleviated is considered a good candidate for pellet BHRT. However, the only exception is for those who have suffered from ovarian, breast, or endometrial cancers, or who are prone to blood clotting.

Suffering from a hormone imbalance or lower-than-normal hormone levels can lead to weight gain as the hormones play a significant role in signaling how your body uses and stores food. Weight gain can be tied to hormone imbalances because they can cause more food to be stored as fat in the body, rather than used for energy. Changes in estrogen levels can quickly lead to weight gain in women, regardless of if the levels of estrogen are considered very high or very low. Testosterone is necessary for men to maintain muscle mass and boost their metabolism, so lower levels of testosterone can lead to weight gain as well. Since hormonal imbalances can lead to weight gain in several ways, undergoing hormone replacement therapy can help to reverse those effects, allowing patients to lose that weight that they had gained.

Pellet hormone therapy is one of the more effective options, providing results much quicker as the pellets are implanted directly into the body, allowing for benefits such as weight loss to occur fairly quickly once the therapy has commenced. Contact us for more information about our Pellet Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy or book online to schedule an appointment. We are conveniently located at 2967 South Union Street, Opelousas, LA 70570. We serve clients from Opelousas and surrounding areas of Eunice LA, Lafayette LA, Crowley LA, New Iberia LA, Jennings LA & Baker LA!