Hi JP, thanks for replying. That's not a bad suggestion, I will give it a go
Lol to your last question, how long have you got? Are you sitting comfortably, cup of tea to hand?
Had just taken myself off seven years on more or else continuous HRT in order to try the Vagifem as none of the products I'd been using (Systemic HRT - including patches and oral tablets of various brands and combinations of oestrogen/progesterone) seemed to be working adequately like my original but discontinued HRT.
So was extremely surprised to get the burning, which I have put down to something in the pessaries themselves (will be posting about that later - something called Hypromellose) - but in the meantime had used just about every non-hormonal vaginal moisturiser known to man, or woman rather (with burning as an inevitable result of every one except YES, which didn't do much anyway) and other potions lotions and creams such as Aloe Vera, KY jelly (which does help, marginally) Diprobase (gleaned from reading these boards), Multi-Gyn Actigel (also gleaned from these boards), coconut oil, and my own left field attempt - an antihistamine cream called Fenistil - I figured that as my labia were so dry they pinched and stung and abraded (like wearing sandpaper in your knickers, though I haven't worn knickers for eight years or is that TMI?) that a stinging cream might work. In fact a combination of coconut oil and Fenistil is my go-to at the moment, though the relief only lasts a short time.
Way back in the dim dark ages before going on systemic HRT I was prescribed a tube of some oestrogen cream or another I forget which brand (not pessaries) and it did absolutely nothing - which is why I went on HRT in the end.
I now have generic Estriol cream to use and might just try persevering with that, so far I'm only applying it very sparingly to the labia where it doesn't seem to burn (but doesn't do anything either!) Will go now and mix it with some YES and try again.
Thanks for the suggestion. Hope you enjoyed the tea
LL