Hormone replacement therapy may render the skin of postmenopausal women both more prone to inflammation and more capable of repairing itself, according to a study.
“Changes to ovarian function following menopause lead to a significant reduction in levels of estrogen and progesterone,” Orsolya Kiss, a research scientist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and a faculty member at The University of Manchester, and colleagues wrote. “Estrogen in particular, plays a crucial role in maintaining skin health [and] is known to be a potent immunomodulator.”
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