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The hormone testosterone: what does it mean for the body?
Last reviewed: 05.07.2025
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Distributors of all stripes and classes who offer hormonal preparations, especially perfumes, claim a lot about testosterone in their composition. For example, if you buy their unique cream on some basis - you will get "building blocks", testosterone and estrogen, which will be based on progesterone. Where is the truth and where is the lie? Let's consider some important information.
[ Testosterone – myth or fiction?
"Building blocks" are really needed to burn fat cells and testosterone to help build your body sexier and more beautiful. Can cosmetics with the chemical composition offered by distributors really contain testosterone? After all, it is known from simple biology that the production of testosterone requires the participation of the ovary in women and the testicles in men.
There are a number of exceptions when testosterone is no longer produced or its levels are significantly lower. For example, if you are going through menopause.
There are a number of other reasons:
- for some reason you underwent a hysterectomy (removal of the uterus)
- you had your fallopian tubes ligated
Or perhaps there were other surgical interventions that led to a disruption in testosterone production.
As a result, your body produces the hormone progesterone in too high doses, and when there is too much of it, testosterone is not produced.
Most people think that testosterone levels drop when menopause hits. That's true. Even before menopause sets in and your bleeding stops, your adrenal glands cut their androgen production in half. That means your ovaries are in control of the testosterone they produce.
Blocks of molecules, the importance of hormones, the opinion of doctors
Who is to blame for insufficient testosterone production during menopause? These are the so-called "block" molecules, the level of which is reduced by half due to insufficient hormone production in general. Most doctors are mistaken in their choice and do not realize that the loss of estrogen leads to the absence of testosterone precisely because of the disappearance of the so-called "block" cells.
The conclusion follows from this that due to low testosterone levels, muscles lose their strength and decrease in size. And here is the result: before menstruation stops (a couple of years before that), women rapidly gain weight. In addition to all the disadvantages, the main one is a strong decrease in their sexual desire and arousal during sex. Here is the reason for the low birth rate in the country. Think about it, why not take a test for testosterone levels in your blood in time?
Sex and testosterone
Nowadays, a normally developed woman has to live a sexual life for about 30-40 years after her menstrual period has stopped. It turns out that a woman will have to live half her life without a sufficient amount of hormones. Have you ever heard of a person who would like to live half his life without testosterone?
The solution is hormone replacement therapy, which is prescribed by a doctor.
Women's horror - how is that possible?
If a woman's body had to undergo a hyperectomy, during which the ovaries were removed, then even more significant changes in her well-being await you.
Within a day or two after the operation, the amount of hormones has time to fall to a critical level, the amount of testosterone decreases immediately and no longer spreads so quickly along with your blood throughout the body.
Testosterone and You
Testosterone is necessary at least for quality satisfaction during sexual intercourse, so we should appreciate the importance of this hormone. How can we live without it? Without testosterone, in addition to sexual life, a person is deprived of many other useful processes. For example, weight control.
Prevent this by monitoring your hormone levels. This can be done by visiting an endocrinologist every six months for hormone tests.