Are treatments for hormone problems safe? In general, treatments are safe but side effects are possible with any medical treatment and none should be undertaken casually. As with any medication,, you should have a complete explanation of what the treatment options are and possible side effects with each. Usually some monitoring is necessary. This means regular follow-up visits to review your situation and sometimes regular lab tests.

I have not only acne but also increased hair on my face combined with thinning scalp hair. How can life be so unfair as to give me all of these problems at once?

Probably not. While there are many causes of female hair loss, the most common is so-called androgenic alopecia.

It is hard to pick just one but I would probably say alopecia (hair loss). Hair loss is normal for men (though we don’t like it) but not for women.

We do! But by one of the ironies of nature, while women’s ovaries stop making estrogen, men’s testicles do not.

Estrogen is involved in brain function and recent studies suggest that when estrogen levels drop, thinking and memory get a little slower.