All women suffer a progressive thinning of bones and skin after the menopause.
As a result, they develop weak bones and thin skin. On the other hand, doctors have known for more than 50 years that lack of estrogen at the time of the menopause often causes a woman's vagina to become dry and thin and that vaginal creams containing estrogen help prevent this. After 6 months, their faces had less wrinkling, fewer dark spots and a more youthful appearance. Doctors know that estrogen pills can cause uterine cancer unless postmenopausal women are also given progesterone. Therefore, they usually give progesterone with estrogen pills to women who have not had a hysterectomy.