Orange County Women's Sexual Health

By Dr. John Laura

Don’t give up on your sex life. For many women, there are biological reasons for loss of sexual function which can be addressed with the right combination of balanced treatments here at Dr. John Laura’s clinic. 

ORANGE COUNTY'S ONLY INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MEDICAL PLATFORM WITH AN INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH TO WOMEN’S HEALTH.

Comprehensive Personalized Treatment Plans

Our Clinic never offers a one-size fits all approach to your needs. Every patient is different and we have the tools to customize a comprehensive plan just for you.

🢒 Comprehensive Hormone Replacement Therapy

🢒 O-Shot rejuvenation for sensation restoration

🢒 Oxytocin Treatment for improving arousal and orgasm

🢒 Restorative medicine based supplementation

🢒 Other customized and individually appropriate treatments

Feel Like Yourself Again

Restoring a feeling of youthfulness biologically is at the core of everything we do at Dr. John Laura’s clinic. From anti-aging to restorative medicine, our philosophy is that helping the body return to a state of optimal function is the most effective way to overcome symptoms that keep us from feeling our best. Some of the benefits you can enjoy with out platform include:

  • One-on-one consultations with Dr. John Laura, Orange County’s premier restorative and anti-aging health expert.
  • Comprehensive lab testing
  • Customized holistic approach to address underlying issues and not just symptoms
  • Short term help with symptoms
  • Long term care for restoration of function

Addressing Female Sexual Dysfunction

Female sexual dysfunction is highly complex and involves many factors. The most common symptoms associated with sexual dysfunction are:

  • Low sex drive
  • Difficulty achieving or maintaining arousal
  • Persistent difficulty achieving orgasm
  • Sexual pain or discomfort and or dryness
  • Lack of vaginal sensation or stimulation

If you are experiencing difficulties in these areas, you may be a good candidate for a personalized treatment plan with Dr. John Laura. 

 

Menopause Makes it Worse

Women of all ages come to us for help with sexual dysfunction symptoms. But for many women, menopause is the first time they have trouble in the bedroom. This makes perfect sense considering that the same hormones that are deeply involved in sexual performance, such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone, go haywire at menopause. This can result in:

  • Fragile vaginal tissue and reduced lubrication due to low estrogen
  • Low libido due to low progesterone
  • Poor arousal due to low estrogen
  • Poor or no orgasms due to low testosterone

By correcting these hormonal imbalances, many menopausal women will find relief from all their female sexual dysfunction symptoms, as well as their menopause symptoms.

Hormone Replacement Therapy ‘HRT’

Hormonal imbalances that derail your sexual life and vitality can affect any woman, whether she is in her 20’s or at the point of menopause. This can result in a cascade of issues including insomnia, persistent headache, low libido, vaginal dryness, unregulated weight gain, reduced muscle mass and more. The underlying cause for these common signs of aging is the hormonal imbalance caused by the decline in hormone production. 

Bioidentical hormone therapy allows us to help you find the internal balance your systems are struggling to regain. You may find that not only does some of your sexual desire and function quickly return, you also may feel energized where you were lethargic, overcome weight loss plateaus, sleep better, think clearer, and feel generally happier with a sense of better well being.

How It Works

1. Phone Consultation

We begin by speaking with you and listening. We'll give you some ideas of the possible treatment plans that may suit you pending further lab work.

2. Lab Work & Doctor Visit

We'll help you complete some simple lab work. We'll review your results and then schedule an appointment with the Doctor.

3. Program Built for You

After the doctor's visit, we will be able to strategize just the right plan for you and your lifestyle.

4. At-Home Treatments & In-Office Followups

Your new treatment program will inform therapy from prescription, supplements and injections to suggestions for improved health.

Our bodies have the unique ability to heal themselves. Anti-Aging Treatments & Restorative Medicine can rejuvenate your health & vitality including your sexual vitality, simultaneously, making you the best version of you."
DR JOHN LAURA

Reverse Age-Related Hormone Symptoms

As women age, the body becomes less efficient at producing and utilizing critical hormones. Onset of menopause can compound these issues further. Symptoms include:

  • Hot Flashes
  • Fatigue
  • Weight Gain
  • Insomnia
  • Low Sex Drive
  • Mood Swings
  • Irritability
  • Thinning Hair
  • Foggy Thinking

Dr. John Laura Can Help Rebalance

  • Estrogen
  • Testosterone
  • Thyroid
  • Progesterone
  • DHEA
  • Cortisol

What is Hormone Therapy?

Hormone therapy, (HT) also known as hormone replacement therapy, is a procedure in which certain hormones are replenished artificially once the female body reaches a certain age and no longer produces the hormone in sufficient amounts. This, in turn, allows women to restore their youthful energy and looks, even when they are in their thirties, forties or fifties.

In hormone therapy, the two female hormones – estrogen and progesterone – are replenished. While certain treatments contain only estrogen and some contain only progesterone, some include both hormones. The kind of anti-aging hormone therapy you receive depends on your conditions and goals, and which problems you wish to target.

How Can Hormone Therapy Help with Signs of Aging?

Hormone therapy is known to relieve symptoms of menopause, which all women experience as they age. These include low libido, hot flashes, sleep problems, slowing metabolism, depression, anxiety, mood swings, etc. It is also known to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.

When it comes to hormone therapy, getting the right amount of dosage is crucial and may take some trial and error. Dr. John Laura will prescribe the lowest possible dosage to treat your symptoms. There are different ways that hormone therapy can be administered to the patient, including tablets, creams or gels, skin patches, and vaginal rings.

Apart from counteracting the effects of menopause, studies have also suggested that hormone therapy may be able to reduce the risk of heart attacks and heart failures, effectively prevent aging skin when used cautiously, as well as improve muscle function.

Dr. John Laura understands that aging in women can be challenging to deal with, as the female body goes through so many changes. This often leads to psychological issues such as lowered confidence and self-esteem, depression, anxiety, mood swings, lack of empathy, high irritability, problems with memory and concentration, etc. With effective hormone therapy, these problems can also be addressed.

"WE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO TACKLE YOUR CONCERNS, WE’RE GOING TO MONITOR YOUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN ORDER TO DODGE THE SIGNS OF AGING."
– DR. JOHN LAURA

Who is an Ideal Candidate to Receive Hormone Therapy for Anti-Aging?

Hormone therapy is a revolutionary treatment. It is one of the most effective treatments available today for menopausal symptoms in women. However, like any other procedure, it is essential that you consult a qualified and experienced doctor like Dr. John Laura first, before making any decision.
Hormone therapy may be ideal for you if you identify with the following:

  • You experience menopausal symptoms caused by hormonal changes such as severe hot flashes, loss of bone and muscle mass, a slowing metabolism, sleep problems, unregulated weight gain, low libido, etc.
  • You have experienced premature menopause, that is, you experience menopause around the age of 30 or 40.

You may want to avoid hormone therapy if you suffer from severe migraines, heart disease, uncontrolled high blood pressure, endometrial, ovarian or breast cancer, blood clots, or stroke.

Dr. John Laura is known for providing some of the best hormone therapy, and he will help you decide if hormone therapy is ideal for you after taking into consideration all-important personal factors.

Bioidentical Estrogen Therapy

Estrogen is a vital hormone that plays a role in everything from maintaining the health and function of the female reproductive system to contributing to the function of the cardiovascular system.
As with all hormone therapies, only bioidentical hormones should be used – never synthetic, and the dosing must be precise and highly customized based on the blood testing and lab results of each individual patient.

To prevent increasing breast cancer risk, estrogen should always be paired with bioidentical progesterone. The therapy is usually most effective when a combination of different estrogens is prepared together in the correct proportions.

Taking estrogen topically is the safest and most effective way. This also allows for the prescription to be regularly fine-tuned as we monitor your labs and the improvement of your symptoms.

Bioidentical Progesterone Therapy

Many women are deficient in progesterone due to the prevalence of estrogen dominance. In addition to maintaining a pregnancy (pro-gestation), progesterone plays a vital role in a number of non-reproductive functions such as stabilizing and improving mood, regulating sleep, and improving mitochondrial function.

Taking progesterone either topically or orally has virtually no side effects and can result in many important benefits. Women who chose to take hormonal birth control particularly benefit from progesterone therapy since birth control prevents ovulation which is when your body would naturally produce progesterone. Post-menopausal women who are past their ovulatory years can also derive great benefit from progesterone therapy.

In a natural hormonal cycle, estrogen, progesterone, and a handful of other hormones rise and fall in a synchronized pattern that repeats every 28 days or so. Most women benefit from cycling their hormones throughout the month to mimic this natural pattern.

Bioidentical Testosterone Therapy

While testosterone is typically associated with male hormones, it does naturally appear in a healthy female cycle, rising sharply around the time of ovulation each month and making women more impulsive, competitive, and open to new adventures for a few days mid-cycle.

Ensuring proper testosterone levels can aid with bone density, gaining and maintaining healthy muscle mass, and repairing and maintaining the female reproductive tissues.

Baseline lab testing will help us determine if you would benefit from supplementing with a low dose of testosterone. Women usually absorb testosterone well with transdermal methods. Thus a cream is a great method for administering it and this also gives us the flexibility to fine-tune the amount that will prove optimal for you. Injections are also an option.

DHEA Therapy

DHEA is a hormone produced by the adrenal glands which serves as a precursor to the creation of other hormones. DHEA deficiency may be the result of pituitary gland dysfunction or adrenal insufficiency. Supplementing can be beneficial in treating depression and obesity and may also help improve skin, osteoporosis, and vaginal atrophy.

Lab testing is vital to determining current DHEA levels and deciding whether supplementation may be beneficial for you. We do not recommend taking over-the-counter DHEA since hormone therapy needs to be carefully balanced and taking the wrong amount can upset hormone balance and set off a cascade of health problems. Finding the correct dose is critical and lab testing will help us to optimize your DHEA levels

Thyroid Therapy

Thyroid deficiency is a commonly misdiagnosed condition in women. Low thyroid can bring symptoms such as weight gain, poor sleep quality, fatigue, and poor mood.

What many doctors fail to realize is that there are multiple different thyroid hormones that work in conjunction with one another. Often, testing isn’t nuanced enough to determine how to appropriately supplement the right types of thyroid hormone at the right doses for optimal health.

At Dr. John Laura, we understand the delicate dance of hormones that must be achieved to ensure optimum health for our patients. In addition to running a complete panel, we also check symptoms to see if they are consistent with clinical findings of low thyroid.
After beginning therapy, we retest hormone levels and adjust your therapy accordingly. Getting this interplay between hormones right is critical to healthy aging and we are committed to helping you achieve the best results possible.

Growth Hormone Therapy

Growth hormone affects every system in the body and promotes the growth of bone and cartilage and regulates fat, muscle tissue, and other metabolic factors. Growth hormone deficiency may be caused by damage or lack of blood flow to the pituitary or hypothalamus gland.

Symptoms include

  • Headache
  • Fatigue
  • Sexual dysfunction
  • Decrease in muscle mass and strength
  • Hair loss
  • Reduced bone density
  • Weight gain, especially around the waist

If a deficiency is confirmed through lab testing, we can begin GH therapy in one of two ways. The safest way is to stimulate the pituitary to create more GH via injections of hormone-stimulating peptides. If this proves ineffective, a secondary option is nightly injections of GH.

Adrenal Fatigue Therapy

Adrenal fatigue happens when stressful events have caused the adrenals to produce too much cortisol over too long a period of time.

Cortisol can help us to wake up in the morning and to take quick action when needed, but a constant onslaught of this hormone can have a very negative effect on health over time.

Unlike other hormone therapies which replace the depleted hormone, with adrenal fatigue therapy, our goal is to support the adrenals so that they can be restored to normal function.

Therapy involves testing levels of all hormones as well as key nutrients and customizing a support plan just for you. We may also advise diet changes, a detoxification program, and lifestyle changes depending on the circumstances that may have contributed to adrenal fatigue.

Hair Loss Therapy

Hair loss may not be directly related to sexual dysfunction, but many women suffer from lowered confidence due to hair loss which can in turn lead them to feel less attractive or sexy.

While hair loss is generally associated with aging in men, it has been estimated that more than 50% of women will experience noticeable hair loss at some point. Healthy thick hair for women is a sign of vitality, fertility, and beauty, and thinning hair can be extremely psychologically distressing.

Hair loss is frequently caused by an imbalance in thyroid hormone levels, cortisol levels, and nutrient deficiencies. Treatment will depend on the results of lab testing and on your response to questions regarding lifestyle.

Thyroid supplementation may be needed, we will also check your iron levels and work with you to get those up if that’s a problem. In addition, we may prescribe various nutrients for the hair, and biotin injections.

At Dr. John Laura’s clinic, we also help many patients who suffer from hair loss with therapies that take cells from your own body to help with hair restoration.

IV, Peptide, and Injectable Nutrient Therapy

Sexual health is directly tied to your system’s overall health and ability to restore itself. Reducing common conditions such as chronic inflammation can make a profound complimentary difference in improving sexual health through treatments like hormone replacement. 

 

Other treatments for women

Rejuvenation with CO2RE Intima

CO2RE Intima delivers controlled CO2 energy  – so cells make more collagen – improving elasticity, skin tone, texture, and appearance to intimate parts.

O-Shot

O-Shot, a treatment that can help women restore sexual sensitivity.

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