olive oil and vaginal dryness - Menopause Message Board

jennie23 · 10-02-2007, 07:40 PM

Hi........
just read on a post...about using olive oil for severe vaginal dryness...she said she used it for two weeks and it worked...has anyone else used olive oil and had success? please let me know...thanks

percan · 10-03-2007, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jennie23

Hi........
just read on a post...about using olive oil for severe vaginal dryness...she said she used it for two weeks and it worked...has anyone else used olive oil and had success? please let me know...thanks

I read about that, too, but haven't tried it yet. Are you supposed to use it inside, or just on the outer parts? I don't really have the external dryness, but intercourse is like sandpaper.

jennie23 · 10-03-2007, 11:03 AM

Hi Percan...
I would think you would use the olive oil on the outside...I did some research on the internet (not much there) and one web site, said to use only " extra light olive oil" .....I do not know, but am hoping to get some responses from ladies that have used the "olive oil" and what success that have or have not had.....
I am just looking for something that will help relieve the severe vaginal dryness on the outside.........I use the vaginal inserts and they help the insides....

LauraBow · 10-09-2007, 10:03 PM

I have used it for a couple months now with very good results. I use it inside, just dip my finger in olive oil and insert vaginally every night at bedtime. I use Bertolli's Classico because that is what I have. I still use the estrogen cream twice weekly, but I think the olive oil is more effective.

jennie23 · 10-10-2007, 08:14 AM

Hi Larabow
Thanks so much for your response....I am certainly going to try the olive oll...because nothing else is working....and it is a miserable thing to be so dry............I wonder who first came up with the idea of using olive oil of all things...I know it is good stuff, but who would have thought....