[Pansy-Mae]

I am thinking of starting with cream and progressing to pills but accurate info and the experience of the people on here are the only things that keep me from running to the hills!

Hi Babakins,
In my opinion and experience you are just wasting your money with PM cream, but I wouldn't say don't use it, that's up to you if you want to give it a try. However, Isabelle has found literature that says that the miroestrol in PM mimics estrone which is a weak estrogen. However, in the liver, miroestrol becomes the more powerful deoxymiroestrol and on that basis PM is more effective if ingested and passes through the liver rather than applied through the skin.
I did try one full tube myself, used exactly as instructed, and found there were no noticeable effects at all, apart from one - they say keep it away from the nipples without saying why. I accidentally did get some on one nipple once and it produce a rather unpleasant burning sensation and I understand that it will actually bleach the colour out of nipples and areolae if you do it often enough.