Does anyone else share my symptoms?
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This forum is great and I've learnt so much, especially about the borax, been helping a lot with infusing. What I would like to ask is anyone just suffering from white skin and fusing on the perineum/fourchette bridge area? My Dermatology Consultant said it was LS, but I had to have silver nitrate treatment on my vaginal cuff up inside a few months after a hysterectomy in October last year, and the white skin and fusing started right after that. Any ideas/advice would be much appreciated.
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maggie81413
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caz08410 maggie81413
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?My LS is just like yours. Im sorry you have had to have other "Gynae" treatment other than LS. I do know that LS is never in the vagina itself (different type of skin surface, i think), so possibly its just a coincidence, or Ive read that LS could be an auto-immune problem, so the huge surgery could have put your body under a great stress, and sparked it off???
maggie81413 caz08410
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Thanks for your reply Caz :-) Tbh I was so hoping it may not be LS after all...... don't we all?!?! But of course, no two people with the same condition will suffer all the same symptoms. My fusing is improving a lot with the borax, but may ask again about surgery at my next appointment in March if I'm still too tight in that area to have sex without splitting a bit. My consultant mentioned a double Z-Plasty with v y advancement for future consideration. I live in Cornwall myself. Have you been seeing a dermatologist who specialises in vulva problems? Have you considered surgery too? It's good to hear from someone who shares my symptoms, thanks again x
caz08410 maggie81413
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I'm in Wales. Ive got my first Gynae appointment at the hospital in the morning; my GP diagnosed me a couple of weeks ago. My adhesion seems to be only little, so havent considered surgery. It will be interesting to see what the hospital says tomorrow.
Hopefully it will be "carry on with the cream and see you next year!"
maggie81413 caz08410
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Oh I see, glad for you Hun. Two GP's I saw didn't think it was LS, but I opted for a referral to a dermatologist rather than a gynae and it was actually the Vulval Clinic I ended up at for my first appointment early October. As you said earlier, I also think the hysterectomy/menopause etc last year probably triggered my LS. I'm 57, on the usual Clobetasol, oestrogen cream externally, Vagifem internally, emollients etc, but using oils and borax solutions too. There is definitely improvement, thank God. I can now see my vaginal lips emerging again around the fourchette area. I am trying to take positives from some women who say the LS can be successfully managed and not impact life too much. I do use dilators etc but hope to enjoy sex again at some point. Good luck tomorrow Caz x