Rhythmic Hormone Restoration Protocols

What is an HRT Ticker?
The HRT Ticker is a hands-free dosing device that looks like a deodorant stick. It’s designed for precise and easy application of hormone creams, with each audible and tactile “tick” dispensing 0.05 mL of cream through a small opening at the top.

Tickers come in different colors to help you distinguish between multiple hormone formulations.

How to Use It:
Follow your Dosing Card to determine how many ticks to rotate for your prescribed dose.

Tip: For larger doses, it’s often easier to count in increments of 5 or 10.

Where to Apply

• Your Doctor may have special instructions for area application - please follow your doctor's instructions*
• Use hairless, thin-skinned areas with good blood flow:
  Inner thighs, back of knees, or upper inner arms (biceps/triceps area).
• Apply each cream to a different area—don’t layer them on top of each other.

When to Apply

• After a shower: Pores are more open
• After a workout: Sweating may cause you to sweat ou the hormones
• Once daily: Usually in the morning—but evening is okay if preferred. Just stay consistent.
• Twice daily: Apply once in the morning and once at night, about 10–12 hours apart.

How to Apply

• Spread over a large area of skin.
• Rub in well until the skin is no longer sticky.
• Wait 3–4 hours before showering, exercising, or swimming.
• Apply after those activities—not before.

Maintenance Tips

• Rotate application sites monthly to avoid buildup.
• Gently exfoliate those areas once a month to prevent residue from blocking absorption.

When in doubt, reach out—we’re here to help!

Hormone creams can transfer through skin contact, so it’s important to be cautious—especially around children and pets.

How to Stay Safe

• Avoid close contact with others for at least 1–2 hours after applying.
• Cover the area with clothing to reduce the risk of transfer.
• If you're often around people, avoid using your arms—instead, apply to inner thighs or behind the knees.
• Always wash your hands well after applying the cream.

Staying mindful helps protect the people around you.

You doctor may have a prefernce to which calendar they want you to use. Please follow those instructions.*

Use the Lunar Calendar if:

• You've had a hysterectomy
• You are post-menopausal
• You do not expect a period in the next 28 days

Use the Personal Calendar if:

• You expect to have a period within the next 28 days
• Or, you qualify for the Lunar Calendar but prefer to start your cycle right away

You’ll receive either a Lunar or Personal Calendar to guide your hormone schedule.
Use your dosing cards to fill in each day’s dose on the calendar.

Although the dosing cards show once-daily doses, remember to apply your hormones twice daily unless your provider tells you otherwise.

Be sure to track any symptoms or changes you experience by noting them on the calendar.
This will help your provider make more informed adjustments to your dosing, based on how you're responding.

Lunar Calendar

Begin on Day 1 of the Lunar Cycle as shown on the calendar—only start on this day.

Personal Calendar

Begin on Day 1 of your own menstrual cycle.
If you're eligible for the Lunar Calendar but choose to use the Personal Calendar instead, you may pick any day as your Day 1.