Hormones play a crucial role in regulating many of the body's functions. When hormone levels become imbalanced, it can lead to unpleasant symptoms and increased health risks. Re-balancing hormones through hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can provide relief from symptoms and help people lead fuller, healthier lives.
The Butterfly Hormone Center specializes in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Our experienced medical staff provides customized treatment plans to help patients correct hormone imbalances related to aging, menopause, and other conditions. We offer cutting-edge therapies and holistic care in a comfortable, welcoming environment.
Hormone therapy provides a variety of benefits that can dramatically improve quality of life, including:
Rebalancing estrogen and other hormones can provide relief from hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, irritability, and other common menopausal complaints. Hormone therapy helps women transition through menopause more comfortably.
Optimal hormone levels give people more energy for their daily activities and can make it easier to stay active and fit. Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) for men can provide a particular boost in these areas.
Hormone imbalance often manifests as depression, anxiety, trouble concentrating, low motivation, and other mental health issues. Restoring hormones to healthy levels acts as a natural mood stabilizer.
The right hormone balance helps regulate appetite cues and metabolism for healthier weight maintenance. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) makes weight management easier.
Estrogen plays an important role in bone health for both women and men. Hormone therapy can prevent excessive bone loss leading to osteoporosis.
Balancing hormones may help lower risks for heart disease, diabetes, dementia, and certain cancers later in life. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) protects long-term wellness.
The first step in hormone therapy is testing to identify deficiencies or excesses contributing to symptoms. Butterfly Hormone Center provides advanced hormone testing and analysis for comprehensive results.
We evaluate levels of key hormones including:
Hormone therapy can help transgender individuals align their physical characteristics with their gender identity. Studies show that after transitioning with hormone therapy, transgender individuals experience reduced anxiety, depression and suicidality. This suggests hormone therapy provides mental health benefits beyond physical changes, helping transgender people feel more at home in their bodies.
No two patients are alike. After testing diagnoses hormone imbalances, our practitioners develop customized hormone replacement therapy (HRT) plans to correctly rebalance each person’s levels. We create individualized therapies featuring:
Follow-up testing verifies treatment effectiveness and guides dosage adjustments. We collaborate ongoing to ensure patients get the best results possible from therapy.
Butterfly Hormone Center provides cutting-edge hormone balancing treatments for both men and women. Our most common therapies include:
Testosterone promotes muscle growth, strong bones, robust energy levels, good cholesterol levels, and healthy weight and metabolism. But testosterone levels decline significantly as men age. Low testosterone (low T) creates unpleasant symptoms that testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) can relieve.
TRT benefits include: - More energy and endurance - Increased muscle mass and strength - Improved mood and cognitive function - Better cholesterol levels - Healthy heart and blood vessels - Easier weight control - Stronger bones - Boosted sex drive and performance
We offer testosterone therapies like injectables, transdermal gels, and subcutaneous pellets to conveniently restore healthy testosterone status. Careful monitoring ensures optimal results from treatment.
Estrogen keeps many tissues and organs healthy in both women and men. But during menopause, estrogen levels steeply drop in women creating uncomfortable symptoms along with increased health risks.
Estrogen hormone replacement therapy eases the transition through menopause by relieving symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal atrophy, skin changes, irritability, mood swings. Estrogen delivered via patches, gels, pellets, or other methods protects bone, heart, brain, and metabolic health as women age.
Butterfly Hormone Center uses bioidentical estradiol to replenish estrogen at safe, effective doses customized to the individual. We help women determine the lowest doses providing maximum benefits.
Growth hormone plays key regulatory roles throughout life but production declines with age. Low human growth hormone (HGH) leaves people vulnerable to weight gain, muscle loss, fatigue, increased cholesterol and heart disease risk, and emotional issues like depression and anxiety.
HGH replacement therapy using bioidentical growth hormone helps resolve hormone imbalance for improved body composition, bone density, mood and mental sharpness, cardiac health, skin and hair quality, healing ability, intimacy, and overall vitality.
At Butterfly Hormone Center, specialized testing determines if HGH deficiency exists. For qualified candidates, we provide daily human growth hormone (HGH) injections after thorough medical assessment to restore health and function.
The thyroid gland manages metabolism but underproduction of thyroid hormones slows metabolism down leading to fatigue, stubborn weight gain, feeling cold, muscle weakness, hair loss, depression, and other unwelcome changes.
Thyroid hormone replacement eases symptoms by restoring adequate triiodothyronine and thyroxine levels. Butterfly Hormone Center prescribes bioidentical thyroid hormones like levothyroxine and liothyronine at the appropriate doses based on in-depth testing. Adjustments ensure optimal treatment over time.
DHEA serves as precursor to estrogen and testosterone while providing its own benefits. DHEA naturally decreases in the body over time. Low DHEA associates with disorders like adrenal fatigue, autoimmune diseases, insulin resistance, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and sexual dysfunction.
We offer cutting-edge DHEA replacement therapy utilizing bioidentical DHEA specially formulated for optimal absorption. Treatment augments declining DHEA in the body for better health and function.
While hormone replacement therapy (HRT) provides the foundation for correcting hormone deficits, patients can boost results further through supportive lifestyle measures like:
Butterfly Hormone Center provides personalized lifestyle guidance and referrals to complementary wellness providers for comprehensive hormone therapy support.
What sets the Butterfly Hormone Center apart includes:
We welcome those seeking integrative solutions to hormonal imbalances. Our goal is helping every patient live their best, most vibrant life.
The mild climate and scenic landscapes surrounding Ruther Glen make it an excellent area for promoting health during hormone replacement therapy (HRT).
Ruther Glen features four comfortable seasons perfect for year-round activity critical for supporting hormone balance through lifestyle. The bountiful parks, trails, gyms, yoga studios, recreation centers, and other facilities encourage regular exercise. Stress-relieving activities like boating, fishing, golf, birdwatching, and dining al fresco connect residents with the restoration of nature.
The small-town community offers a peaceful ambience removed from the hurry of city living. Yet Ruther Glen remains close enough to metropolitan Richmond for exceptional dining, culture, and healthcare resources like the Butterfly Hormone Center.
Several local laboratories provide blood testing for hormones while area compounding pharmacies furnish bioidentical preparations.
The Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in nearby Portsmouth provides comprehensive care including sexual health and hormone services. Butterfly Hormone Center also maintains privileges at the facility.
Various complementary wellness providers also operate locally for maximum lifestyle support during treatment.
Ruther Glen’s four seasons all support hormone health. The cold snowy winters encourage extra thyroid activity. Spring features longer daylight exposure optimizing hormones like melatonin and cortisol. Summers allow sunny outdoor activity energizing mind and body. Fall’s cool dry air helps balance inflammation pathways.
Overall, Ruther Glen’s moderate climate, outdoor recreation, community spirit, and holistic resources make it a wonderful location for restoring hormone wellness through replacement therapy.
Beginning hormone therapy first requires thorough testing to diagnose hormone deficiencies or excesses causing symptoms. Blood panels and saliva tests assess levels of key hormones and biomarkers of health. Questionnaires also evaluate lifestyle, medical history, symptoms, and health goals.
Our clinical advisors then analyze results to determine suitable hormone replacement therapy (HRT) regimens and dosing to resolve imbalance. We tailor prescriptive programs to the individual’s needs and preferences using bioidentical hormones via patches, pellets, topical creams/gels or other delivery methods.
Follow up testing continues at regular intervals to ensure optimal therapy until hormone balance stabilizes. Patients also receive support for beneficial lifestyle changes that aid hormone function. We modify programs over time for sustained success.
Butterfly Hormone Center streamlines testing, treatment, and ongoing monitoring for seamless hormone replacement from start to finish. We empower patients with the knowledge and tools to take charge of their hormone health for more energy and zest for living.
Contact Butterfly Hormone Center today to explore hormone testing and replacement options available. Our Ruther Glen area wellness advisors help create personalized solutions for achieving peak vitality through hormone balance.
