Finally feeling more human again after biopsy last week

It's just too bad that so many of us have had to have a biopsy when a highly qualified MD that knows what he/she  is looking at knows if it is LS.  I hope your results come back as nothing to worry about.  The lidocaine was a life saver for me too, but my doc said not to use it too long as it effects the skin over time.

I have a biopsy on the 21 Aug on my vulva. Is it really sore.

I am not medical, however, I have had a biopsy (from a regulas gyn) that my specialist said (after the fact) was NOT necessary for my condition.  Is there any way you can get a second opinion before having it done?  Ask if they are doing it to confirm a lichen sclerosis diagnosis.  If so, it shouldn't need to be done.  Please get more advice than I can or should give.  Good luck. They give you a shot to deaden the area.  Shot hurts horribly but for just a second.  The procedure will not hurt, because you are numb,  but the aftermath will,  quite a bit.   I wasn't offered anything for that after pain from the doc.  I had to ask for lidocaine.  I left the doc's office and knew that when I urinated the first time after....it would kill me.  I went to the drugstore and got a small jar of vaseline and smeared it all over before I went to the bathroom.  It helped a little.     

Hi Princess pleased you are feeling a bit more comfortable.  I found the biopsy not top bad and the relief of the pain numbing injections good for a few hours!  Have you used a steroid prior to your biopsy?  I had for six weeks and then my biopsy came back non-specific inflammation yet I have very classic LS signs and completely absorbed labia minora.  I was then told I had Vulvodynia and sent home with the message "this will go away as quick as it came but we can't tell you when!" I think I have had LS for years but didn't know until I had another issue.  Just wanted to say don't dismiss LS if biopsy is clear and you have been using steroid as it can disguise it.

I haven't been using any creams so hopefully, I will get an accurate result.  The biopsy has now healed nicely so feel human again but getting the regular stinging/itching pain in that area, that I was getting before, so hope they can treat it soon!  I'm counting the days to the results and hope they help me :-)  Thank you

Ive ben told i MIGHT have LS..my dermatologist said it didnt fit the pattern..then 2 weeks later i tell my obgyn what derm says and she says i might have a mild form..so ok..what now.Hopeing its just good old vaginal atrophy,probably starting localised hrt soon..sick of feeling sore etc.Lots of things can affect our private parts..so sick of doc apts and no one agreeing.neither even mentioned a biopsy although gynocoligist admited thats the only way to diagnose it.