YOU ARE NOT ALONE…

VAGINAL DRYNESS CAN AFFECT ANY WOMAN, BUT IT’S MOST COMMON DURING AND AFTER THE MENOPAUSE, WHEN THE OVARIES REDUCE THEIR ACTIVITY AND THE LEVEL

OF THE FEMALE HORMONES – EG THE OESTROGENS – DROPS. AS A RESULT, THE SKIN IN THE INTIMATE AREA CAN BECOME THINNER AND DRIER.

MENOPAUSE IS NOT THE ONLY POSSIBLE REASON FOR VAGINAL DRYNESS – IT’S A CONDITION THAT CAN OCCUR IN YOUNGER WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING, DUE TO ALTERED HORMONE LEVELS. IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN FOLLOWING SURGERY ON THE UTERUS AND OVARIES, AGAIN WHICH AFFECTS HORMONES;

WHEN TAKING CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS; AS A SIDE EFFECT OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY IN CANCER TREATMENT, OR WHEN TAKING CERTAIN MEDICATIONS

(EG AGAINST ASTHMA OR DIABETES).

IT CAN EVEN BE CAUSED BY STRESS.