Hi Robin,
I was like that, couldn't tolerate external cream, even though I know it's of benefit....since having the Mona Lisa treatment, the skin quality is so much better, I used to get splits in the skin before, at least I can use estriole cream or ovestin around the perineum and vulva now, BUT I do still get outside skin flare ups (without be too graphic, the area where the hair grows)and that gets sore, rashy, and itchy, and the skin around my bottom too.
There's one area that's always susceptible and that the outside skin where the bartholins glands are, don't think Mona Lisa treats the outside skin, and certainly doesn't treat the skin around the bottom, so although the vulva and vagina are so much improved, and able to be maintained with estring, estriole/ovestin and emu oil....the outer areas, and skin around my bottom, remain sensitive to the oestrogen creams and continue to have flare ups....that's my theory, but I will ask when I go for my top up Mona Lisa treatment this week