Estriol - on your face!?

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Has anyone tried this?? And if so; a) is it literally the same stuff you use internally and b) does it work!?!

Where has your question come from?

Online chats?

I have been prescribed two different strengths so googled it to check and it popped up in search. Never even occurred to me it would be a thing and just wondered if anyone had heard of it.

Yes, I use it on my face twice a week.

It really should not be used anywhere other than where it's prescribed for! No idea where the idea of using it on the face came from (no doubt some online 'influencer') but it sounds nonsensical and there may be risks.

I use it on my neck, usually rub in a blob with night cream.

Kelly casperson (consultant uro-gynae in the US) suggested it in many of her pod casts. Given that she's an actual doctor I felt it was reasonable advice.

You can buy oestrogen compounded face cream in the States.

@JinglingSpringbells i live in hope that it will cancel out the Testosterone hairiness on my neck and jaw line!

You can get it on prescription here, can’t you?
The face cream.

it’s genuinely a thing

I think the idea comes from if it plumps up your vulva, will it plump up your face? I must admit I've given it a go and I can report back that sadly oestrogen cream does not noticeably plump the lips on you face.

No, it’s real

It’s probably a different strength or something and designed for use on the face

But it’s got backing here through private prescription. I don’t think the NHS do it.

sorry, I meant to quote @JinglingSpringbells saying that it’s not real.. it is real it’s not just influencer crap

I looked into it, but then I decided against it. I’ll just have to age, the price of it as well!

It's always the US.
Probably nothing like the sort in the UK for vaginal use.

Is it made from soya? Phytoestrogens?

What kind of private prescription?
Do you mean some of the clinics that offer compounded, unlicensed HRT?

Surely it would give you melasma? Mine ramped up massively when I started HRT gel even though I was scrupulous with washing my hands, I was really paranoid that the cause was getting tiny amounts onto my face after applying the gel on my legs. High doses of oestrogen can definitely be a cause.

IF this worked, then all women applying estrogen (HRT) as gel or spray to their arms or legs would have the skin of a teenager? We'd look 16 forever.

Who prescribed it and where? (And why?)

Have you looked at the ingredients?
It's likely to be made from soy (or other phytoestrogens too weak to do anything) and you may as well just slap soy yoghurt on your face.:)

I read about this then looked into it a little more. Apparently any effects are more likely to be from the carrier creams rather than the oestrogen in it. I tried it but it made very little difference to my neck crepes! No different from any other moisturiser anyway.

It isn’t made up at all @JinglingSpringbells

Estriol is much weaker than Estradiol.. it’s shown very low systemic activity.

I mean it’s not a given and it won’t be for everyone but there is some albeit limited science behind it.

I was joking. I've read it before on the web .

Estriol is what women here use for vaginal hrt. (I've used it for 20 years but never on my face.)

It doesn't mean you can safely use it on your face.

As I said, if it worked, anyone using transdermal estrogen on their body would have young skin on that place.

I use it on my crows feet rather than my entire face, just a tiny blob a couple of times a week. I definitely feel it has helped way more than any amount of other face creams ever have.

What exactly is it supposed to do?

@RedThroatedWarbler i never thought of using it there too, just my jawline to counteract hairy bits.

Might give it a go.

Highly recommend the Kelly casperson pod.

If you want to improve your skin, retinol is worth trying.

Her Insta was where I saw it. Can't say I have tried it on my beard. I think that is beyond help at this stage!

@JinglingSpringbells tried retinols. Made SFA difference.

I don’t even know what that is

I just heard about it from my friend, I think she may be on unlicensed HRT I’m not sure, she’s been going on about testosterone and bioidentical hormones

I did look it up because sometimes I think I would like to do something about my face, but as soon as I heard about the melasma the other posters have mentioned, I stopped looking! I imagine it’s very expensive. No idea what it’s made from.

my DD who lives in the UK was prescribed estrogen for her dermatitis by a dermatologist. She laughed and said she could use it vaginally if she wanted.

This is a very good point Jingling. I use androfeme (testosterone cream) and even though I rotate the site it has still affected where I apply it quite obviously. Not younger skin, but hairier 🙄