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Vaginal atrophy and painful intercourse: What helps?

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@celia16 I like silicone too but it's messier. There are some products that are hybrid water-based and silicone-based. You can find Sliquid on their website and I believe it's also sold through Amazon. I first purchased this product at the Mayo store as it was recommended by the nurse educator. It's a trial and error as you'll want to find what works best for you. On the advice of my radiation oncologist nurse I use KY Jelly as a lubricant with my dilator. Silicone-based products are not recommended and the other water-based products dry out too quickly.

Sliquid

--- https://sliquid.com/shop/sliquid-naturals/silk-sliquid-naturals/

Any other advice you'd like to share will be so appreciated here. I'm so glad you are doing well with the methods that you have chosen.

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pb50 | @pb50 | Jan 6 5:55pm

May I ask a likely elementary question? I had a hysterectomy at 38 and was not offered any HRT of any kind. At age 64, I developed a sticky, sour smelling discharge and learned it was vaginal atrophy sloughing off dead cells. The GYN prescribed a 10mg estradiol suppositoryi insert twice a week. And after quite a while that seemed to resolve it. After a few years I stopped the HRT. but recently I had to resume. So apparently the condition doesn’t get fixed… just managed.

So here’s my stupid question- would moisturizer do just as well? I’m reading about many of you using non hormonal moisturizer and am wondering if that’s an option for me. I am somewhat worried about HRT forever.

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