[Mel1996]

I’ve been prescribed dermovate and actually after a conversation with a women’s health nurse yesterday during a smear test she’s given me the push to give it a try and she explained the use of steroid treatments really nicely and gave me confidence to try it.

The biopsy would have shown lichen schlerosis if it was that so just getting non-specific inflammation as a result was quite frustrating as it shows there’s a problem with my skin but doesn’t really show what still.

I hope you find the cream starts helping you soon

[Mel1996]

Good evening. I’ve just been reading through these comments as it’s been many years since I’ve been on this site. After years of gyno appointments, surgery, hormone testing and thinking I had low estrogen I actually managed to fall pregnant last year. Luckily it didn’t take much for me to fall pregnant as I was still experiencing regular tearing during intercourse and it was largely off the table but randomly this one attempt with my long term partner I didn’t tear and I fell pregnant. I had a natural birth with only second degree tears and he was a big baby. So I got very very hopeful that all my problems were solved and my muscles will have stretched etc but this isn’t the case. I am suffering from recurring thrush and I tear spontaneously as well as during intercourse again. I’ve had a biopsy which shows non-specific inflammation – not even sure what that means and have been told to use steroid cream. This is the one treatment I haven’t tried and have been very apprehensive about using.

Does anyone have experience of using steroid cream or has anyone heard any positives about it helping with general inflammation of the skin down there and whether it can help elasticity?

[Mel1996]

Hi everyone.

After a month of being off the pill and continuing to use dilators I finally managed to successfully have sex with my partner. This is the first time in my life I have had pain free sex without tearing and a massive weight off mine and my partners shoulders. We are hopeful this will continue and if I have setbacks I now know how to overcome this, it will be a long road towards not needing the dilators but I have lots of hope now. I will definitely be seeking an alternative contraception for myself as the pill was obviously having some form of impact on the tissue and not allowing it to heal properly. I just want to express a massive thank you to all of you for your support and help and to everyone on this forum, in the UK there is very little help or information surrounding this topic and I felt very alone but this forum gave me the advice and hope I needed to manage to reach this moment. I will be forever grateful and hope to try and promote this cause in the UK so other women like me do not have to feel alone in their battle. Thank you for the work you do.

[Mel1996]

Hi,

Thank you for your prompt response. Yes I’m am in the UK, they’ve not offered any form of telephone consultation and have just cancelled until further notice. I will definitely look into if that is possible and if not give the coconut oil a go.

Thank you again.

[Mel1996]

Thank you for your help on this matter. Due to lockdown sadly my follow up appointment has been cancelled. I have decided to come off the pill and know this will take time to have an effect but I was wondering if you know of any hormonal creams you can buy without a prescription to give me some sort of head start to see if it works? I’m really at a loss here and no longer feeling like Vaginismus is playing a part with the skin tearing. My partner is so patient but it’s very hard not knowing anyone else that experiences this problem and how to overcome it.

[Mel1996]

Hi Jackie,

I am on a oral contraceptive pill yes and we use a lot of lube, I have tried lots of different types and it doesn’t seem to make a difference. I will definitely try massaging coconut oil into it. My gynaecologist had a look at my last appointment and seemed surprised to see scar tissue and just told me I was very small, he really was not helpful.

Kind regards,
Mel

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