I've had LS for about 20 years. Took forever to get the Dx, because until I went to Mayo Clinic for a spine follow up and they asked if anything else was wrong, I explained the cuts and feeling of being cut, and numerous misdiagnoses of yeast and vague results of "inflammation" did they take a look and biopsy with results of LS. Also have oral lichen planus. Now I learn one of the likely causes of repeated UTI's is the thinning skin not protecting my vulva,bladder, etc so keep it well covered with a barrier, ladies! I had to postpone cervical spinal surgery 4 times due to active and now colonized UTI's - our gyno's and derma's don't know or don't tell us this! I learned on my own through extensive searching pubmed, etc.