Hi, I know some have had good results with Borax, I know lots of you use bicarbonate soda in a spray after a toilet break. BUT has anyone had un-fusing with just bicarbonate soda?
I am worried about using Borax, as it's banned in the UK.
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Yes, Heather I did. That's how I started out, discovering that baking soda reversed the fusing, slowly but surely. At first I barely believed this was happening. Rinsing after every bathroom visit and baking soda baths. It took a long time to get from totally fused up to where I am now - only the tiniest bit of fusing left just past the clitoris. But you have to be very diligent both with the rinsing and baths. Plus be persistent with your diet.
Thanks Hanny, that's very promising.
why is dieting so important, what does it do? I know we are what we eat.
I didn't really know what you all meant when you were talking about fusing, but I examined myself yesterday and was surprised to see I hardly had any Labia minora, I used to have really ugly large ones, where have they gone? is this what you mean by fusing?
The labia minora never returned. But all the rest is back and functional. It didn't exactly happen overnight, but in the end " I won".
Baking soda baths and rinses and doing it very diligently. Took pictures regularly to see whether any progress was being made. Next to that I also started dilating so that the vagina couldn't narrow. And used loads of coconut oil to keep the layers apart and for lubrication.
The diet still consists of illiminating certain foods: no added sugars, no alcohol, no caffeine, no gluten, limited dairy. Always cooking from scratch and using fresh items, small pieces of meat, avoiding most pork meat.
I hope this is helpful.
Hanny I love all your advice!!! I don't know what I would do without you. Why limit pork?
You limit pork because it is too acid.
What I thought about later - when you start using the baking soda, sometimes the urethra doesn't like it and starts to feel agitated. The urethra wants a more acid environment. That's when I start rinsing a couple of times with a bit of un-pasteurized apple cider vinegar in my bottle. This far it works well. Or else you may get a bladder infection. (The LS doesn't mind the temperary change.) I've had several bladder infections in a row and learned the hard way.
Please could you explain the best way to use biacarbonated soda.
Well I'm new to
this all, the other ladies will be to advise you. But I've been putting 3 pinches in a spray bottle and spraying after every toilet break
Thank you is it just what you would buy from the supermarket .
Yeah it is, I have been you can get big kg bags on eBay it you want to take baths in it😊
Hi Hanny, are you in the U.K.?
what does sugar do to LS, does that mean no fruit either or is it just added sugar?
Thank you for all your time you spend answering everyone's questions you are a star
I'm going to give this a try thank you .
Hiya what coconut oil do you use please.
Good question. LS seems to react to an environment that is too accid. Sugar contributes to that. For that reason I leave all the goodies and candies etc. out. It made a big difference for me. Added bonus is weight loss.
I do eat fruit, in limited quantities.
I live in Canada.
I buy that in supermarket or health food store. Whoever has the best price. It's simply the pure stuff. Nothing added.
Thank you have you heard of anyone having an operation to help with fusing .
yes, me. Not a surgery as such, but a dilation procedure to stretch the small opening left after fusing. No cutting. That's an important difference. After that procedure I accidentally discovered what baking soda can do.
Forgot to say thank you 😀
My mind is reeling a bit from finding a few threads on this site and i think a few puzzle-pieces have clicked into place...so thank you and sorry if I am hijacking your thread!
I had a GP diagnosis of Lichen a couple of years ago following itching and white patches....given steroid cream and sent off...in retrospect I've had this for a very long time and think it was misdiagnosed as thrush and general 'run down' excuses from pretty much the time I became sexually active... anyway, sex has always been pretty unbearable because of the pain of tearing and general soreness 'around and about' afterwards and now I seem to be getting more and more anal fissures (thats a whole other anxiety meltdown but I'm seeing GO to review tgat anyway)...but I'm honestly thinking now it's all linked .... so I'm looking into the soda washes etc as a way to help the discomfort and hopefully reverse some of the very minor fusing...I'm also in the UK and am too twitchy to launch in with borax....so can I just ask a few questions about 'routines' etc?
Washing with a spritz spray after using the toilet each time...i saw the 3 pinches to a bottle ratio - but how big is the bottle? Then pay dry and apply emolient (I've been using epaderm fairly'ish regularly) or is coconut oil better or is it a 'no really difference down to preference' thing. Then apply steroid cream twice a day morning and evening (I'm in a flare up so am going back to start point) and then emolient/oil afterwards or is that overkill? Then baths every couple of days? I tend to use Epsom salts as they help with my anxiety but would soda baths be better from a Lichen perspective?
I'm almost certain you won't have all the answers - again sorry for hijacking - but looking for any advise really so anything you have would be fantastic.. K