A Successful Method of Treating Recurrent Labial Synechia

Abstract

An acquired condition called labial synechia results from inflammation that encourages fusions between the labia minora. Estrogen cream has been used in the majority of trials to treat individuals with labial synechia, but recurrences are common with this treatment. The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of mometasone cream used topically in treating individuals with recurrent labial synechia. Patients with recurrent labial synechia (n = 5) ranged in age from 2 years and 3 months to 3 years and 9 months. Mometasone cream was applied topically over the adhesions twice a day. Two cases were healed after 5 weeks of mometasone cream exposure, two needed 6 weeks, and one needed 7 weeks. Side effects were essentially imperceptible. Therefore, it can be concluded that mometasone cream is a successful treatment for recurrent labial synechia.