Some women lose their desire after they have a hysterectomy.
Hysterectomy means to remove only the uterus. Except during pregnancy, the uterus produces no known hormones, so removing the uterus does not change a woman's hormones. Sometimes a doctor removes both the uterus and the ovaries. This is called oophero-hysterectomy. Removing the ovaries stops a woman's body from making the female hormones estrogen and progesterone and small amounts of the male hormone, testosterone.