“Is premature aging related to menopause?”

Yes, menopause causes a lot of hormonal changes in your body. Estrogen keeps your skin soft and young looking, loss of estrogen at menopause has opposite effects.
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Yes. You had a premature ovarian failure. You must take hormone replacement for at least 7 years. Otherwise, you will look and feel as if you’re 60 when you’re only 50 years old.

When you stop producing estrogen, all the things that make you most feminine and young are hindered. If you have no breast cancer in the family, you may want to consider hormone replacement therapy. 

Yes. There are many changes after menopause to skin, hair and especially to genital tissue including the vagina and bladder.

Premature aging of body tissues is definitely tied to the drop in Estradiol in the female body. Estradiol is one of 2 major female hormones and is called ‘the fountain of youth’ by many. The role of Estradiol in the body is to increase blood supply per square inch to tissues with Estradiol or E receptors. It begs the question, ‘how many tissues in our body have E receptors?’ The answer: every single tissue in our body has E receptors and every tissue in your body notices when your E levels drop or go away with menopause. So in my patients, I strongly endorse bio-identical hormone replacement. However, Estradiol replacement without properly balancing it with Progesterone is the key; it’s all about balance. Average age of menopause in the US is 50.5yo so 44yo is early and your body deserves to have premenopausal Estradiol (E) values until age 50 to help protect your bones from early bone loss called osteopenia, then osteoporosis as it continues to progress. Ask your doctor to check your blood levels of Estradiol and Progesterone (P4) as both female hormones are important and must be balanced to keep all of your female body organs protected; this includes your brain, your skin, your GI tract, your heart, your muscles, etc. You get the idea; bio-identical hormone replacement is not only good for you, it gives you back what your body is no longer making for you, but it needs to be followed and balanced. If only Estradiol is replaced without Progesterone, it can put you at risk for hyperstimulation of female organs like breast (bad mammograms), uterus (fibroids, abnormal bleeding) and ovaries (cysts that can rupture). If you take both Estradiol + Progesterone and have those levels followed and balanced by bloodwork, you are much less likely to have any hyperstimulation issues and your body will act forever age 40-45yo. If your doctor won’t check your levels, then ask them why as the North American Menopause Society actually endorses women taking bio-identical hormone replacement even after age 65yo when the benefits outweigh the risks. If your doctor is unfamiliar with how to manage you and you have no good option in your area, please check my website; victoriajmondlochmdsc.com or call my office 262-524-9116 to find out how we can help. Also, watch for the book due out end of July on Amazon called Full Bloom; Perimenopause, Menopause and Beyond. This book is the newest authority on how to understand the science surrounding women’s hormone cycles, hormone loss and how to properly hormone replace including the literature on its safety profile and cardiovascular protection. Lastly, check out the link to CUTV News radio (internet radio) and listen to the Women in Excellence 10wk radio series that will be aired on-line; I will be doing the women’s health segment that airs every Tuesday at 2o’clock central time starting 7/02/19; check your time zone as the show is live-stream broadcast.