Progesterone Reduces Wrinkles

The other day I was remarking to a friend about how despite all the stress and sleep deprivation in my life over the past few years (motherhood!), I don’t seem to have aged much. My take on it is that it’s all the progesterone I’m producing as first a pregnant woman and now a breastfeeding mom. So I set out to determine whether my theory was correct.

The good news is that it seems to be.

I’ve always been a fan of John Lee M.D., an advocate for using natural progesterone cream instead of HRT for M (that’s M for menopause) symptoms. Even when I was younger I knew I would never use HRT, and specifically estrogen replacement. Here is what I found out perusing PubMed, one of my favorite medical sources.

In a double-blind study, randomized, vehicle-controlled study of 40 peri and post-menopausal women published in the British Journal of Dermatology, November 2005, the topical application of 2% progesterone cream did indeed result in significant increases in skin elasticity. More importantly there was a decrease in wrinkle depth and number, and an increase in skin firmness. Hydration and moisture levels were not affected.

I don’t know about you, but I am really excited about this news. Even better is that there are no side effects from using progesterone. But there’s one caveat. You have to use real progesterone cream, and let me tell you there are lots of creams that aren’t the real deal. I’ll give you the lowdown on what to get in another blog post. So stay tuned!

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