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A 10mg\u201330mg periurethral biopsy was taken from the vaginal epithelium before and after treatment. Tissue was analysed for total collagen content, intermolecular cross\u2010links, advanced glycation end\u2010products, collagen type ratios and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold> Forty\u2010nine women completed the trial of whom 26 received oestrogen and 23 received placebo. When compared with placebo, oestrogen treatment resulted in significant decreases in total collagen (<jats:styled-content><jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.0054<\/jats:styled-content>), the mature cross\u2010link HHL (<jats:styled-content><jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.0009<\/jats:styled-content>) and the advanced glycation end\u2010product NFC\u20101 (<jats:styled-content><jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.0009<\/jats:styled-content>). There was a significant rise in the immature cross\u2010link HLKNL (<jats:styled-content><jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.0191<\/jats:styled-content>). Oestrogen produced a significant increase in MMP\u20102 expression (Pro MMP\u20102, <jats:styled-content><jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>= 0.0017<\/jats:styled-content>).<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/jats:bold> Six months treatment with oestrogen has profound effects upon pelvic collagen metabolism, stimulating collagen degradation via increased proteinase activity. While aged collagen is being lost, new collagen is synthesised as witnessed by the increase in the immature cross\u2010links and the decrease in both mature cross\u2010links and advanced glycation end\u2010products. Collagen loss contradicts previous reports; perhaps aged collagen degradation is merely an early response to oestrogen stimulation. We have evidence of new collagen synthesis, and it may be that a longer treatment interval would show total collagen content increasing. 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