Who knew your fanny shrivelled up and ran away when you hit mid 50s!?!

[shrumps]

I certainly didn’t and I miss it! The only part of my body to become skinny and Im absolutely pissed off. Why did no one tell me about this?? And now I feel I can’t tell anyone else in case it’s just me.

😂 😂 😂 The one with the possible slices of naice ham in her lap?!

How long does it take for the cream to start plumping things up? I'm on day one!

Well , I did presume it would make its way down, but all that talk of oestrogen receptors in the lower third and all that.
And as I do it atvnight just before going to bed I thought it might be better, no gravity?
I think I’ll just continue to do high placement so it doesn’t sting, unless I definitively find out something different.

Your fanjo will look like this by Saturday

I did say it was just a suggestion to place lower if you felt it wasnt effective in the vulval area and was something discussed on another forum
Where you having issues @MurphysColeslaw ?
If not I would continue as before

You don’t need a prescription OP you can get topical oestrogen cream or pessaries ‘over the counter’ from your local chemist

I second this. And pessaries for the dryness.

I don’t know how to ask them? I am so pleased this thread has been so helpful - I’ve been on Mumsnet since I was pregnant in 2004 and I’ve never even had a response to a comment before 🤪 it’s been a revelation that so many women have this issue and yet it’s just not talked about. If anyone knows how to being this to MNHQ attention and they want to pin it please let me know.

Report your own post, chose 'other' and explain in the box.

You can try! I asked them to pin the NICE guidance which they did for a while then it disappeared. I have also posted, numerous times, the BMS guidance on Endometrial Protection with HRT as a link, (it has advice on how much progesterone, the types, when to investigate etc) and it would be great to have that and other medical guidance linked, but I'm not sure they want permanent links.

It may be for you but it has been devastating for me. I can't walk without discomfort and it is proving very hard to treat. People should know about this much more than they do now so they can catch it early.

...IF you're over 50.

There is presumably a limit on how many threads per board can be pinned.
Heres a thought - maybe there could be a pinned thread which linked to particularly helpful threads such as the ones you mention?

I didn’t know there was an age condition !

Only for over the counter. GP’s or Practice Nurses can prescribe it or you can get a private prescription.

Oh can you have both? I didn't know that, I would.like both!!

Yes I have both and use a VM daily.

Am pleased with the Ovesse that I have now been applying for a few days and previous mild itching that flared up has subsided.
I am beyond grateful for this thread!!!!!!!!

Yes, ask your GP. I can't get mine interested - he did prescribe HRT patches after three years of nagging, but I've lost the will to keep on about my vulva. So I buy estriol cream from an online pharmacy. It's around £50 for three months' worth.

I never had dryness, but was getting symptoms of UTI or thrush every couple of months and always felt a bit sore or itchy. Heard about vaginal atrophy on here (thanks, Mumsnet!) The cream stopped all those symptoms within a few weeks. After reading up on it, I learned the inside of the vagina loses its ridges - that's what losing elasticity means, the ridges are from the stretchy concertina formed by the inner layer of muscle. I poked around and found I had, indeed, become weirdly smooth in there. Now, hurray, my ridges are back!

I am shameless about telling people what vaginal atrophy is and what to do about it. I've educated more than a few people who happened to be nearby while I was talking to friends about it 😆

I think there may be more success having a medical site linked to- eg the British Menopause Society papers on info, the Women's Health Concern ( that's also part of the BMS) or the website of Dr Louise Newson (though that may be harder as it would be seen potentially as advertising her .)

The point is though as you say where does it stop? There is an argument for no links or lots as there are so many issues around menopause.

Wish it was absolute rubbish!!

Is HRT on its own not enough to plump up the fanny?

Systemic? Not in all cases, no.

I think that the amount of systemic oestrogen makes a difference.

I needed the addition of localised oestrogen after being switched to combined HRT and then having the Mirena coil added into the mix. (I'd had post-menopausal spotting.) I hoped that switching to Elleste Solo once I got the all-clear from my third biopsy would be enough, but it wasn't quite.

Does it hurt having the mirena coil fitted?