You say you’ve been using Replens regularly, and have noticed that hydrogenated palm oil is among the ingredients. You’ve heard that hydrogenated fats are unhealthy, and wonder whether you should be concerned.
You’re right to be concerned about ingesting hydrogenated palm oil in food products, especially if you have elevated cholesterol and triglycerides. As an ingredient for a topical product, though, like a vaginal moisturizer, the oil is safe and won’t affect your lipids. Applied to the surface of your skin or tissues, the moisturizer is not absorbed into your bloodstream.
Keep using that moisturizer! Keeping tissues health goes a long way toward comfort and enjoyment.
Dr. Barb DePree, M.D., has been a gynecologist and women’s health provider for almost 30 years and a menopause care specialist for the past ten.
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