Urine seems to be the most irritateing to my vulva skin and especially if concentrated makes skin burn. If you have this problem,what do you do to calm down the irritation or protect the skin from irritation from urination??
Does coconut oil provide a barrier and/or calm down the irritation for you? Panty liners smeared with something? Solid coconut oil?
I havnt tryed it yet,its on my list
As well as drinking plenty to hydrate I always wet a tissue and wipe myself down there after a wee
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When i had vulvodynia it was recommended to wash with water after weeing to ensure all the urine is washed away. So, I'd take one of my chemical / bleach free tissues, wet it under the tap and wipe with that, the. Dry with another tissue. I didn't use normal toilet paper we as I was worried that wetting it might librate the chemical and bleach therein.
i continued to do this once the vulvodynia had gone, but one day thought - hang on, why would my own body produce something that was detrimental to it? Plus the Ph of water is so much higher than out natural Ph down there. So I stopped the post-wee washing. However, you could try it, as I know lots of women on vulvodynia forums find it helps.
one other thing you could try is to take suppliements that improve urinary health. Cranberry extract is the common one (beware of cranberry juice as it usually has added sugar). I read a recent study that showed that cranberry did little on its own but was beneficial if taken together with lingonberry.
While I think coconut oil is the best thing since sliced bread, I'm not sure it's going to give a barrier between urine and the skin and I think you might be better to look for something that is used to help with nappy rash for that? Something like sudacream or I've read good reports about metanium, which I hadn't heard of. But I wonder if you look up the advice for nappy rash it might apply to your issue?
Im in the states,sometimes i use a and d ointment,or vaseline. Doctor thought i could try acquaphor ointment..i used to use desitan,but thats hard to wash off.
Hi lee do you burn after weeing every time? If so you could have interstitial cystitis basically irritated bladder. The best thing for that is parsley tea drunk during the day and dandelion and marshmallow tincture. They do work I've been using them for two years as I have this problem.
I've also sprayed after weeing with a solution if bicarbonate of soda diluted in water that soothes. Bepanth ( nappy cream) soothes best is plain Vaseline it provides a barrier . Loads of water it keeps your were from getting too concentrated. Hope this helps
Its the outer skin
Thanks,i appreciate the info
Well i know the atrophy also thins the vulva skin which i am sure makes it more prone to irritation from acidic urine,especially when its concentrated like first thing in the morning.
I use wet tp. I was wondering more about some type of barrier,maybe something i hadnt heard or thought of.
Im thinking its more because atrophy causes dryness of the skin down there,which probably also causes irritation. Kind of like if you poured urine over chapped dry skin..im sure that would burn also.
Hi how did you deal with vulvadynia and get rid if it please. I have had this for 17 months.
My sister has that issue and uses aquaphor before going.
Thanks,i have some and havnt tryed it yet. Doctor recomended it. Nice to hear someone wlse uses it.
Yes oil based lube could be a barrier. Something with better staying power would be the pure silicone gel (Astroglide) that I have spoken about before. I have no problems with that and I an very very sensitive down there - even the most natural mild water based lubes sting me.
anything that is a good barrier would be hard to wash off
I was diagnosed with vulvodynia in summer 2013. I was free of it after 1.5 years. I was given amitriptyline. I gradually worked my way up (5mg increases every 2 weeks, otherwise I got side effects - have to cut the tablets in half) to 50mg. It did help - it made day to day living more bearable, but sex was still out of the question. What finally got me better was acupuncture - western acupuncture given by a qualified doctor - it compliments the amitriptyline in damping down the over active, hyper sensitive nerves. Manual densensitisation also helped to retrain the nerves to register touch as touch and not pain - stroke yourself on the area that is painful, with lots of oil based lube ( coconut oil is great), very gently and only once to start with. Very gradually increase the number of strokes and pressure. You have to do it once every day and only enough so that you do not significantly increase your pain. I did it until I was up to 200 fairly firm strokes, then I started to put my finger inside - from this point on you can start training with vaginal dilators e.g. Amelle, or you can just increase number of fingers. Pelvic floor exercises can also help - I did these too. There is a good book which takes you through the pelvic floor exercises and manual desensitisation steps called "Seven steps to pain free sex". I did all the above and, after 1.5 years was having wonderful pain free sex again, then got dry due to menopause!
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Yes and desitan was great but always left a white residue