Vaginal Cream Should NOT Be Used To Treat Wrinkles Doctors Warn

[matcom]

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BALTIMORE -- In an effort to put her best face forward, one woman decided to use a product on her face that was meant for a different part of the body.

A guest on the television talk show "Oprah" recently shared her secret to fighting facial wrinkles: vaginal cream.

"I have been putting Premarin vaginal cream on my face for 20 years, and it works," said Vicki Mackarvich.

Oprah Winfrey was a little stunned, but interested, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

So, how did Mackarvich, 58, ever think to use vaginal cream on her face?

"I lived in Florida for a long time, and a dermatologist told me I have very dry skin. I was always in the sun, so he said this would do the trick," she said.

But Maryland dermatologist Dr. Irving Wolfe said estrogen in Premarin causes irritation to the skin.

Wolfe explained Premarin works by "producing a little bit of inflammation, which puffs the skin up temporarily and makes the wrinkles disappear."

But Maryland gynecologist Dr. Terry Hoffman sees the logic in putting Premarin on your face.

"We give it to women who have vaginal atrophy. Atrophy is a response to aging," Hoffman said.

Hoffman said she reviewed some recent studies and found that Mackarvich might not have been too far off the mark.

"I was just looking at a small study done in the last few years that showed an improvement in skin thickness, which we give it for vaginal thinning, and a reduction in wrinkles. So, that all makes sense," Hoffman added.

http://www.wftv.com/health/4465646/detail.html

[flamingyouth]

1. Eeeuuuuwww - that has horse urine in it.

:puke:

Well, there goes any thought of breakfast. x(

[tk2kewl]

2. Aren't those things kinda wrinkly? Does the cream iron them out too?

[xmas74]

3. So in about 10 years I need to get a prescription for Premarin.

I'll write that down for my 40th birthday.

[Shell Beau]

4. All righty then!

:crazy:

[Blue Diadem]

5. I had to laugh at this line

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"Personally, if something is meant for my 'hu-ha', I don't think I'm going to put it on my eyes," Hoffman added.

[Solly Mack]

6. I've heard Preparation-H works on wrinkles too

so...ah...hmmm...nevermind

http://www.wrinkles.gb.net/preparation_h.htm

[underpants]

8. The "Detroit Lift"

It does work.

[mondo joe]

7. Based on how smooth it makes the vagina, who WOULDN'T put it

on their face?

[Debbi801]

9. I want to know who wakes up one morning and thinks to herself...

I think I'll try vaginal cream to get rid of my wrinkles today.

:wtf:

Between people like this and buffalo roaming the streets, Baltimore is looking even more crazy than it really is. :-)

Debbi