Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., secrets of a plastic surgeon, and it's time for a five-minute Friday.

Today, I want to talk about testosterone and women and the truth.

Let's dive into one of the most misunderstood hormones in women's health.

Testosterone, women's health, and menopause is having a moment.

This year, media is full of menopause moments,

and I am so delighted and happy that we're talking about this. But I'm hearing estrogen and

progesterone. I want to bring testosterone to the top of the conversation. Most people associate

testosterone with men's health, but here's the truth.

Testosterone is critical for women's health, longevity, and aesthetic vitality.

And let's talk about why testosterone matters for women.

Testosterone's produced in the ovaries and your adrenal glands.

It peaks in your 20s and it slowly declines with your age. By the time a woman

reaches menopause, her testosterone levels maybe half or less than that, less than what your peak was,

and for some people it almost drops to zero. Estrogen and progesterone, they really get the spotlight,

but testosterone is essential for cognitive

clarity, dopamine regulation, lean muscle mass and fat distribution. This is one of the critical

hormones that as we get into menopause changes, and this is why we get that rectangular square

shape. In menopause, we get the visceral fat,

we lose our hourglass or pear-shaped figure

and we turn into rectangles because testosterone is changing.

We need that lean muscle mass, we need the fat distribution

like our more youthful days.

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