Calling menopausal Mumsnetters

[MrsShawnHatosy]

Has anyone tried one of these? Red light device for vaginal dryness and soreness?

I’m seeing them advertised all over Facebook at the moment. I’m very dry and sore down there and I am tempted, but it’s pricey at £300.

Anyone?

I am not shining any lights at my Lady Garden.

She is in retirement and likes to hide in the dark nestled safely in Big Knickers.

Vagefem is a lot cheaper and does the trick for me.

Given that Vagifem is £40 for 20, this device would probably be cheaper in the long run! I have a medication review later in the week and will see if GP will prescribe it. Prescriptions are free in Wales where I live and so it could well be refused.

I pay €24 for 18 for Vagefem, without a prescription so top whack.

A pack lasts 9 weeks and treats the underlying cause of not just dryness, but also atrophy and eliminates the need to pee several times a night.

I doubt any fancy light can make oestrogen out of thin air and treat the cause of symptoms. It may help some people with one symptom to some degree. But the underlying cause and the other, potentially health/life threatening symptoms later in life will be left unresolved.

By all means shine lights at your Lady Garden if that’s what you want to do. But I’m sticking to an evidence based treatment for the cause of all the symtoms, rather than focusing on one symptom alone and leaving the cause in place.

I point blank do not wish to die of ongoing UTIs when I’m a defenceless old lady, should I manage to stay on this mortal coil long enough to outlive my health span.

As a group I think we need to be alert to the fact that alongside greater awareness of a condition/stage of life, there will always be an uptick in commercial pricking up of ears. Meno-washing is very much a thing at this point in the market place. So it’s worth being skeptical until there are gold standard studies to support the claims of any device, pill or potion.

I think you would be much better off asking the GP for a prescription for vaginal oestrogen cream. Works a treat and completely safe

I'd be interested to hear genuine feedback on this too. There is nothing to say it can't be used alongside topical estrogen.