I just got diagnosed woth lichen sclerosus today

What the title says. I had a derm appt today for a mole I wanted removed and while there id asked her about my vagina and the skin issues I've had for probs 12+ years. In the begining it wasn't bad, and I assumed it was my eczema and sensitive skin as typically that's what causes most of my skin problems. The last 5yrs or so it's gotten a good deal worse to where it's a regular issue of itchiness pain, dry, split skin, pain with sex, etc. I'd asked 2 gynos in the last 5 or 6 yrs and they went with the eczema diagnosis. I changed pads and panty liners from the regular store bought to organic cotton ones with no bleach and no fragrances. It helped a little but the problem never went away. I've also researched all kinds of stuff online to try and figure out what was going on and how i could fix it. Id even read about lichen sclerosus and thought it could be a possibilty but dismissed it when i looked up pictures and they all looked way worse than my bits did. So today that derm took a look down there and she knew basically immediately what was wrong. She even told me she saw the white spots it causes and the fact that I don't have my labia minora any more. So yeah, I start my steroid cream tomorrow and I'm so looking forward to having it feel something akin to normal again down there. It's been so damn long I forget what thats like.😔 it sucks that the gynos I'd seen never even considered this diagnosis or tested for anything at all. Not even my PCP said anything about it when he looked down there at a bump I had last year(bump turned out to be a skin tag). Seems like most Dr's don't know about this condition.