Joy Kong, MD explains that while HRT can reverse menopause symptoms and reduce risks of osteoporosis and heart disease, it cannot restore actual ovulation. Periods from hormone therapy are fake bleeds, not real cycles.
Can you reverse menopause? If you're talking about reversing the symptoms, yes. If you're talking about delaying menopause, yes. In terms of reversing, like if you already post menopause, technically, can you rejuvenate yourself back to ovulation or getting your periods back? Well, yes, you can get your periods back through hrt, but it's a fake bleed. It's not a real bleed. And you're ovulating the signs and the symptoms. Yes. We want to reverse osteoporosis. We want to reverse heart disease. We want to reverse. And we can diabetes. We can like all these things when it's very much due to the loss of our hormones. And the thing is, if we want to lower the risk of osteoporosis and having a fall and a fracture, which is the big deal, or having a heart attack due to heart disease, it's better to start hormone therapy early.
