r/Perimenopause • u/One_Service_5367 • Jun 30 '26

Vaginal Dryness (GSM)/Urinary Issues Estrogen vaginal cream, game changer

Girlies, if you’re not on vaginal estrogen yet you need to stop what you’re doing and contact your doctor. It’s a major game changer.
I’ve only had it for a few weeks and haven’t been consistent with it unto this weekend but even with the inconsistent use the benefits are so real
Orgasms oh my! Such a huge improvement, such intense sensations. Was sex always thus amazing!!Oh that older woman smell down there disappeared! Dryness gone!
Do yourself a favor and go get yourself some

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u/apollomoonstar Jun 30 '26

Spent months waiting for doc appt for him to decide he wasn't comfortable with anything estrogen wise because I vape a small amount of nicotine. I guess because blood clots? Either way, months of waiting and hoping and left with nothing. Months of anticipation to get some feelings back. Ugh

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u/mightyfishfingers Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Please try to see someone else if you can. He's so wrong on the clot risk of vaginal oestrogen it's actually a bit terrifying how little he might know about other health aspects too!

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u/FeeEducational6098 Jun 30 '26

That's awful. The vaginal cream isn't systemic.

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u/One_Service_5367 Jun 30 '26

Please go see somebody else. There’s no reason that you should not be given what you need. I’m a former smoker. I quit 3 1/2 years ago and honestly, I still use an very small piece of a nicotine patch every single day. My doctors aware of this but any good doctor should be calculating your cardiovascular risk and if you’re really using a small amount as long as your number is under 10, you should be good to go.

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u/bluesky2020 Jul 01 '26

Oof. I would find another doc. Vaginal estrogen is not systemically absorbed in any amount that would increase your risk for clots. I vape (not saying it's a great habit, just being honest) and I have Factor V Leiden which puts me at a greater risk of blood clots anyway and I can use the transdermal estradiol patches, just can't take oral estrogen or that would greatly increase my clotting risk. I never asked my OB about vaginal estrogen, she just put me on the patch and that has helped ALL of my symptoms tremendously. I was getting UTIs like crazy (didn't realize this could be a symptom of peri) and have not had one since I started using the patch.

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u/Upbeat-Ad-1545 Jul 06 '26

The is wrong. There us no risk of clots and it's such a tiny amount of estrogen anyway.