Getting Lots of Questions about Revaree. Will This Really Help my Sandpaper Vagina

Let’s start with.. YES. Use something. We use sooo much stuff on our faces and bravely suffer through Sahara like vaginal situations. HELLO logic. If your menopause facial care has changed time to change it up “down there” as well. Not just women of a certain age, this applies to new Mom’s and chemo patients as well.

What can I do?

There are products that rehydrate vaginal tissues and provide protection from friction. They’re formulated to be bioadhesive, meaning they stay on the vaginal tissue for several days, and are meant to be used regularly, whether you are planning on being sexually active or not. This is very different from lube, which is used on demand and the effects go away relatively quickly.  Lube makes your vagina slippery but not stretchy.

Vaginal moisturizers can be water based, silicone based, hyaluronic acid based, or oil based. They can help vaginal itching, dryness, discomfort, and pain with sex. In some studies some of these products perform as well or almost as well as low dose vaginal estrogen. It can take about 4 weeks to get to the point where it feels like the moisturizer is helping. Sorry ladies, there isn’t a magic bullet.

There are maybe a handful of studies with vaginal hyaluronic acid. From the data we have, hyaluronic acid performs well compared with low dose vaginal estrogen (either 25 mcg vaginal estradiol tablets or estriol cream) when it comes to dryness and discomfort. Unlike estrogen, it probably won’t restore the vaginal microbiome (the colonies of bacteria normally present in the vagina that changes during menopause without estrogen), so whether it will prevent urinary tract infections as well as vaginal estrogen isn’t known. 

Product choices:

Replens Long-Lasting Vaginal Moisturizer $22.79 cream applicator every 3 days

K-Y Liquibeads Vaginal Moisturizer & Lube $14.97 ovule 30mins prior to sex (LUBE)

Bonafide Revaree Vaginal Moisturizer $59.95 suppository every 2-3 days (HYlAURIONIC ACID)

Luvena Enhanced Personal Lubricant $19.99 (LUBE)

Carlson Key-E Suppositories $9.20 Suppository up to 4 suppositories a day

Puremedy Feminine Moisturizer Herbal Ointment $13.95 ointment as needed

DO SOMETHING! Your vagina will thank you