4 Tips for Making Sex More Comfortable

If you suffer from vulvar pain, here are some things you can do to reduce your discomfort and enhance your enjoyment during sex.

· Use plenty of lubricant.

· Use a topical anesthetic gel with a 5% concentration of the local anesthetic lidocaine to ease burning during intercourse. You can get this with a prescription from your doctor.

· Apply a frozen gel-pack wrapped in a towel to your vulva to ease irritation after manual sexual stimulation or intercourse.

· After intercourse, urinate (to avoid an infection) and rinse your vulva in cool water.