{"id":1351,"date":"2019-04-28T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=1351"},"modified":"2019-04-28T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:00:55","slug":"hormone-tests-we-offer-if-you-have-excess-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/?p=1351","title":{"rendered":"Hormone Tests We Offer if You Have Excess Hair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/looking-at-beach-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/looking-at-beach-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/looking-at-beach-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/looking-at-beach-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Updated guidelines for those with excess hair were just published online by the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society. I<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcem\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1210\/jc.2018-00241\/4924418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">f you want to see them on line they can be found here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. All women with excess hair or hirutism should have blood level testing for testosterone and free testosterone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. All women with signs of elevated male hormones should have testing for 17-hydroxprogesterone, testing at the appropriate time of the day and the appropriate time of the cycle is important as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Even if blood testing doesn\u2019t indicate you have abnormal levels, the new society guidelines suggest treatment, for this you have to see your gyno and discuss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Lifestyle changes have positive effects on the hirsutism, improving all aspects of the hormone disorders that cause this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call for consultation: 217-356-3736<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated guidelines for those with excess hair were just published online by the Androgen Excess and PCOS Society. If you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,8],"tags":[65,74,83],"class_list":["post-1351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-physiology","category-our-gyno-health","category-skincare-and-cosmetic-medicine","tag-hair-loss","tag-hirsuitism","tag-lasers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1351\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.womenshealthpractice.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}