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Dilating - Does it help to suppress LS?

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hanny32508
hanny32508

Personally I have a positive experience with this.  But at the same time more questions.

I wonder how many of you 'practice' dilation' to keep the vulva and vagina open.  Do you experience improvement?  Does it perhaps help to keep fusing at bay?  What about the narrowing of the vagina - is that part of LS's process?  

 

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  • christine94142
    christine94142 hanny32508

    Posted

    hi no i havent but am thinking of trying it but the entrence is sore at times
    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 christine94142

      Posted

      Go at it gently, is my experience.  I use a fluid form of coconut oil on the dilator, and before dilating I cover the whole area with coconut oil as well.  Not every day the same result either, I go back and forth, then smaller, then bigger size of dilator.  But I do see the need to keep at it - as was said, to keep the layers separate, the bladder in a better position, which then helps the passing of urine as well.  As long as we don't force it. 
  • Morrell1951
    Morrell1951 hanny32508

    Posted

    I stopped after a month or two. In the process I discovered I've got a growing cluster of hard yellowish bumps inside and a ring of it around my vagina. Stretching just hurts.
    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 Morrell1951

      Posted

      A lot depends on the overall condition of the skin doesn't it.  I also use Bi-est, a hormone (like Premarin) which keeps supposedly the skin flexible.  
    • Morrell1951
      Morrell1951 hanny32508

      Posted

      Maybe I'll see if my gynae will give me something other than Premarin. I see her on Feb. 6.
    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 Morrell1951

      Posted

      Premarin drove me nuts.  Plus it made that things were swelling.  Combine that with lips that need to be kept separated, ah.  Scary at the time.  The gynae now was good with Bi-Est. (which I became familiar with via my nature path)  Long term use and every day a drop. No more.  
    • christine94142
      christine94142 hanny32508

      Posted

      this one of the thing the chinses doctor to me to use but he was not sure it was available in australia so i have to do some reseaurch
  • sheila49099
    sheila49099 hanny32508

    Posted

    Hi Hanny,  I am having trouble understanding what a dialator is. Where do you

    get it and how do you use it?  My vag oening is quite small now and I am getting

    worried.  The itching stopped almost a year ago - about the time i had my thyroid

    removed, so I actually don't have any discomfort anymore but the physical

    changes are really an emotional and mental problem now.

    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 sheila49099

      Posted

      Dilators can be purchased via Amazon.  They come in a set of various sizes.  The smallest size I started with however was a crayon wrapped in a condom.  After a while there was enough room to insert a slim candle, then a thicker one again and eventually I used the dilator set's smallest size.  Important is the lubrication.  I use fluid coconut oil to cover the dilator with.  A gentle approach is important.  
  • sheila49099
    sheila49099 hanny32508

    Posted

    Hello again Hanny, I just went on the internet to find out about the dilators and

    how to use them and about the success rate.  I did order a set and expect

    it will arrive in about 5 or 6 days. I have great hope now.  I have had LS for

    about 32 years.

    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 sheila49099

      Posted

      That's many years of experience with LS.  How is your skin condition after all these years?

       

  • christine94142
    christine94142 hanny32508

    Posted

    yes amazon is available in australia does anyone have any info on premarin with progestrone
    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 christine94142

      Posted

      I have experience with the use of Bi-Est and progesterone.  Couldn't handle the premarin as it made things swell up.  Bi-Est was the alternative.
    • mborr
      mborr hanny32508

      Posted

      Hi Hanny... I use Estrace which is alos a bioidenthical estrogene hormone..is this the same thing or Bi-Est is a brand?

       

    • hanny32508
      hanny32508 mborr

      Posted

      Not sure whether this is a brand or not.  Could be produced by the very pharmacy this is ordered.  There is no further info on the package. Sorry.
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