Nikki McCutchenFounder & Owner, Embrace Optimal Health · Embrace Optimal Health

Reduced Cholesterol Thanks to the Patches

29 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this personal testimonial, the speaker explains how low estrogen can raise cholesterol levels and shares her own cholesterol history. Two years ago her total cholesterol was 222 mg/dL, with a high LDL (bad cholesterol) but a good ratio, which caused her concern. After beginning estrogen hormone patches in September, roughly nine months later she observed her total cholesterol drop by about 8 points, and a subsequent test a few months later showed a further decrease. She interprets these changes as a positive trend, indicating that the patches are helping lower her cholesterol.

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You know, your hormones just affect your body in so many different ways. And another, um, area, when you are low on estrogen, it raises your cholesterol levels. I've never had bad cholesterol. I've, I've always tried to be, you know, fairly healthy, um, and my cholesterol was 222 2 years ago. Right now it would have been a year ago, September, 222. My bad cholesterol was up. My ratio was good, which they say that's what really matters. But anyway, I kind of freaked out with my cholesterol being high. So after being on the patches, that would have been in September. So it would have been about 9 months. It's— my cholesterol level total number has gone down about 8 points, I believe, which doesn't seem like a lot. But I also got it tested a couple of months later And they had gone down even more. So I feel like it's, you know, definitely heading in the right direction.