Halle Berry says perimenopause made sex feel like razor blades
The actress says she and partner Van Hunt «struggled with finding a way to have sex» due to vaginal dryness.
Halle Berry had a candid conversation about what intimacy is like while you’re in perimenopause, saying it made her vagina so dry, sex felt like “razor blades.”
The experience inspired her to launch her own lubricant — and it’s the very first product offered by her women’s wellness company, Respin.
During a Feb. 25 appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, the Oscar winner, 58, and Barrymore, 50, had a frank conversation about their struggles with perimenopause — the transitional period before menopause, when women stop menstruating and estrogen levels decrease.
Berry shared that her initial perimenopause symptom was vaginal dryness; Also known as vaginal atrophy, vaginal dryness occurs when the lining of the vagina gets thinner due a decrease in estrogen, which happens in perimenopause and menopause. As the Cleveland Clinic says, symptoms include burning, itching, spotting, and painful intercourse.
