dermovate cream how often ?

There is no hard and fast law with steroid use. As long as you use no more than a pea sized amount each application and are having no other symptoms then a couple or three applications at night per week would do it but if you flare then use once daily until flare subsides and then reduce slowly back to twice/three per a week. I have not had a flare , until this week, for about 3 months and yet i keep my routine going all of the time aqueaus to wash with, barrier to ward off soreness etc., and steroid at least twice a week. At the moment i use my steroid ,a pea size each night and will do for about a week until the flare subsides, then back to normal routine....Mal x

Thanks for that Marilyn, puts my mind at rest knowing I'm not damaging anything else hahaha. It seems to be trial and error on using potions etc. But I have more confidence in your reply than in the Dr.'s. As the ones I have seen are men, they cannot understand the mental effect it has on us ladies, I have yet to speak to one that is sympathic, or to even discuss the condition other than to diagnose it....... they diagnose and seem to leave the rest to us.

This is the only condition that I've had in my lifetime that the medics don't really wants to talk about. Sometimes makes me feel like it is my fault I have this. I have learnt so much from 'you ladies' and without you would be in a worse state not knowing what to do. Sorry to 'go on' feeling a bit sorry for myself Soon get over it, worse things happen haha..............

(no doubt..........to be continued :lol: )

Hi Jak Jak...Its all trial and error i'm afraid ...We all have to learn a pattern of treatment that settles us down and keeps us symptom free, well, as much as possible...read the boardd at comfyskn.com as well as the girls there chat a lot about steroid use etc., we all check both boards ... You will get there Malxx

Hallo Ladygaga

I am interested in the discharge you get when you use the replens. The same thing happened to me. I also found that the replens actually irritated my vulva and made it sore.

Have you had a biopsy taken or had an accurate confirmation as to if you have lichen sclerosus or lichen planus. Have you mentioned the discharge to your dr? Is it a greenish/yellowish discharge?

It would be interesting to find out if other women on this forum have had this discharge.

HI to you both. I used relplens for about six months,thought I would give it a good go. Hadn't been diagnosed then so trying every thing. The write up said you would get a discharge as the old cells came away. Well, I thought after so long the discharge would stop and the replens would start to give comfort and moisture. No such luck. Never gave me any comfort and most times it just came away in dried lumps (sorry ).It was a bit coloured , not sure about the green though, I'm going back about six years and I can't remember.I do remember the day after using it I would feel irritated.If we hadn't had LS maybe it would have been different.I only use moisture now for intercouse. yesyesyes internal applicators and astroglide GEL (which is thick), these don't seem to irritate.Hope this helps.x

Hi lisette

Thank you for your reply on the use of REPLENS. The first con/gyn I attended advised the use of REPLENS to replace the lack of natural moisture that occurs postmenopausal. The discharge is supposidly the vagina cleansing itself!! BUT I found that it irritated the vulva and caused rawness!! Anyway since then diagnosed with LS clinically and discovered an ointment called PALADIN that I got from a thread called **** This has really helped with soreness and advice on this site has kept me going!!

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Hi Bran, yes the paladin is good for every day use.My gyne recomended the astroglide gel for intercourse ,paladin alone wouldn't be enough.Other vaginal moisturizers sting. I could never understand why I used to get sore after a smear or an internal, it was the lube they used!

Hi Lisette!

Do you use a steroid at all? Do you have many symptoms and how was yours diagnosed? After nearly three years I still have not got a concrete diagnosis despite biopsies.

Bran

Hi

Yes I have had a biopsy taken and it was diagnosed as LS. The discharge I get after using Replens is greenish. I was a worried the first time until I read the leaflet. This happens every time I use it, and keeps on until the next time I was due to use it, so I don't much any more. I use a lubricating gel (Asda's own) and find that okay ..... for now ! Again ....... not sure whether its the right thing to use, but for now it works for me.

Hi Bran, sorry I've been away for a week camping. To give you a good reply would take all night, so I'll try to make it short. No problems at all until I took the birth pill at 21. I was married and wasn't an angel befor as I met my husband at 16. I was sore all the time and I had cystitis very regular,never had it befor. Gave up pill after 6months, made little difference. I had all sorts of tests nothing found, but I didn't see a gyne, just a urinologist. The only comment he made was the skin around the vaginal seemed to be ageing quicker than it should be. After so long I stopped going to the doctor and tried alsorts myself. All the health foods, creams etc. When I hit the menopause the soreness got worse, so the doctor put me on HRT. Very little difference but I felt better in myself. After 5years I had problems so I came off HRT and had to have tests. I was 59 now. The first gyne I saw asked me if I had other problems and I nearly thought why bother, here we go again. I honestly thought it was all in my head and I had mental health problem. I told him I was sore all the time and he sent me to a vulva clinic, didn't know they existed. The rest is history, had a biopsy and was confimed. I use Dermovate ointment about twice a week, it keeps it at bay, not perfect but after all those years of coping I'm feeling positive. My symptoms befor treatment were burning, sore, skin would be swollen and always dry. If I could have my time over I would not take any hormone medication. It would be interesting to know how many ladies on this blog have taken the birth pill and or HRT. I hope you get some answers soon, don't stop trying like I did. x

hi all. i was on hrt for 13 years and it took 4 years after i was told that i had been on hrt long enough ,when i started with symptoms, that i became aware of-----(it appears now that i had had LS for a couple of years ,at least, before my diagnosis). There are loads of ladies with LS that have had hsyterectomies and HRT trouble with LS but I have been told and read up on, in depth, that having the lack of hormones replaced will not make any difference, as its the shock/drop to the system of the hormones disappearing, whether it be after hrt or menopause or hysterectomies that is the problem . Hormones are only one reason behind LS, but not the main......Auto-immune connections and trauma sites are up there too. Too many children and young women are getting this condition to put it down to hormones as the main cause..... Hormones creams and suppositeries can help, as Bran knows, to make supple and healthy the vaginal opening etc., but it would be so good and easy if they could just giving us back our hormones and cured us or even helped.......Not going to happen it appears, im afraid.........

Hi want to start by saying i am new to this web page so please bear with me!. I have had LS for about 2/3 years really thought at the start it was menapause symptons so didnt fuss too much but on reflection wished i had seeked advice earlier. I diagnosed it myself in the end from the internet, went to my gp who dissagreed with saying it was a fungel infection! the creams she gave me just burnt it!!! so found a wnderful dermatologist locally who confirmed LS. used dermavate dermol wash and dermol cream symptoms slowely went now and again i get bflair ups and go back twice or once a day with dermovate untill better. cannot use fancy wash powders bath products etc.would like to know if any body has changes with the look of their private parts?. Thanks.

I've had burning iching and the same in my back passage been given dermovate cream and it's worked but what was my condition anybody know . Please help anyone