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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have mixed feelings about this. Women shouldn’t be forced to suffer bc it’s normal. But the social expectation that women stay young and hot forever is harmful too—and it’s also reinforced by a lot of the same HRT/med spa marketing forces that are aimed at alleviating real suffering.

In my ideal world, we would make medicine available to women to alleviate their suffering but also accept that, if you’re lucky, you become an old crone. [/quote]

I resent your conflation of HRT and medspas. I take HRT. I have never had a procedure, an infejection, or anything associated with a medspa. I’ve read abstracts on pubmed and articles and the occasional study as a civilian. I’m not doing anything to fake my age, and I think your kind of post, and OPs, are also harmful. I support anyone who has life-limiting symptoms to talk to a sane and qualified physician.[/quote]

Do you really believe that no one who advocates for HRT conflates health and beauty/aging issues? If you do, I think you are missing a lot of the marketing and general conversation around HRT.  [/quote]

I’m so f——g sick of people like you maligning women who seek help. Again - my physician is not on Instagram or selling supplements. Neither of us dye our greys or get Botox. Is it ok with you if she stays on top of research and helps women? Thanks so much. You feel free to hall monitor this “conflation” keeping you up at night.[/quote]

In my normal life, I’m bombarded by influencers and med spas advertising HRT for youth/beauty reasons. When women in their 40s ask questions about gaining weight, influencers/med spa  owners and customers will respond with suggestions that they consult XYZ med spa for HRT (not just estrogen/progesterone, but also testosterone). I see this all the time.

Obviously, there are women who suffer who obtain relief from doctors consulting the latest in research. But there are definitely also influencers and entrepreneurs selling women HRT as a cure for getting old. I wholeheartedly support the former and have mixed feelings about the latter.  [/quote]

I get that the two are conflated but I think you have to understand, women who are seeking HRT are at a certain stage in her life. They are in their 40s and yes, they are aging. Smart marketing would be to realize hey, while they are seeking symptom relief why not try to sell them products to keep them looking young too. Does it conflate things, yes, and can it be annoying to those of us who aren’t seeking those things, yes, but it doesn’t mean that there aren’t women who are seeking real solutions to health problems and not just wanting to look young.

Also, we see this all the time in men’s health and we are fine with it. I get bombarded by HIMS ads all the time. You need with your ED? which is an actual medical issue that happens to most aging men which and by the way is totally natural. But while you’re doing it, why not take care of your hair loss, and your weight loss needs.

It’s just marketing to target aging people who might want something else. It doesn’t take away from the health benefits of HRT might have.

I just really hate to be treated like I’m stupid. Like others I am not all interested in the supplements or other things that Mary Claire Haver and other wellness folks are selling, but she is a doctor and she has passed along some really interesting studies on HRT and there is no doubt her podcasts and speaking on panels and things has raised awareness and gotten much needed attention around this issue. So for that, I do appreciate her. But what I don’t need is other women coming along and telling me not to fall for her supplements and anti-aging tactics. I’m actually smart enough to figure that out on my own. [/quote]

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