Aging is a natural process that affects everyone. However, the right anti-aging hormone treatments can help you feel youthful, healthy, and vibrant at any age. This guide from the experts at Thrive Hormone Therapy will teach you the basics of safely and effectively using hormones like testosterone and growth hormone to combat aging.
Hormone levels naturally peak in your 20s and decline with age. Reasons include:
This decline contributes to unwanted signs of aging like low energy, weight gain, decreased muscle mass and strength, reduced libido, erectile dysfunction, hot flashes, mood changes, poor concentration and memory, thinning hair, sagging skin, and more.
The expert physicians at Thrive Hormone Therapy specialize in customized anti-aging hormone treatments using bioidentical hormones that are molecularly identical to the ones your body produces.
Benefits include:
At our state-of-the-art facility, our experienced medical staff first performs comprehensive lab tests and medical exams tailored to your unique needs. We then develop fully customized programs using cutting-edge therapies like testosterone injections and creams, sermorelin growth hormone, essential B12 shots, nutrition IV therapy, and more.
Regular follow-ups ensure optimal progress as your body rebalances. We also provide lifestyle guidance on diet, exercise, and stress reduction for amplifying results.
Our key focus is always the long-term health, safety, and well-being of every patient.
Detecting hormone deficiencies requires specific blood, saliva, or urine tests. Key markers evaluated include:
Comparison to optimal range values for your age and sex determines if you have a deficiency requiring treatment.
Ask our doctors about our comprehensive Hormone Blood Panels and cutting-edge genetic tests to accurately identify imbalances. We determine the root causes and craft targeted treatment plans.
Table 1. Optimal Hormone Ranges
| Hormone | Male Range | Female Range |
|---|---|---|
| Testosterone | 500-800 ng/dL | 15-70 ng/dL |
| Estrogen | 10-50 pg/mL | 30-400 pg/mL |
| Progesterone | 0.1-0.5 ng/mL | 1-25 ng/mL |
| DHEA-S | 130-640 μg/dL | 65-380 μg/dL |
| IGF-1 | 96-494 ng/mL | 98-252 ng/mL |
The most crucial hormone for men's health and anti-aging. Benefits include:
Delivered via injections, creams, patches, or pellets. We craft fully personalized testosterone therapy based on your needs and preferences for convenient, consistent dosing.
Frequent monitoring ensures optimum testosterone levels are maintained long-term without overdosing. We also provide therapies like aromatase inhibitors to control estrogen conversion of testosterone, which can limit benefits.
Starting with a low-dose regimen and slowly increasing under medical supervision reduces potential side effects like enlarged prostate, excess red blood cell production, or exacerbation of undiscovered prostate cancer risk.
Sermorelin stimulates your pituitary gland to naturally produce more growth hormone and IGF-1, an essential anti-inflammatory hormone that declines with age.
Benefits include:
As a short protein, sermorelin is safe for long-term use with few side effects. It restores lagging growth hormone levels to what your body produced at its youthful peak.
Combined with testosterone therapy, sermorelin potently turns back the clock - patients routinely report feeling 20 years younger!
We also provide therapies to replenish common vitamin and mineral deficiencies tied to aging:
While hormone optimization is crucial, lifestyle habits also significantly impact aging. We counsel patients on:
With comprehensive hormone treatments plus lifestyle optimization for diet, activity levels, and stress reduction, our anti-aging programs deliver life-changing renewal, inside and out!
Table 2. Common Myths vs. Facts on Anti-Aging Hormone Treatments
| Myth | Fact |
|---|---|
| Taking extra testosterone is dangerous | Prescription testosterone therapy under medical supervision is safe and routinely used for deficiency treatment |
| Growth hormones cause unwanted height gains or "gigantism" | In adults, growth hormone only promotes lean tissue growth and anti-aging effects, not height |
| Hormones like DHEA are "illegal steroids" | Compounded bioidentical hormones like DHEA are legal when prescribed by a physician |
| There's no way to stop or reverse aging | Optimizing nutrition, hormones, lifestyle habits, and genetics significantly impacts healthspan and lifespan |
| Hormone treatments increase cancer risk | On the contrary - optimizing testosterone and growth hormone to healthy levels reduces inflammation and strengthens immunity |
| Nothing can be done about losing muscle and strength with age | Strategies like strength training combined with hormone, vitamin, and mineral repletion promote muscle gains into old age |
| Cognitive decline with aging is inevitable | Anti-inflammatory diets and lifestyles combined with optimizing thyroid, testosterone, and growth hormone preserve memory and focus |
| Skin and hair quality inevitably worsen | Skin and hair require protein (from sufficient growth hormone) and nutrients to maintain collagen, elastin, and keratin infrastructure impacted by aging |
Thrive Hormone Therapy specializes in integrative treatment plans personalized to your unique needs and biomarkers - not one-size-fits-all approaches. Our expert medical staff stays at the leading edge of anti-aging science and continually enhances our protocols with innovative new therapies for optimal safety and efficacy.
We take a root cause-oriented, precision medicine approach. Our advanced testing uncovers underlying issues that undermine wellness as we age so they can be corrected, while state-of-the-art nutraceuticals, hormone optimizing agents, and vitamin/mineral repletion restore proper balance.
At Thrive Hormone Therapy, we've seen countless patients transform their lives, recovering youthful vitality, health, and function they thought was gone forever. We love helping patients discover that aging gracefully on your own terms is possible. If you're struggling with unwanted signs and symptoms of aging, we encourage you to explore the holistic medical solutions and anti-aging expertise Thrive Hormone Therapy offers.
