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 Tips on How to use Progesterone cream for maximum benefit

1. Apply  1/4 to 1/2 a teaspoon 1-4 times daily 
2. Change the area that you apply it to every day . It is less effective if always applied to the same area.
3. Apply to areas where skin is soft and thin e.g. wrists, inner arms, chest,  palms of hands and soles of feet, face and neck.
4. Stop using it for 3-7 days when your period starts. ( If you no longer menstruate just pick a date each month to give your body this break) This allows the hormone receptors in your body to reset.
5. Try adding some vitamin E when you apply it. This seems to increase  absorption. 
6. Some women experience an increase in oestrogen dominance symptoms when they first start using the cream. This is because progesterone enhances the response of the oestrogen receptors. There are 2 ways to cope:

•   Use less cream to reduce the symptoms and build up slowly over a month or 2.
•   Use more cream to make the symptoms subside quicker, they usually settle within a month.                          

    7.  If you have trouble sleeping, applying some cream to the back of the         neck before you go to bed is helpful.

    8. If your symptoms are less severe or have improved you can try just using         it for the second half of your cycle. This more closely mimics how the         body actually produces progesterone.

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