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[joziel]

It's incorrect information that they can't start HRT if over 60. They just need to see a menopause specialist.

I don't know about topical but if they can get some local estrogen for the vagina or if they already use that, I'd apply it around the eye area and see if it helps to be honest... I put my leftover estradiol gel on my face. Estriol (local estrogen) is very safe because it doesn't get absorbed systemically.

[Floo36]

Alibeau

Can I ask where you got the nighttime goggles from?  I’m suffering with severe dry eyes and also on Ikervis etc but still really bad.

Many thanks

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies.

I just wanted to add that I have two post meno friends who have this. One uses the techniques that have been mentioned and is using topical HRT, the other friend is on  systemic HRT  (50 mg Oestrogen patch with Mirena coil)  and relies on steroid drops from her GP. She tells me that they are very effective but shouldn't be used long term apparently. 

I hope this is of some help.

Take care everyone.

K.

[CLKD]

jozeil - if the product isn't absorbed why apply anywhere other than the vagina: it clearly states 'for vaginal use only'  because the skin on the body is different all over.  So appropriate preparations for appropriate areas ?

[alibeau]

Alibeau

Can I ask where you got the nighttime goggles from?  I’m suffering with severe dry eyes and also on Ikervis etc but still really bad.

Many thanks

Of course.  I ordered mine from Amazon USA as I originally bought them for a long haul flight and needed them quickly, they weren't available in the UK at that time.  I've since seen them listed on the UK Amazon site but when I look today I can't see them!

So I googled the name and found their website;

https://www.haloshealth.com/products/dry-eye-mask

As I say I originally bought them for a long haul flight.  The first time I tried to sleep in them they kept me awake throughout the night, I thought I would never get used to them but I now love them.  On the odd occasion they will stop me from nodding back off if I get up in the night but 99% of the time they do not bother me.  I don't have the strap too tight, just tight enough to stay on my head!!!

They really do create this lovely moist atmosphere for your eyes over night.  Like you I am still struggling a lot with dry eye but can definitely say that I have felt the benefit of using these but it took a couple of weeks for me to notice.

HTH xx

[Ayesha]

jozeil - if the product isn't absorbed why apply anywhere other than the vagina: it clearly states 'for vaginal use only'  because the skin on the body is different all over.  So appropriate preparations for appropriate areas ?

I had a large red inflamed area suddenly appear on a scar on my face, I thought my skin cancer had come back. I couldn't get a GP appointment for weeks and googled what do doctors prescribe for inflamed skin and it said hydrocortisone cream. The instructions said not to be used on the face but I did anyway and in a week the inflammation had greatly reduced and my skin is now back to normal. Sometimes we have to think outside the box for ourselves, so happy I did this as the thought of my cancer returning put me into a deep depression. 

[Floo36]

Thanks Kathleen and Alibeau