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Ladies: How are you managing vaginal atrophy as you age?
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@llynch17056 If you are on Instagram or Youtube, please listen to Kelly Casperson, MD, a urologist and menopause specialist. She has all of the citings and medical journal studies to prove that vaginal estrogen does not cause cancer. The CDC has recently (last couple of months), taken the Black Box Warning label off of Estradiol Vaginal cream 0.01% ( which is the standard for pre and post-menopausal women suffering from vaginal and vulvar dryness and irritation).
Our loss of estrogen after menopause does not just affect our vaginal and vulvar mucosa, but greatly affects our urinary health (UTIs and urinary frequency and urgency). Even if you don't notice any of these urologic symptoms right now, and are just dealing with vaginal dryness (which I am happy for you that the coconut oil helps!), eventually, down the line, your long term lack of estrogen in your menopausal body will affect your urinary system. Just a fact of life. Better to be preventative I feel.
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@beanlisa56, I used estradiol suppositories called Vagifem for years. Because I had a total hysterectomy at age 36, and was denied any hormone treatment, by 60, i was sloughing off dead tissue in a vaginal discharge. It took a while to get a diagnosis - finally found an ace gynecologist/urologist associated with Brown University Health. She was able to restore elasticity in whatever tissue was left with the vagifem. But eventually - 2-4 yrs later - the discharge resolved and a couple of years afterwards , I stopped the estradiol. All good now but it was a journey.
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@beanlisa56 Thanks. I’m sticking with my GYN’s advice not to use hormones or hormone creams. The coconut oil works great. It’s easy and cheap. There was a time when we all got hormone treatment post hysterectomy. Then we were told to immediately stop it (I had taken it for many years when told to STOP). Who knows what they’ll say in the future? My GYN went to prestigious schools, she is young and cutting edge. She said not to. I’m going with her.