Dear Linda:

A woman's facial skin does begin to age more rapidly as estrogen levels decline during perimenopause and menopause. While cleansing and moisturizing with products that promote healthy skin are important routine care, clinical studies show that what really works to make the fine lines and wrinkles disappear is to replace the estrogen your body is no longer producing.

In several studies, a mild estrogen applied topically to the face and neck has reduced the appearance of skin aging, significantly improving skin elasticity and firmness, decreasing the appearance of wrinkle depth and pore size, increasing skin moisture and collagen. These studies have further shown that a low-dose topical estrogen can be used without systemic absorption and therefore without estrogenic side effects.

If you would like more information, please give us a call at 800.558.7046

For study abstracts, please see: "Treatment of Skin Aging with Topical EStrogens", International Journal of Pharmaceutical compounding, vol.2, No.4, July/August 1998

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