Introduction In my last post, we discussed the basics of pain with lichen sclerosus. I highlighted the main types of pain you may experience with lichen sclerosus and how to manage it. Read the post here. In today’s post, we are going to take a deeper dive into pain from lichen sclerosus by approaching the subject from a more evidence-based perspective. Further, we are going to discuss chronic and complex pain from lichen sclerosus and what you can do about it. The Basics of Pain Pain is defined by the International Association for the study of pain as “An unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage” - Saurab Sharma, 2020 (link) Pain is a personal experience. It is unique to each person. For example, two people with the same injury could experience pain in very different ways (ibid).  Pain is an unpleasant experience that is…