Short YouTube clip by Dr. Tabatha Barber explaining that 'estrogen dominance' refers to a relative excess of estrogen compared with progesterone; it can occur even when absolute estrogen levels are low because progesterone falls more, producing symptoms associated with estrogen dominance.
Can I have estrogen dominance when I have lower estrogen levels and they're not actually elevated? Okay. The answer is absolutely, you can have estrogen dominance even without having high estrogen levels. You're probably thinking, okay, how does that work? What do you mean? So estrogen dominance is just referring to the fact that there is too much estrogen as compared to progesterone in the setting of what is going on. So it's common for women's estrogen levels to start to decline, but they can still have symptoms of estrogen dominance.
