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Emu oil

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Twixxxo
Twixxxo

hi could anyone help I'm looking for emu oil. I've tried health stores but with no luck. I live in the uk my only other option would be to get it on line but I didn't really want to do that. 

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  • Kubie
    Kubie Twixxxo

    Posted

    Are there enough positive reaponses that this works??

    I heard about it but really had doubts since I hadnt heard enough people saying that it worked for them.

    Be careful of wasting your money on snake-oils!

    • lynne1945
      lynne1945 Kubie

      Posted

      Emu oil from a reputable source wouldn't be classed as snake oil in my opinion. It doesn't work for everyone possibly but then does ANY one thing work for everyone? Methinks not. 

      I have tried emu oil from NZ, a very pure oil with a big positive reputation here. It did work, it's soothing. And when it didn't soothe any more, as happens often with treating this condition, I moved on to another remedy. 

      The emu oil certainly had no detrimental effect on me.

      I have tried many creams and lotions including Emuaid, baby bottom cream, Vaseline, Fatty emulsion, virgin olive oil, coconut oil and so on. They all work for a while (except Vaseline, it burned) but eventually they stop working.

      Snake oil though ..... maybe that's a thought! 

    • Kubie
      Kubie lynne1945

      Posted

      "Snake Oil" is a termed used here in the US to say something is sold as a solution "cure all".  I would prefer to see actual data on it..so until that data is in AND/OR I see A LOT of people around the world...saying.."yes it worked for me or it really helped me"...than just a handful of people online....I consider it a device used to get money out of the population...because yes...methinks like everything else..it works for some..but not all.
    • lynne1945
      lynne1945 Kubie

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      Haha kubie, yes I am fully aware of what snake oil is meant to refer to. I was making a joke but looks like it fell a bit flat when I said maybe I should try it. 😀 I am a Kiwi and not everyone gets our weird humour.

      I didn't get offended when you insinuated that I and others may be gullible but I could have. 

      Emu oil has been around for a long time and I have read many reports and feed backs before I tried it. It's not even a HALF of the price of the emuaid I got from the USA and that had something in it that burned, possibly paraffin.

      What do you use that you have actual scientific data on?

      Read the feedback on the oil I use alternately on rotation, it's called Silberhorn. Read feedback on all the others oils as well. I use products real people have tried and used, that's best way I reckon. Good luck.

       

    • janice67377
      janice67377 Kubie

      Posted

      Worked for me.  I had some fusion of the clitoris and Emuaid unfused that area.  I continue to use it when I'm not using steroid cream to give my skin a break.
  • Anna777
    Anna777 Twixxxo

    Posted

    I live in the US and had to buy the emu oil online.  It's very creamy and soothing and I like it better than coconut oil, but I don't think it's worth spending a lot of money on.  Coconut oil is very helpful too, I just find it messy to work with.
    • Kubie
      Kubie Anna777

      Posted

      Thank you. That's what I thought. It might work for a few...but the price is high and I don't want to spend that much to see "if" it works.  I've spent years trying stuff. I try to see if I can find out what connects the product to the REAL problem to see if has a relationship.

      I have to read clinicals to find out what makes sense based on real data....and what does not.

  • j02359
    j02359 Twixxxo

    Posted

    I ordered via Amazon and just went for the one that looked highest quality and most reputable and it lasts for ages and ages, although expensive to begin with.
  • lesile
    lesile Twixxxo

    Posted

    I live in the UK. Couldn't find it anywhere in health shops so bought on Amazon. Looked at all the reviews and went for one that looked from a reputable source. Don't use it all the time but it softens the skin and soothes. Once it stops working i will move onto something else. I use it with my prescribed ointments.
  • kippy
    kippy Twixxxo

    Posted

    I couldnt find any in the UK so got mine from Amazon, triple refined, but dont really know if that is the correct one to use. It says it's Australian but wasn't expensive. I'm post menopausal age 55, in moments of intimacy i need a lubrication but my partner doesn't like the smell of prescribed moisturisers so i'm having to trial different things. Where abouts in the UK are you, I'm Wiltshire and feel quite isolated dealing with LS, I don't know anyone that has this.
    • Bridge_of_Sighs
      Bridge_of_Sighs kippy

      Posted

      I'm near Bristol, not far away and 51. I tried to start a local group but it fizzled out. I don't know anyone either. I've told two close friends. It's a funny mix of isolating, because it's awkward to talk about, but also I quite like the anonymity of being no more than a pattern on a screen! Let me know if you're ever over this way and we could meet for a coffee if you like.
    • Bridge_of_Sighs
      Bridge_of_Sighs

      Posted

      or not a coffee since I've given it up, but a herbal tea?
    • lauren33630
      lauren33630 kippy

      Posted

      I also feel pretty isolated too. I have told two people, one being my mother and having bad days with ls is the absolute worst. Reaching out online is nice...but sometimes you need an immediate response or just a hug! I dont feel like the nhs really offered me much support either to be honast.
    • Twixxxo
      Twixxxo kippy

      Posted

      Hi I'm in County Durham I'm the same I don't know anyone that has this or anyone that knows about LS at all. I'm 52 tomorrow I've been getting treatment for about a year now. 
    • kippy
      kippy Bridge_of_Sighs

      Posted

      Hi, I'm near Salisbury, and likewise if you're up this way it would nice to meet for a tea and chat
    • kippy
      kippy Twixxxo

      Posted

      Hi,

      The isolation is very hard , particularly if you are divorced loke myself, sometimes you just want a big hug. How have you been doing on the treatment?

    • Twixxxo
      Twixxxo kippy

      Posted

      Hi, the treatments not been too bad. I've just heard to many bad comments about the steroid creams and wanted to try something else, I just seem to get worse when I'm on and not a lot seems to help then. 
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