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[Jillymoo]

I've just used the search function to see if theres a thread about Serenity Cream,an advert for which keeps popping up on various pages I go on ,and I thought I'd have a little look.Unless I'm not using 'search' right,I couldn't see anything on here about anyone trying it.

Of course,in the ad,it sounds fantastic,and the best thing since sliced bread!
The testimonials are awesome,particularly regarding stopping hot flushes.I'm in the grip of nightmarish ones at the mo,so it sounds very tempting,but I guess it can't be any good or lots of ladies I know (and on here) would be using it.

What is it they say....'If it sounds too good to be true....then it probably is' LOL

For one thing,I couldn't find anywhere what the ingredients were 

Anyone on here tried it/know anything? The company who make it is called WellSprings I think.

[Bette]

Sorry, Jillymoo, it is you not using the search engine right! 
There have been many, many threads on this and as with so many things meno, both positive and negative reactions. Try using the "Search" button in the blue menu on the top left. Type in Serenity cream or natural progesterone cream and both should bring up lots of threads. 
Bette x

[Joyce]

I've tried it and it was a waste of £18 per pot.  However, I was so desperate that I would have been willing to pay twice that.  It seemed to be working initially, but after about 6 weeks or so I was going backwards instead of forwards.

[Jillymoo]

Aaahhh....thank you Bette.....I used the other search box,top right 

I guessed there must have been some discussion of it,it would be hard to believe there hadn't,given the breadth of matters we do discuss on here!

I shall go do that now,although I somehow feel I already know the answer......it's not worth the pot it's packaged in,and all a load of hype 

xx

[Jillymoo]

Haha! Cubagirl has said just what I expected I'd hear 

If only it was as easy as rubbing a dab of cream in eh?

xx

[Joyce]

Yep, if it was that good we'd be able to get it either from our GPs or a chemist.  Would be great if it did mind you.

[silverlady]

Jillymoo

Here are a list of the ingredients.

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Serenity Natural Progesterone Cream is manufactured in the United States of America by the original manufacturer to the original formula under the highest standards of Good Manufacturing Practice. Serenity does not contain cheap low-grade Chinese progesterone as used by many manufacturers. Purity and potency guaranteed by analysis. Advanced skin care delivery. For topical external use.

Contents: Deionised Water, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice (Aloe Vera), Vegetable Oil, Glycerin, USA Produced USP Natural Progesterone (2.34%) USA, Isopropyl Myristate, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Cetyl Alcohol, PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Stearic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium PCA, d-alpha Tocopherol, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, GermabenII, AMP95. (Merest trace of commonly-used preservatives added due to the ineffectiveness of natural preservatives).

Serenity is formulated with the most advanced delivery system for maximum absorption (97-100% assimilated).
The process involves No Animal Testing, No Animal Cruelty and No Animal by-products.
A 60-gram jar normally lasts up to twelve weeks, depending on the severity of symptoms and beginning progesterone levels.

Each sealed jar of Serenity Natural Progesterone Cream contains 2.1ozs (60gm/60ml) of the finest quality liposome moisturising cream with not less than 1,260 mgs of USP Pharmaceutical grade bio-identical Natural Progesterone extracted in the USA from plant saponins. The Certified-Potency Natural Progesterone content (2.34%) has been carefully calculated so those who suffer with the symptoms resulting from unopposed oestrogen can utilise the cream on a schedule which parallels their own body's natural cycles of progesterone production.

Serenity cream is light, non-oily, hypo-allergenic with a unique liposomal delivery system for swift maximum absorption, is free from common allergens, does not contain any animal products or derivatives and is cruelty-free.

Some well known creams claim 800-900mg per 2ozs or 2,000mg per 4ozs but offer far worse value as they only provide two-thirds of the effective days treatment of Serenity which, with their poorer absorption, actually makes them very much more expensive. Many women using other creams say they changed to Serenity after finding Serenity a lot more effective (with the added bonus of a much better skin tone), far better quality, easier and more pleasant to use and much more economic as a jar of Serenity can last up to three months depending on symptoms dosage regime and progesterone levels prior to use.

Serenity Natural Progesterone Cream has been carefully formulated for women who suffer with any of the unpleasant symptoms of PMS / PMT, Menopause, Osteoporosis and Infertility. Used in conjunction with known dietary lifestyle modifications, countless women around the world have regained their health and control of their lives"


if you are going to try Natural Progesterone Cream the Serenity Ctream is a good one. It is one of the creams recommended by the doctor who made it his life work to study progesterone.

I hesitate to talk about progesterone cream because certain some members reactions see "Sore Vulva" post

I have read numerous text books on progesterone and and the delivery method of using cream gel or oil in doses of 15- 20 mgs a day. , Serenity is one of the cream that is recommended as having the correct dosage.

If you can't use estrogen, then natural progesterone cream could be an alternative that you could try without a prescription, in France you can get it in the pharmacies they tend to sell it in gel form.

Try it for yourself and don't be put of by any negativity, read up all you can preferably books, try and find some forums where the girls are discussing and using it, the femail forum of the Daily Mail and mumsnet are some good UK forums.

It might not be for you, but make up your own mind and don't be influenced by negative comments.

Hope this has answered some of your questions.

silverlady x

[Jillymoo]

Thank you so much Silverlady 

Thats a great amount of info you've taken time to post for me,and yes,I will search into it some more and make up my own mind whether to invest in a pot.

If I knew these dreadul,drenching and exhausting sweats were not going to last for too much longer,I'd just get on with coping with them.But you never know how long they'll carry on for,do you? I'm 55 with only the odd period about every 6 months or so for the last 3 years......but a colleague of mine is 60,last had a period at 58,but is STILL having loads of flushes!

Anyway,thank you once again, Jilly xx

[Rivadan]

There's a theory that most women will have stopped their periods by 54 but I'm not so sure. My sister in law who had a hysterectomy was told by her gynae that 56 is more realistic these days.

I used the Wellsprings cream in early perimenopause and thought it was keeping the hot flushes at bay, but then they kicked in properly and it was useless. Perhaps the women who swear by it are those who wouldn't have had really severe hot flushes anyway?

Who knows - whatever works for you!

[Hurdity]

As you will see on other threads and if you do an informed search there is not enough scientific evidence to demonstrate that natural progesterone cream works in the same way that oestrogen does for reducing menopausal symptoms. If you look at forums etc of course there will be individuals that say it does for them, as has been reported on here - but it could be the placebo effect, and you don't know what would have happened to you anyway - as Rivadan says.

If you want to try natural progesterone then you can get it as pessaries on the nhs - I understand it is synthesised from yams in the same way as the stuff sold at great expense in America which is no more natural than the UK NHS products described below - but a lot more expensive (and of course available in a pot in cream form).

Cyclogest (pessaries in a waxy coating) and Utrogestan (oral capsules but can be used vaginally) are both available (Cyclogest is not licensed for HRT but to treat fertility but many GPs will prescribe it) on the NHS.  Utrogestan can be used vaginally. With either you could use the lowest dose ( ie Cyclogest 200 mg or Utrogestan 100mg) every 2-3 days. It isn't much to pay if you find it doesn't work, at £7 odd for a prescription.

Of course replacing oestrogen does more than reduce hot flushes - because it performs so many functions in the body - protecting bones, bladder and vaginal area amongst other things - on a long term basis.

There are a lot of mainly American sites devoted to selling all these creams becuase they have a different healthcare system to us and if it worked and could be used instead of oestrogen, as cubagirl said, we would be prescribed it.

Hope this helps
Hurdity x

[silverlady]

I really cannot go into this any more and expected this post word for word.

Cyclogest and Utrogestan  would be far far more the jillymoo should take under the circumstances.

silverlady x

[Jillymoo]

Thank you for all your helpful posts,full of information girls 

I'm due a visit to my GP shortly for couple of blood tests (cholesterol and iron),so I'll mention it to him and see whats on offer that would suit me,given my recent medical history.

Best wishes,Jilly xx

[Rivadan]

I would just add that from my personal experience I would have to agree with Silverlady that Wellsprings cream and Utrogestan are in TOTALLY different leagues and can't be compared. The Wellsprings is a million times gentler.

[silverlady]

That is true Rivadan, but I have given my last advise on natural progesterone cream on the open forum, will leave it to others to respond, if anyone wants any info they can PM me.

silverlady x

[countrybumpkin]

This is just my personal experience of natural progesterone cream called Juvan which is 1.5% available only on private prescritpion.

I had severe dysfunctional bleeding and large ovarian cyst and was told I was oestrogen dominent by nhs gyny and offered mirena coil but did not want one. 

I saw a private Dr who specialises in womens hormonal problems and was prescribed the above cream. He told me that my cyst should resolve itself within a couple of months of using the cream and the constant heavy bleeding ( lasting up to 12 weeks at a time) should improve as well.

Within 2 months my bleeding had improved immensely back to erratic but normal length periods and at my follow up ultrasound for the cyst 3 months after starting cream it had gone totally.

I have continued to use the cream for past 2 years. I have to say it does not stop hot flushes as I do get them but they are not horrendous but have no way of knowing if this is the cream or just me. 

For oestrogen dominent peri meno symptoms it was fantastic but for hot flushes it does not stop them in my case.