The Effects of Hysterectomy After Menopause
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When a woman undergoes a complete hysterectomy (surgical removal of uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes) during peri-menopause or menopause, the woman becomes post menopausal. In this case, the body stops producing estrogen and progesterone, which in turn increases the levels of testosterone in the body. This could cause the development of some masculine features such as increased hair growth on the chin and upper lip. Also, women can experience increase body fat deposition along the abdomen, hips, and thighs. Osteoporosis risks increase as well. Some women may continue to have significant vasomotor symptoms and require some sort of hormone replacement.
Hysterectomy that occurs during menopause can cause immediate psychological effects on the woman. These can include transient bouts of mild depressive symptoms, and/or anxiety. Furthermore, the woman who undergoes hysterectomy after menopause rarely undergoes physical or psychological changes because the ovaries have already stopped functioning by this time, and their removal does not make a difference to the woman.
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