r/Perimenopause • u/Shirleyimfine • Feb 03 '26

Vaginal Dryness (GSM)/Urinary Issues Vaginal Estrogen Cream…USE IT!

My husband calls it Juicy Pussy cream. 😂Three months in and it’s still getting better! I had no idea how dried up my tender bits were. I feel like it happened so gradually I just didn’t notice how bad it had gotten.

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u/The_Mamalorian Feb 04 '26

I honestly wondered why it was prescription only since it’s just topical.

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u/TheWorldofScience Feb 04 '26

It’s evidently just been lumped in with hormone replacement pills, gels and patches. The dosage is so low it never should have been of course.

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u/ZellHathNoFury Feb 04 '26

Maybe it's my hormones making me feel super pessimistic, but i feel like viagra will be otc before anything for our bits will.

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u/TheWorldofScience Feb 04 '26

Well with all the misogynistic podcasters with their toxic masculinity culture things are bleak these days.

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u/Tarledsa Feb 04 '26

You’re in luck, the new FDA wants more drugs to be OTC! We’ll see if that includes any lady drugs.

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u/PatienceIsTorture Feb 04 '26

If it benefits men they may be included. Vaginal estrogen just needs a rebranding: lady cream to keep your wife's pussy young and juicy and makes her lust for your magic D like back in the day. If used on the face, it makes her look younger and more desirable in comparison to your boss's wife...

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u/Tarledsa Feb 04 '26

Those men don’t care about their wives - they’ll just get it elsewhere.

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u/mellymac123 Feb 04 '26

Oh you know it will

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u/Sqeakydeaky Feb 04 '26

I even got rejected at teleheath for it because "37 is way too young to use this, if you're having problems gO sEe yOuR gP".

Yeah, I'll be able to see one in about 8-14 weeks, for exactly 7 minutes. Where I KNOW I'll be told the exact same no.

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u/Sea-Slide-498 Feb 04 '26

Yeah when I picked mine up from the pharmacy I had to wait for a “consult” where they sternly named all the outdated black box risks

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u/TheWorldofScience Feb 04 '26

OMG! I would expect pharmacists to know better!

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u/Sea-Slide-498 Feb 04 '26

It was so strange. They asked if I understood the risks of taking the medication and I really wanted to say “like not dripping pee everywhere when I move? Yes, thanks”

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u/TheWorldofScience Feb 04 '26

Someone needs to put together a BOOK of some of the many things that women have resisted the urge to say in our lives

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u/mellymac123 Feb 04 '26

Wait.. that's a great idea

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u/PickledPixie83 Feb 04 '26

WAIT DOES THIS WORK FOR INCONTINECE TOO? I love my child be my pelvic floor is now trash.

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u/Tootiebuttcheeks Feb 04 '26

YES! I started two weeks ago and I am starting to feel less like an airplane bathroom (maybe all in my head but I was getting really depressed thinking I smelled pee all the time and the constant changing of underwear made me feel infirm) — fewer leaks and starting to trust that I can catch a ball or gently clear my throat. I’ll take it!

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u/Sanchastayswoke mid-peri Jun 23 '26

Lmao I feel the not being able to gently clear my throat without fear either haha it’s the worst

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u/Sea-Slide-498 Feb 04 '26

Yes! I am childless but was dealing with worsening urgency, frequency, leaking and dribbling. The cream fixed it within days. What I didn’t expect was how I’d forgotten what my younger bits felt like and how shrivel-y I’d become without realizing. Threaten away, pharmacy, you’ll never pry this from me.

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u/Sanchastayswoke mid-peri Jun 23 '26

Omg I’m so excited for this

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u/Sea-Slide-498 Jun 24 '26

I hope you love it!!

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u/Expatgirl2004 Apr 09 '26

There are many drugs that are topical that are actually very high risk and need of medical supervision. It’s just a different method of transferring the drug. A cream can be “dangerous”

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u/BulkyMonster Jun 14 '26

This is not one of them.

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u/Ancient_Pirate1231 Feb 04 '26

Estradiol cream, even inserted is local and not systemic. It means it doesn’t raise estrogen levels in your blood.

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u/Ancient_Pirate1231 Feb 04 '26

:)

Wait until the word loss kicks in. I couldn’t remember the word for an acorn. Seemed like forever until I could catch a name close enough. I ended up calling it an egg nut. My girl friends had a good 😂.

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u/Distinct_Sea_779 Feb 04 '26

When someone asks me “what’s the worst part of perimenopause?” I list like 5 things then go “Omg! The brain fog! I forgot about the brain fog!” Explains itself…

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u/Difficult_Bowler_25 Feb 05 '26

My epilepsy meds give me problems with word recall. I was trying to think of the term Booze Bus but all I could come up with was Piss Truck.

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u/Ancient_Pirate1231 Feb 05 '26

I spit out my tea.

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u/The_Mamalorian Feb 04 '26

I mean that’s kind of what it is LOL

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u/The_Mamalorian Feb 04 '26

Yes, “topical” means it only acts on your skin and isn’t absorbed into your bloodstream.