Best ways to keep area dry

Do you use steroid ointment, Hanny?

At the moment I don't.  There is no need.  I just keep all calm with borax baths and rinses.  I slowly phased it out. 

That's encouraging! What rinsed? Are you new to the borax treatment?I haven't tried yet. No burning with it?Has it controlled itching?Do you use any oils for moisturizing?Thanks Hanny

I started out with baking soda baths and also rinsing with water in which three pinches of baking soda dissolved.  But the last part was stubborn.  Then people on this forum started to experiment with borax.  Instead of baking soda I switched to borax, but kept doing it as with the baking soda. Only I changed the amount in the bath. A third of a cup in the bath for borax was too much, I noticed, so I started to use 1/6 of a cup in the bath and that worked better.  The rinses after every bathroom visit are still three pinches, shaking well to dissolve the borax. 

​The area around the clitoris was the most difficult and stubborn as I mentioned before.  But the vulva looks a nice pink red and no white left, only higher up at the edges, but almost not worth mentioning.

​I still moisturize with coconut oil in the evening and when I go sporting/cross country skiing. 

Thanks so much, Hanny. I have not tried borax yet. Have been worried that it might burn.I tried baking soda in the beginning but it burned. I use spring water in a spray bottle after urinating.I have never tried steroid ointment at all. I was wondering if you ever did?I am always uncomfortable with rawness and itching. I am.worried about the inflammation and wonder if I am going to get cancer, because of not treating inflammation. Thinking about steroids now and borax.

We are all different of course, so what works for one may not work for another. 

?My gyno prescribed clobetasol when LS was first diagnosed after a biopsy.  That worked in the beginning, but later I felt it did not work so well.   By accident I started to use baking soda, since I was afraid of infection.  It did much more than preventing infection - it made the white layer disappear, at first almost unnoticeable.  At first I used emu oil for much needed comfort, later changed that to coconut oil.  Gradually using less and less of the clobetasol. (steroid) 

?Regular baking soda baths ( 1/3 cup) became my routine, next to rinses after every bathroom visit.  It was a long road of discomfort.  But as things improved I soon forgot.  As long as I keep doing what I'm doing - at present the use of borax and coconut oil.  Seldom any itch.   

?Do you check down there by taking pictures at all?  Because improvement often goes so slow that it is hard to see whether anything changed or not. 

?As far as the use of borax - try mixing in the smallest amount in some luke warm water and see what happens.   

Perhaps I also should mention that 'the reverse' feels the same as increase of affected skin by LS.  At first it feels as if matters get worse instead of better.

?Instead of baking soda or borax you can also try whether epsom salt makes a difference.

I use epsom salt now.  Think I will try the borax and see what happens.  Wher do you buy coconut oil..Is it a special kind that I should get at a health foods store?

Health food stores should carry it.  But some super markets have it too.  It says organic, but how do you prove it.  Main thing is that it works for you. I buy whatever is the best price.

Thanks for the info..