Any experiences with long-term lidocaine cream?

I'm starting topical lidocaine use 1x daily, putting it everywhere in the vestibule and just slightly internally (like, only up to the very top knuckle of my finger). I'm continuing on this plan indefinitely. My doctor's theory is that eventually, your brain learns what not having pain in that area is like and that it doesn't have to process pain all the time...this will eventually lead to the nerve signals from the area becoming reduced (or the brain won't process them into pain as strongly).

I was just wondering what kind of relief this has given you guys. Obviously it's good to use before sex or other internal procedures, but I'm more interested in if you've had long-term results. Has anyone had any noticeable and lasting reductions in burning after using it for a while?

Hey horse jumper,

Yes I've been using it for about 3 months and my pain has gone. I would get burning through intercourse and stabbing pains in the vestibules only on touch. I still use it now but my pain started to go a few weeks after starting, it kept getting less and less. I also got rid of purfumes products in bath and stopped washing undies with fabric Softner, only use non bio powder.

Mine is provoked pain tho, whats yours?x

Mine is mostly provoked. Occasionally it's random, but when that happens it's not horrible pain by any stretch. Actually applying or touching any sort of anything in the vestibule and about an inch internally is when the pain is greatest (it's not as bad during sex or deeper internal examination).

I'm so relieved to hear that you had some long-term improvement from it! I was worried, since I'm not currently sexually active, that I was just numbing the area to prepare for provoked contact that never came.