I was 26 when I first noticed it. Intimacy started to feel uncomfortable - not painful exactly, just not right. I assumed it was stress. Then hormones. Then just getting older. My GP ran some tests, told me everything was normal, and suggested a lubricant.
The lubricant helped in the moment. But it didn't fix anything. And I was exhausted of managing a problem nobody seemed to want to actually solve.
Then I found out about vaginal flora. And everything changed.