Actress Halle Berry was seen having a candid conversation about her struggles in the bedroom with her boyfriend.

The star shared how intimacy felt like a dreaded ordeal for her when she approached her perimenopause phase, saying it made her private parts feel so dry all the time.

Therefore, she felt like s*x was more like razor blades and that whole endeavor inspired her to launch her own lubricant and it was the first ever product offered by her women’s wellness company called Respin.

During her appearance on the Drew Barrymore Show, the Oscar winner shed light on how she had some very frank conversations about the struggles for intimacy with perimenopause. This was the transitional period before menopause when women stop having their periods and their estrogen levels hit a new low.

Berry explained how her initial perimenopause symptom was vaginal dryness also dubbed vaginal atrophy. This is when the lining of the vagina gets thinner due to a fall in estrogen. Some common symptoms include burning, spotting, itching, and painful intimacy.

Everything she got into bed with him, she would dread it as it was like sandpaper for her. Therefore, she’s excited to launch her own lubricant because it’s about time, she added.