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Is the practice of sport beneficial?

Playing sports is advisable to maintain the muscles that support the skin, and elasticity for it. It also provides vitality and prevents depression, which is very appropriate at this stage of life of women.

What can the doctor do?

Consider the situation of the skin of women in menopause. Establish hormone replacement therapy and monitor its effects. Restitution in certain cases the contribution of minerals and vitamins. And provide absorbable substances such as retinoic acid, collagen, hyaluronic acid. Read the rest of this entry »

What cosmetics can be used in menopause?

Local hormones

Are at risk of overdose when given in conjunction with hormone replacement therapy. Currently, estrogen-containing cosmetics are not for sale, but may find some cosmetics that contain estrogenic substances derived from plants.

Vitamin A, retinoic acid

Vitamin A has an action on the rejuvenation of skin cells, an increase of collagen and elastin. This treatment can be irritating and should be accompanied by moisturizers to counteract this effect.

Alpha-hydroxy acids and beta-hydroxy

They have a similar action on the skin, do not cause irritation or allergy and are active at acidic pH. Read the rest of this entry »

What is the solution for these skin problems?

The lack of sex hormones is the main cause of these problems, the sex hormone treatment a substitute for partially restore these problems, always taking into account the side effects of these hormonal treatments. Medically known as HRT (hormone replacement therapy).

Hormone therapy is beneficial in the sense of restoring the natural conditions of the skin. Women treated with sex hormones have a less dry skin and mucous membranes, thicker, with less hair and more hair than women without this treatment. This treatment tries to stop the aging of the skin. Read the rest of this entry »

Are there other events?

The mucous

In the genitals can cause dryness of the vagina and the vulva (the outside). This can cause burning and intense itching. The presence of flow may result from an infection because there is a lack of beneficial bacteria (bacilli Döderlein) for acidification and protection of the vagina. All this can lead to sexual relations become annoying and painful.

The hair

The hair become dry and brittle, and there is a significant fall of hair. In man, hair loss is localized and occurs in women diffusely. Sometimes there is a relation to the lack of thyroid hormones or an iron deficiency that usually occurs in women who are aberrant in menopause diets, for fear of gaining weight or revulsion to certain foods, like meat. Read the rest of this entry »

What does the menopause with aging of the skin?

Lack of estrogen enhances the natural aging of the skin. It is certain that the aging of the skin is related to the lack of female sex hormones (estrogen) that occurs during menopause.

During the period before menopause (premenopausal period) and usually observed certain changes in the skin that continue and increase after menopause.

What are the most common problems?

- Dry skin, the skin thins, wrinkles are more numerous and more pronounced. When you pinch the skin, the skin fold is more pronounced and persists much longer, the elasticity is minimal. Read the rest of this entry »

It is said that female menopause is a disorder that occurs after age 45, but the truth is that it is a natural development of women which can vary between 43 and 55.

This is characterized by the suspension of the menstrual period, resulting in the interruption of substances important for hormonal balance.

As a result, women suffer from sudden temperature changes, which has become the descalsificación the long bone.

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