Ok, so this is more than a little embarrassing for me
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I'm just going to cut to the chase and hope that someone here has some experience of this - oh, and I apologise if this has already been discussed before...
For years now I've had an increasing itch around the outer area surrounding my clitoris - far enough up toward the pubic bone for it to be considered outer labia. Initially, this seemed to happen after the birth of my second child -
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- and my GP at the time noticed that I had a little tear there. She prescribed Timodene which worked for a while, but it seems wrong for me to keep asking for repeat prescriptions...
The itch is always worse in the run up to my period starting, so I'm convinced it's hormone-related.
Nowadays, I seem to be itchy there on a constant basis. I'm 50 and using ReplensMD fairly regularly, as I feel so much drier 'down there' these days. But the ReplensMD doesn't affect my outer labia or vulval area... Worse still, the itch seems to travel to my clitoris and I
know I'm scratching in my sleep, which in turn is making my clitoris less responsive to
normal stimulation...
I've tried using aqueous cream for washing. I avoid using soaps / shower gels down there (and always have). But nothing seems to help. I have to add that I use panty pads on a daily basis - just the thin type - and I'm sure they don't help, but I can't bear the thought of messing up my underwear...
I can't even get a good night's sleep because I scratch while I'm sleeping. Subsequently, I wake up sore
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Am I odd? Has anyone else experienced this? If you have, have you found anything to help alleviate the problem? To be honest, I'm pretty desperate...
F xx