Bioidentical Hormone Replacement
Due to a major scientific breakthrough using genetic engineering to create hormones identical to the molecular structure as those made in the human body (hence, "bioidentical hormones"), the ultimate in preventive medicine has finally been realized! Insufficiency of hormones has been discovered to be a major element in the process of aging. A decrease in the production of hormones begins in middle age and continues to diminish in a linear fashion into older age, in both men and women. In essence, we age because our hormones fall.

Unfortunately, many of the disease processes, including cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes, and Alzheimer's Disease have been blamed on the aging process. However, now we can look at aging as a significant factor in disease formation and attempt to prevent the signs and symptoms of aging by treating aging as a disease in itself. Conventional medicine has now begun to change its thinking that it is "normal" to deteriorate with age and therefore acceptable. Now we know that much of the deterioration of aging is preventable.

With proper hormone restoration and balance, we see diminished body fat and increased lean muscle mass and strength, increased bone density, increases in skin tone and thickness, energy levels, exercise tolerance and endurance, sexual desire and performance, improved mood and sleep, improved healing and immunity, as well as tremendous increase in overall well-being and quality of life. In addition, many physical measurements are improved, including cardiac output, cholesterol levels, insulin levels, and blood pressure.

Bioidentical hormones are not drugs. They are natural substances made from soy or yam and made to exactly match the hormones our bodies have made since conception. The doses of these hormones should never exceed what your body has already been accustomed to in your younger years, and therefore is individualized for each patient. In a myriad of studies reported in the most respected medical journals, bioidentical hormones have never been shown to cause any harm and when restored to youthful levels have actually been shown effective in preventing disease and providing health and vigor that one loses with age. When the correct hormones are taken as prescribed by a physician and monitored closely with the appropriate lab testing, they produce no negative side effects and work together synergistically to restore declining immunity which in turn helps to protect the body against cancer.

At the BioCosmetic Center, we specialize in total hormone replacement regimens along with exercise, diet, and nutritional supplementation to achieve maximum benefits and optimal levels in order to deter the ravages of the aging process. We prescribe only natural bioidentical hormones and never use the cancer-causing synthetic hormones. After a complete health history and comprehensive laboratory evaluation,a personalized hormone restoration program will be prescribed for you and monitored closely until optimal hormone levels have been achieved. We will decide together which delivery system of hormones is best for you (pills, creams, injections, or subcutaneous pellet implants). Remember, why suffer the "normal" deterioration of aging when you can have healthy aging and truly enjoy your golden years?