Premature Aging

As a woman’s hormones begin to fluctuate during perimenopause, skin changes are often the things she notices. Wrinkles, dryness, and loss of luster and elasticity can all result from declining hormone levels.

Science is showing that estrogen slows the ravages of time when it comes to your skin. Estrogen increases the activity of skin fibroblasts, the cells that produce collagen. Collagen is the connective tissue that adds “plumpness” to skin, giving it structure and tone. It helps keep moisture in the skin by insuring the production of hyaluronic acid, a substance that keeps water in your tissues. The skin collagen content of women who take estrogen replacement has been shown to be considerably higher than that of women who do not.

Scientific studies have shown that estrogen replacement can:

• Decrease wrinkle depth and pore size from 61% to 100%
• Markedly improve skin hydration
• Increase skin thickness from 7% to 15%
• Increase skin lipid sebum production by 35%

Estrogen also plays a role in the way fat is distributed under the skin. Loss of this layer of fat can make skin look older than it should, by contributing to sagging and loss of fullness. 

Natural hormone therapy can have a powerful and positive effect on helping you maintain youthful looking skin. It is one of the benefits of replacement therapy that many women enjoy.  It is best to first assess your hormone levels with a baseline salivary hormone test. Hormones have an ideal body equilibrium that must be maintained.  Preserving the proper balance and ratio between your hormones, and restoring them to more youthful levels can help protect and preserve the vibrancy and vitality of your skin.

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