Im having changes down below and wondered if this is whats started.My outer lips have flattened and the skin inside is so thin and sensitive gets red and raw easily.My inside bits or shold i cll them flaps are so lifeless floppy and soooo long but they have no whats the word puffiness they just look like flaps of skin and im only 41....I have the other symptoms so is this what i have and is it worth a trip to a gyno or will he laf at me....What does atrphy actually mean please?

I'm 45 and only starting to have peri symptoms--6 months ago I was still cycling like clockwork but have since had a hot flash or two, insomnia, anxiety, lighter periods etc. Anyway, I went to a gyn and a uro as I was having bladder and vaginal irritation. Gyn declared I was "imbalanced"--the area looked very red and slighty swollen. He implied I didn't have enough estrogen to balance my progesterone based on my symptoms and his exam. I am on estrace vaginal cream and low does bcps and it seems to be helping quite a bit, but there is still room for improvement. Not sure if this is atrophy in my case but it is imbalance and is worth a trip to the GYN.

Mine said he sees the condition a lot, including in women who are breastfeeding--he's a good doctor. (My first gyn thought it was maybe a bacterial infection, thou I had no symptoms of that--glad my new one understands peri...)

WELL THANKFULLY IM NOT BREASTFEEDING,LONG GONE WITH THAT....I WILL LOOK INTO IT SOME MORE AND MAYBE MENTION IT TO THE NURSE INITIALLY THXS

http://img.medscape.com/slide/migrated/edi...ges/slide13.jpg this might get sensored, but this is atrophy normal aging

Wow, after looking at that I'm hoping I might get a little of that atrophy. After having six kids, my vaginal opening is very large and stretched out. I miss that "virgin" look.

I'm not making fun of anyone who suffers from it, just making a little joke about myself. Hope no one is offended!

"atrophy" just means that the tissues are shrinking which is what makes it appear so differently and become fragile and such. everything I've read says that this happens when there isn't as much estrogen. It also tends to go along with vaginal dryness.

Thanks for the picture lookslike mine and im only 41 is that possible??? i needed to see it even though it aint pretty!!! I will def look into mine more- not literally i mean ill get a professional to do it lol - as it is dry and flattened and redans lifeless no elasticity.Thanks xx

DANG I was not prepared for that picture!!!

i was just thinking, where do they get models for pics like that? do women just volunteer? boy they,d have to pay me alot of cash for that snapshot, i could just see the ad for that " model needed " oh boy, im not even gonna go there....lol

It looks like a medical pix. I mean, a pix taken by a doctor. I think thats where most of the medical/body pix that we see, come from. Doctors files.