Is steroid cream really a treatment or just a symptom reducer?
I have vestibulitis (very inflamed vestibule) as well as vestibular and clitoral pain, and a hypertonic pelvic floor. My new doctor just prescribed me a topical steroid cream, which I am told to use for 4 months. I understand that steroids reduce inflammation, but my thought process rn is that there is something causing my vestibule to swell, and that steroids would not fix that cause. So once I stop taking the steroid cream, won't my vestibule just swell up again? Also my doctor believes i do not have lichen btw. I also expressed concern about the steroid thinning my skin, and she seemed very sure that this would not happen to me. I think she said that skin thinning would only happen with longer term use? This is the first doctor I've had that actually genuinely seems knowledgeable and offered me a ton of insight and treatment options so I'm inclined to trust her, but I'm a little unsure about this.
Will you guys please let me know your thoughts/experiences?