Thanks, Becky and Hopeful, being one who has never douched, I didn't realize the negatives aspects of it, and now after googling myself, I realize them. Boy oh boy, another rotten product offered to women- when does it end. You really got to educate yourself, read and read again.
Solution by Becky, thank you,"Estrogen cream absorption on a thirsty vagina is immediate and great. The trick is lowering the amt of cream used to maintain health versus the amt you need to get healthy." For those feeling they can control the cross contamination problem with this method, which seems plausable considering only a small amount is used and hopefully absorbed quickly, perhaps this is a good solution, probably with the best moisturizing results .Again, I'm not claiming any one solution is right for you. Just discussing all this to educate, open options, and let each decide for themself what is appropriate and acceptable.
Now another solution that I have found for those fearful of estrogn creams are natural herbal creams, Replens, vitamin E oil tablets squirted into the target area, soy/flaxseed preparations, etc.- though I don't know the effectiveness of these products, myself. However, a friend on another board swears by REPLENS being helpful. She's estrogen positive and is fearful of any extra estrogen on board. Perhaps using Replens and natural remedies between periodic estorgen cream use may be another solution to help reduce estrogen cream use for those concerned.See link below for mANY VAGINAL NATURAL REMEDIES.
http://www.hisandherhealth.com/index...tent&task=view