As a woman ages, her body produces less of all the sex hormones, which include estrogens, progesterone and testosterone. By the time she clocks 40, the production of testosterone in her body is about half the amount she had in her 20s.
Although the ovary continues to produce testosterone after menopause, these levels drop gradually after this time. Women who have their ovaries surgically removed have even lower levels of testosterone. Testosterone is also produced in small quantities in a woman’s body, though it is usually regarded as a male hormone. read it in FULL here
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