Dr. Marilyn Richardson: Offering Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy and More to Restore Vitality

For more than 30 years, Marilyn Richardson, MD, FACOG, NCMP, has guided KC-metro women and men through hormone replacement therapy. With a vast reservoir of experience and knowledge, this bioidentical hormone replacement specialist has brought pleasing results, restoring health and vitality to thousands of her patients struggling with hormonal decline.

“We’re small, we’re intimate and we take plenty of time to get to know the patient. The average appointment is over an hour, which is an in-depth interview regarding the patient’s medical history, overall health and lifestyle. We also perform a holistic exam,” Dr. Richardson explained. “Our primary patient group is women and men between 40 and 75 years old, the age group when people start losing vitality from hormone deficiencies.”

Credentials and Experience
As a Reproductive Endocrinologist with a special emphasis on anti-aging and regenerative medicine, Dr. Richardson brings an immense medical background to her patients. She is viewed as a national leader in hormonal therapy, functioning as a researcher, educator and clinician. Her credentials and experience put her at the top in her medical specialty, and she offers a unique personal understanding for her practice.

“My experience and expertise allow me to have in-depth discussions about the issues a patient is experiencing, such as weight gain, fatigue, irritability, headaches, fogginess, hot flashes and more,” noted Dr. Richardson. “A major area of concern for many is a lack of sexual functioning. My original focus in medicine was fertility and helping couples conceive. Now, this enables me to understand the patient’s sexual functioning as well.”

However, she cautions that media advertising may give some women and men a false understanding of how hormone replacement improves sexual function. “We find that increasing sexual function is not a primary goal, but the emphasis should be on feeling more vitality and energy, which then allows men and women to achieve that goal,” she added.

Not only is she looked upon as a leader in the field of hormone replacement, Dr. Richardson’s medical background includes: board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; fellow in the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologist; certified in Advanced Operative Endoscopy, Advanced Operative Hysteroscopy, Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy; certification from the North American Menopause Society.

Seeking Energy and Vitality
With bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, Dr. Richardson’s treatment strategy includes whatever procedure or regimen is most effective for the individual, combined with affordability and what is accessible for the patient. Dr. Richardson and her staff provide safe and effective personalized hormone therapies to restore the patient’s original levels. This helps to reduce or eliminate the many acute and chronic conditions that women and men endure. She provides services to KC-metro residents at two locations: in the Northland, at KC Medical and Wellness Center, 1412 North West Vivion Road, Kansas City, Missouri, and the Hormone Hair & Vein Center,12616 West 62nd Terrace, Shawnee, Kansas. Here, she delivers a spectrum of advanced health solutions with an integrative, holistic focus. These are developed for each patient’s unique needs, carried out with warmth and compassion, ensuring a pleasing healthcare experience.

The goal of Dr. Richardson’s Hormone Hair & Vein Center in Shawnee is to provide the body with everything it needs to heal itself. Treatments help the body move, perform and regain the healing properties that once were present in abundance when individuals were younger. Hormone Hair & Vein Center’s integrative wellness services include: IV vitamin therapy, Type II diabetes reversal programs, weight loss programs and stem cell therapies. Stem cell therapy consisting of platelet-rich plasma is used to treat erectile dysfunction in men, and in women pain and anorgasmia.

ThermiVA® Now Available
“Another service we’ve just added is ThermiVA® treatment for vaginal rejuvenation therapy,” remarked Dr. Richardson. “It’s for women who’ve been negatively impacted by the results of radiation or chemotherapy who may also have mild forms of incontinence, or they’re experiencing vaginal laxity from childbirth. ThermiVA tightens tissues and stimulates the glands that naturally lubricate the vagina. This is especially useful for women who cannot use estrogen due to a history of breast cancer.”

Dr. Richardson believes the need for hormone replacement will continue to grow as baby boomers become discontented with the symptoms of low hormone levels. She contends that this group wants to be fun, be vibrant and enjoy high levels of energy. For her, bio-identical hormone replacement can help. “We’re replacing hormones you made naturally when you were younger and then you stopped making them as you aged. We supplant what you made in huge quantities years before, just putting them back and giving you renewed vigor and vitality to address many of the issues that are troubling you,” she shared.

“My primary focus is on health and vitality. I’m a traditionally trained doctor with additional training in hormone therapy, and I’m able to utilize that to help men and women achieve their maximum vitality. I want people to be their best. It’s been a passion of mine for 30 years, and now we have so much more to offer and ways to tailor the product to meet the needs of the patient.” ■

Visit hormonekc.com, kansascitybioidenticalhormones.com or call 913-631-0277 or 800-775-4902, ext. 624 to learn more.