The pellet
Roughly the size of a grain of rice
A small implant placed in the fat layer under the skin, usually at the upper hip. Nothing sticks out, nothing needs changing, and after the first few days you stop noticing it.
A pellet about the size of a grain of rice, placed under the skin at the hip in a one- to two-minute office visit. It releases hormone steadily for several months — no daily cream, no injection schedule. We test first, go over your numbers with you on a call or here at the office, and place a pellet only where the labs support it.
Takes about 30 seconds. We call you back within one business day.
Quick facts
Bioidentical means the hormone is structurally identical to the one your body makes. Pellet just describes how it gets in: compressed into a tiny cylinder and tucked under the skin, where blood flow carries it out slowly instead of all at once.
A small implant placed in the fat layer under the skin, usually at the upper hip. Nothing sticks out, nothing needs changing, and after the first few days you stop noticing it.
The pellet dissolves gradually and releases hormone the whole time, which keeps levels in a far narrower band than a schedule of pills or shots does.
Injections peak and fade. Creams depend on remembering them daily. A pellet takes the routine out of it — which, for a lot of patients, is the whole reason it works.
Who pellets suit
Pellets are a delivery method, not a diagnosis. The question we answer first is whether you have a deficiency worth treating at all — and only then how it should be delivered.
Testosterone falls gradually in most men, and pellets are a long-term option for that: placed under the skin, releasing steadily for months, without the ups and downs of a shot schedule. The complaints men bring in with:
Women in perimenopause or menopause make up a large share of pellet patients, but the candidacy list is broader than that — and it has a limit we say out loud.
From first call to first pellet
Every stage happens at one office on Beracasa Way — the consultation, the bloodwork and the placement itself. Patients travel in from Delray Beach and Boynton Beach for the same reason locals stay: it is the same small team each time.
One-on-one, in person. Your symptoms, medical history and how you actually live — then we tell you which labs you need and which you don't.
A targeted panel to measure your hormone levels and find the imbalance, drawn here in the office. Men's testosterone is usually drawn in the morning, when it reads highest.
Someone from the team walks you through each number — over the phone or at the office, whichever is easier — not a PDF sent to your inbox. Dr. Stratt consults on the case and on what gets prescribed. The pellet is dosed to those results, and your price is put in writing before you decide anything.
The site is numbed, the pellet goes in through a tiny incision at the hip, and it's closed with adhesive strips. One to two minutes, no stitches, no downtime. Then we re-test and see you again before the next one.
Both sides of it
Treating a confirmed deficiency is what produces the change patients notice; the pellet keeps that treatment steady.
Aftercare is short: keep the site dry and covered for a couple of days, skip swimming and heavy lower-body training for a few more, and go back to normal after that. You'll get it in writing before you leave.
Who you'll see
You'll know which provider you're seeing before you arrive, and your pellet is dosed to the labs someone from the team went through with you first.
Related care
Pellets are one of several ways to deliver hormone therapy. If you're not sure treatment is right for you, call and we'll talk it through.
Before you call
The area is numbed first, so most patients describe pressure rather than pain. The placement itself takes one to two minutes. It is normal to have some tenderness or bruising at the site for a few days afterwards, and we send you home with written aftercare instructions.
Each pellet releases steadily for several months. How long yours lasts depends on the hormone, the dose and your own metabolism, so we set the next appointment on your labs and your symptoms rather than on a fixed calendar.
This is the honest trade-off with pellets. Once one is placed it cannot be turned down, and removing it is not routine. We start conservatively, re-check your levels, and adjust the dose at the next insertion. If you would rather be able to change the dose week to week, an injection or a cream is the better fit and we will tell you so.
It depends on the preparation. Some testosterone pellets are commercially manufactured and FDA approved; compounded pellets are prepared by pharmacies that register with the FDA, which is not the same as the finished pellet being approved. We tell you which category your prescription falls into before you agree to it.
LifeBoost is self-pay. Your price is put in writing at the results visit, once we know which hormone and dose are indicated, so you can decide with the number in front of you instead of after the fact.
This page is for general information and is not medical advice. Whether any treatment is appropriate for you is determined after evaluation and, where indicated, laboratory testing.
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