Dr. Streicher’s Inside Information: Menopause, Midlife, and More

S2 Ep98: Is your Lubricant HELPING or HURTING Your Vagina?


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Lubricants can be water based, oil based, silicone based, CBD infused, flavored...not to mention the ones that claim to elevate your orgasm and boost your libido.  Not all lubricants are created equal, and the first lubricant you grab, probably won’t get you slip sliding away, and even worse, may end up damaging and dehydrating vaginal tissue.
In this episode, I am going to give you the low down on lubes…what they do, what they won’t do, which are the most slippery and how to use that lube. 
  • Petroleum Jelly
  • Baby Oil
  • Cooking Oil
  • Water Based Lubricants
  • Silicone Lubricants
  • Oil Based Lubricants
  • Warming Lubricants
  • Flavored Lubes
  • CBD Infused Lubricants


  • Other Episodes on This Topic


    Episode 3: What's Up Down There? Genital Dryness & Misbehaving Bladders 
    Episode 5: Vaginal Estrogen- Rings, Creams, and Other Things 
    Episode 25: Moisturizers are Not Just for Your Face 
    Episode 27:  Using Vaginal Estrogen but Sex Still Hurts Like Hell 
    Episode 60  Lack of lubrication Not Always From Lack of Estrogen   
    Episode 63 DHEA-An Estrogen Alternative for Vaginal Dryness 
    Episode 74 Ospemifene- A Pill a Day to Keep Dryness Away 
    Episode 83 Get the Biggest Benefit from Vaginal Creams, Rings and Other Things
    Episode 88 Vaginal Laser- Hoax or Helpful?



     Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain



    Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society. 



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     Slip Sliding Away: Turning Back the Clock on Your Vagina-A gynecologist’s guide to eliminating post-menopause dryness and pain

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