S3 Ep144: ESTROGEN for the FACE? THE FACTS!

Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: THE Menopause Podcast

Something happens to skin after your 40th birthday, and that something isn’t good. So is it just a coincidence that wrinkles and sags show up at the same time your periods disappear, or is it just one of those mid-life things? The answer is both. Post menopause skin without estrogen is dryer, thinner, blotchier, hairier, and wrinklier. So, is TOPICAL ESTROGEN the answer? And is it safe?

• The specific impact of loss of estrogen on skin
• Why bone loss impacts the way your face looks
• Why you get increased facial hair post menopause
• When estrogen was in over-the-counter facial creams.
• Why the FDA stopped allowing the sale of over-the-counter estrogen
• Studies that demonstrate that topical facial estrogen cream is safe and effective
• How systemic estrogen benefits skin
• Options to get facial estrogen cream
• How to use it
• Strategies to remove facial hair

For more information:
Episode 117 Top Tips for Terrific Skin & Hair with Dr. Ellen Gendler

Episode 139 Hair Today -Gone Tomorrow- Part 1

Episode 141 Hair Today -Gone Tomorrow-Part 2

Rzepecki A, et al. Estrogen-deficient skin: The role of topical therapy International Journal of Women's Dermatology 2019
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30997378/

Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information podcast is not intended to replace medical advice and should be used to supplement, not replace, care by your personal healthcare clinician. Dr. Streicher disclaims liability for any medical outcomes that may occur because of applying methods suggested or discussed in this podcast.
Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of The Menopause Society.
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Books by Lauren Streicher, MD

• Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain
  
  
• Hot Flash Hell: A Gynecologist's Guide to Turning Down the Heat
  
  
• Sex Rx- Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
  
  
• The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy
  
  

To Find a Menopause Clinician

• Episode 46 Finding a Menopause Clinician Who Will Listen
  
  

Midi Health joinmidi.com

Midi Health is a telehealth company that provides high-level menopause care and takes insurance in all 50 states. Dr. Streicher is Midi’s Medical Director of Education and Community Outreach and is familiar with their medical protocols, which are all regularly updated and set by the top academic menopause experts in the country.
The Menopause Society- Certified Menopause Practitioner List Menopause.org

• To find a menopause practitioner: https://portal.menopause.org/NAMS/NAMS/Directory/Menopause-Practitioner.aspx
• Put in your zip code and designate NCMP or CMSP to get a certified menopause practitioner. While all people on this list have passed a competency examination, Dr. Streicher does not vouch for every one of these clinicians. Most are excellent.
  

Major Medical Centers
It also may be helpful to check with major medical centers in your area. Many have menopause clinics or lists of doctors who have an interest and expertise in menopause.
If you are in the Chicago area, the center founded by Dr. Streicher:
The Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause Sexmedmenopause.nm.org