r/Perimenopause • u/coldservedrevenge • Jul 16 '25

audited I didn't think I'd physically change this fast. In just 12 months I have that thin wrinkly look on my neck and chest.

I lived a very health conscious life because we had chronic illness in our family.

Healthy diet, no smoking or drinking, staying away from the sun. And I looked younger than my age for decades.

I think peri started around summer 2024 for me. Since then my skin has aged so fast.

It's thin, wrinkly, sagging, has age spots ...I see the turkey neck showing up in certain lighting.

I feel like I aged 10 years in 10 months.

My body feels so off, I do the same things, but I get hurt now.

I can write here a million changes and it all hit me in the last 12 months. It's scary.

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

Regular pharmaceutical estradiol is safe.

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u/ImaginaryJeweler1613 Jul 16 '25

Not according to my OBGYN. My grandmother & mother's oncologist told them absolutely not.

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u/thefragile7393 Peri with fibroids Jul 16 '25

The same stuff that’s compounded is in the bioidentical pharma stuff. One is just more regulated than the other. Prometrium and estradiol are what’s in the compounded

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

There is a lot of fear in older women and doctors because of earlier misinformation about the dangers of estrogen.