Julie Taylor, MD, MPH
Take Control of Your Hormone Health and Feel Your Best Again
Hormones regulate a wide variety of functions, so they must be in balance for you to achieve optimal levels of health and wellness. Your natural hormones can become imbalanced due to stress, aging, or pregnancy.
We offer a revolutionary, customized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy program that helps your body overcome the effects of stress and aging, thus restoring your energy, sexual function, and overall sense of well-being.
“What is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy?”
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy is one of the most advanced anti-aging medical treatments and addresses a wide variety of hormonal ailments. Bioidentical hormones are derived from plant and animal sources. They are chemically identical to the hormones your body produces, so your body can recognize and process them just like your own hormones with minimal risk of side effects. Bioidentical hormone therapy can improve a variety of health issues with the supplementation of vital sex hormones, such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. These issues include:
- Menopause and Perimenopause Symptoms
- Infertility
- Andropause
- Low Testosterone
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Chronic Migraines
- Thyroid Issues
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Menopause & Aging
You don’t have to settle for simply aging.
Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy can help you tackle the challenges you may consider natural and inevitable effects of aging, such as:
Body Leanness
During age-related hormone decline, men and women can lose several pounds of muscle mass; however, improving hormone levels improves muscle tone and results in a leaner appearance.
Libido
Maintaining optimal hormone balance can increase sexual function and libido and minimize symptoms of vaginal dryness and erectile dysfunction. Both can improve intimate relationships and boost confidence in men and women.
Appearance of Skin and Hair
Proper hormone levels, especially in old age, can help maintain a lustrous head of hair and strong fingernails.
Weight Management
Balancing hormones with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy helps men and women to keep an active metabolism and prevent sudden hormone-related weight gain.
Brain Function
Restoring hormones to healthy levels can help men and women improve and preserve their memory and cognitive function.
Bone Mass
Maintaining healthy hormone levels helps prevent bone thinning in men and women and even reverses some of the effects of osteoporosis.
The Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
Hormonal treatment may be delivered orally, transdermally, or through pellets. With bioidentical hormone therapy, Dr. Taylor customizes a blend of hormones according to your symptoms - helping with hormone-caused symptoms like:
- Fatigue
- Hot flashes & night sweats
- Weight gain
- Mood swings
- Low libido
- Vaginal dryness
- Erectile dysfunction
- Brain fog
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Irritability
- Sleep disturbances
- Decrease in skin elasticity
- Muscle or bone loss
Studies show that the proper hormonal treatment can significantly reduce the risk of age-related ailments, including Alzheimer’s disease, Diabetes, Heart disease, Osteoporosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Low Testosterone & Men’s Health
Testosterone is present in men and women, but men naturally have more. It helps maintain energy, libido, and muscle mass. It also helps manage a man’s bone density, fat distribution, red blood cell production, and sperm production.
Testosterone levels naturally decline as men and women age, but sometimes levels get so low they can cause low sex drive, muscle loss, and decreased energy. When men do not produce enough testosterone, they begin to experience hair loss on the head, under the arms, or on the groin, as well as poor sleep and muscle atrophy.
With bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, men and women can improve their overall health and boost their quality of life by overcoming age-related disorders that develop as a result of hormonal decline or imbalances.
Andropause: Andropause is the time in a man’s life when he experiences a dramatic testosterone decrease. Testosterone production peaks during adolescence and early adulthood. Throughout a man’s 30’s, testosterone steadily decreases by around 10% each decade. By his 40’s or 50’s, testosterone levels can drastically drop to cause several health issues.
Testicular Issues: Low testosterone can also occur if you’ve experienced an injury to your testicles or have had testicular cancer.
Poor Health, Sickness, and Disease: Testosterone can drastically decrease if you have been sick with a severe infection, suffer from type 2 diabetes, have chronic liver or kidney disease, or are obese.
Other hormones that may become deficient include DHEA and Growth Hormone. This can create symptoms such as thinning hair, insomnia, increased abdominal fat, muscle atrophy, erectile dysfunction, low libido, anxiety, depression, outbursts of anger, and poor memory.
Balance Your Testosterone - The Right Way
Dr. Taylor offers bioidentical hormone replacement therapy programs to help men experiencing low testosterone. Bioidentical hormones are derived from plant ingredients and have the exact same molecular structure as the hormones your body produces. Bioidentical testosterone replacement is offered through a cream or with pellets that time release 24/7 to mimic your natural hormone release patterns best.
Men benefit as much, if not more, than women do from bioidentical hormone therapy.
They can experience:
- Improved sexual function
- Healthier moods
- Increased muscle tone
- Reduced body fat
- Improved cognitive function
- Thicker hair
- Improved sleep
- Increased libido
- Improved cardiovascular function
Menopause and Hormone Disorders Q & A
Hormones regulate a wide variety of functions, so they must be in balance for you to achieve optimal levels of health and wellness. Your natural hormones can become imbalanced due to stress, aging, or pregnancy.
Bioidentical hormones are derived from plant chemicals and match the molecular structure of hormones produced in our bodies. With bioidentical hormone therapy, Dr. Taylor customizes a blend of hormones according to your symptoms.
Bioidentical hormone therapy can improve a variety of health issues with the supplementation of vital sex hormones, such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone. These issues include:
- Infertility
- Andropause
- Low-testosterone
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Perimenopause and menopause symptoms
- Chronic migraines
- Thyroid issues
Bioidentical hormone therapy resolves a number of issues you might consider as natural, inevitable effects of aging, such as:
Body Leanness
During age-related hormone decline, men and women can lose several pounds of muscle mass, however, improving hormone levels improves muscle tone and results in a leaner appearance.
Libido
Maintaining optimal hormone balance can increase sexual function and libido and minimize symptoms of vaginal dryness and erectile dysfunction. Both of which can improve intimate relationships and boost confidence in men and women.
Appearance of Skin and Hair
Proper levels of hormones, especially into old age, can help you maintain a lustrous head of hair and strong fingernails.
Weight Management
Balancing hormones with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy helps men and women to keep an active metabolism and prevent sudden hormone related weight gain.
Brain Function
Restoring hormones to healthy levels can help men and women improve and preserve their memory and cognitive function.
Bone Mass
Maintaining healthy hormone levels helps prevent bone thinning in men and women and even reverses some of the effects of osteoporosis.
Dr. Taylor offers BioTE pellet therapy for bioidentical hormone replacement. Unlike other forms of bioidentical hormone replacement, this method provides a sustained 24/7 release of hormones, thus mimicking the natural physiology of the body. It’s a longer term treatment, lasting three to five months for women and up to six months for men. The pellets pose no danger to loved ones, small children, or pets who may experience serious side effects if they come into contact with hormone creams.
In addition to pellets, Dr. Taylor offers many other forms of hormone therapy including oral, topical, troches, injections, and patches. She customizes each treatment plan based on needs and patient preferences. Dr. Taylor also works very closely with her compounding pharmacist, Gayane, at Arcade Lane Compounding Pharmacy in Pasadena, for patients who do not want pellets. She is also happy to work with another pharmacy depending on patient preference.