Newly diagnosed LS @ age 45
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I'm very thankful to have find this site. I started noticking changes in my inner labia a few years ago around the same time that sex started to be uncomfortable from occasional tearing and burning (mostly vaginal). I brought it up to my GYN, and she commented that most likely the anatomical changes was due to my weight. I'm very heavy at 300lb, 5'6". She prescribed Estrace cream after commenting there was some vaginal atrophic changes - welcome to middle age! So, admittedly NOT using the Estrace as prescribed because it's just a hassle and easy to forget (I did use it once weekly), I did forge ahead another year and forgot about my lady parts. I remember feeling down there again some time later and feeling this roughness on my inner labia (what's left) and immediately freaked out, mirror in one hand, Google in the other. The search yielded several sites talking about LS, and instead of going back to my GYN, i called a dermatologist and scheduled an appt, but by my appt time, the skin had completely cleared up! So, I figured 'hey, all good!'. Fast forward another year and back tothe GYN for routine checkup and she says she my inner labia is almost ocmpletely gone and I have LS with the white, wrinkly, rough skin on what remains. I have NO symptoms of itching and since my husband and I have sex very rarely (2-3times a year), I hadn't had any pain to make me think something was going on down there. I mean, honestly, how often do you get a mirror or go exploring? At least, for me, not that often. She prescribed Clob 2x/day until the tube was gone, then said I could use an OTC steroid ointment. I don't really have any questions, I'm just still trying to get used to the actual diagnosis and I AM wondering, IF I'm diligent about using the medication, willl the atrophy stop?
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Morrell1951 jacqueline76016
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You're the proof of my personal theory that the more often we have sex, the more the LS will progress. I've had it my entire adult life (I'm 62) and although my inner labia fused to my clitoris so the whole area is flat, I don't have anything like the discomfort a lot of women have and my vaginal opening is not narrowing quickly since we stopped having sex a year ago. You clob prescription instructions are unusual. Normally it's a quick tapering-off from daily to twice a week (over about three months) then twice a week forever.
jacqueline76016 Morrell1951
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marey jacqueline76016
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i was just wondering about the rest of your lifestyle....?
are you or have you been exposed to chemicals....what do you take in....what's around you?
jacqueline76016 marey
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marey jacqueline76016
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I'm trying to cut out all chemicals...tricky! well done for sussing your deficiences....sounds like you're reviewing bread. I cut it out and all grains with positive effect...still looking for further improvements and changes...its a journey isn't it!?
marey jacqueline76016
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jacqueline76016 marey
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heather56754 jacqueline76016
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marey heather56754
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these are the real questions ...it would be irresponsible not to pay attention...to treatment!
Just not necessarily what 's on offer.
There can certainly be no harm in purifying our bodies and our enviroment.
marey heather56754
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ChrissyC jacqueline76016
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