Intimate health deterioration is common. And it can be treated.
Studies and surveys show that after childbirth or with aging, many women begin experiencing intimate health issues that affect their own sexual satisfaction, life satisfaction, happiness, and their couple relationship. Many of those women want to restore their pre-childbirth or pre-menopause intimate health and well-being.
From the medical standpoint, sexual or childbearing organs are anatomical organs, just like stomach or heart.
From the couple relationship standpoint, ability to have satisfying sex is almost as important as the ability to share thoughts and feeling and to have a satisfying conversation.
Yet the entire topic is a taboo in North America to the extent that typically it is not discussed even among friends, or in case with females -- with girlfriends.
A recent survey showed that -
A growing number of medical professionals are expanding their offerings to help women address those concerns.
From the medical standpoint, sexual or childbearing organs are anatomical organs, just like stomach or heart.
From the couple relationship standpoint, ability to have satisfying sex is almost as important as the ability to share thoughts and feeling and to have a satisfying conversation.
Yet the entire topic is a taboo in North America to the extent that typically it is not discussed even among friends, or in case with females -- with girlfriends.
A recent survey showed that -
- Bringing into this world another human being leads to inner body changes, and around 65% of women feel that their vagina became less tight since giving birth. Over half of those women felt that those changes had negatively impacted their sex life;
- Over 30% of even young women after childbirth experience urinary incontinence;
- Over 50% of women around menopause report having some issues with urinary incontinence, for example leakage from laughing and sneezing;
- Over 70% of women suffer from vaginal dryness, and 90% of those women felt that it had negatively impacted their sex life;
- Around 10% of women are very dissatisfied with the external aesthetic appearance of their labia majora and labia minora. Only 30% of all women are fully satisfied with the external appearance. Labia Majora are two prominent longitudinal folds of the skin that extend downward and backward from the mound of Venus (mons pubis) to the perinium. Labia minora are two small folds of the skin, lacking fatty tissue, that extend backward on each side of the opening into the vagina. They lie inside the labia majora and are about 1.5 inches in length.
A growing number of medical professionals are expanding their offerings to help women address those concerns.
Those conditions have medical names. Each condition can be treated
No longer women are confined to just coping with the price their bodies paid for giving the gift of life to another human or to living through the aftermath of aging.
Aging gracefully should and may happen without a negative impact on the sexual intimacy. Modern medicine offers a whole range of treatment modalities for the above concerns, which in medical terms are called -
(detailed information about each of the below groups and treatment options is coming soon)
Aging gracefully should and may happen without a negative impact on the sexual intimacy. Modern medicine offers a whole range of treatment modalities for the above concerns, which in medical terms are called -
(detailed information about each of the below groups and treatment options is coming soon)
- Menopause related genitourinary symptoms: incontinence and vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA)
- Vulvovagnial Atrophy - dryness, itching, burning, dyspareunia, discomfort, urinary symptoms)
- Vulvovaginal laxity, also called Vaginal Relaxation Syndrome after childbirth or because of the aging
- Dryness after cancer treatment
- Dissatisfaction with and desire to improve aesthetic appearance
- Incontinence only
All minimally invasive and non-invasive treatment modalities
Detailed publications for each - coming soon
Kegel exercises.
They strengthen pelvic floor.
May help 1) with urinary incontinence, 2) improve sensations during sex due to the strengthening and tightening of the vaginal canal (vaginal walls).
Platelet Rich Plasma Injections (PRP).
These injections may also be referred to as Female Shot, O-Shot etc.
PRP is derived from patient's own blood and is injected at a site of the body requiring rejuvenation.
May help 1) with stress and urge urinary incontinence, 2) restore or improve sensations during sex due to the rebuilt levels of collagen and elastin in the vulvovaginal area, 3) some improvement in the external aesthetic appearance. PRP is thought to work due to the release of the growth factors.
Emsella
It is a chair where a patient sits without taking off any clothes and receives a completely non-invasive, no downtime treatment. The technology causes painless muscle contractions, some patients call the treatment 'Kegels on steroids'. This results in lifting and strengthening of the entire pelvic floor.
May help 1) with incontinence (FDA cleared for treating incontinence), 2) restore or improve sensations during sex due to the strengthened and toned muscles in the vulvo-vaginal area.
Injection of a purified and concentrated fat extract (micronized fat, nanofat, ALMI)
Besides the fat cells themselves that give volume to tissues, our adipose tissue (fat) is the richest source of stem cells in our bodies. Stem cells injected at any site posses inner intelligence to repair tissue and reverse signs of aging. Also, as mentioned, fat cells help replacing lost volume.
May help 1) with incontinence, 2) with external aesthetic appearance, 3) restore or improve sensations during intercourse, 4) with dryness, itchiness, and pain.
Laser device or RF device treatment
Can treat inside or outside. No downtime procedure, virtually painless. Typically, several sessions are required.
May help 1) with stress and urge urinary incontinence, 2) restore or improve sensations during the sex due to the rebuilt levels of collagen and elastin in the vulvo-vaginal area and restored mucosa, 3) rejuvenate external appearance.
Hyaluronic Acid Cosmetic Filler Injections
May help with 1) external aesthetic appearance, 2) sensations during intimacy.
Are frequently combined with PRP.
Natural hormone balancing with bio identical hormones.
At home treatment devices for Kegel-like exercises
A combination of the above.
Traditional surgical corrections are an older version, and most women choose to have minimally invasive and non-invasive treatments.
Kegel exercises.
They strengthen pelvic floor.
May help 1) with urinary incontinence, 2) improve sensations during sex due to the strengthening and tightening of the vaginal canal (vaginal walls).
Platelet Rich Plasma Injections (PRP).
These injections may also be referred to as Female Shot, O-Shot etc.
PRP is derived from patient's own blood and is injected at a site of the body requiring rejuvenation.
May help 1) with stress and urge urinary incontinence, 2) restore or improve sensations during sex due to the rebuilt levels of collagen and elastin in the vulvovaginal area, 3) some improvement in the external aesthetic appearance. PRP is thought to work due to the release of the growth factors.
Emsella
It is a chair where a patient sits without taking off any clothes and receives a completely non-invasive, no downtime treatment. The technology causes painless muscle contractions, some patients call the treatment 'Kegels on steroids'. This results in lifting and strengthening of the entire pelvic floor.
May help 1) with incontinence (FDA cleared for treating incontinence), 2) restore or improve sensations during sex due to the strengthened and toned muscles in the vulvo-vaginal area.
Injection of a purified and concentrated fat extract (micronized fat, nanofat, ALMI)
Besides the fat cells themselves that give volume to tissues, our adipose tissue (fat) is the richest source of stem cells in our bodies. Stem cells injected at any site posses inner intelligence to repair tissue and reverse signs of aging. Also, as mentioned, fat cells help replacing lost volume.
May help 1) with incontinence, 2) with external aesthetic appearance, 3) restore or improve sensations during intercourse, 4) with dryness, itchiness, and pain.
Laser device or RF device treatment
Can treat inside or outside. No downtime procedure, virtually painless. Typically, several sessions are required.
May help 1) with stress and urge urinary incontinence, 2) restore or improve sensations during the sex due to the rebuilt levels of collagen and elastin in the vulvo-vaginal area and restored mucosa, 3) rejuvenate external appearance.
Hyaluronic Acid Cosmetic Filler Injections
May help with 1) external aesthetic appearance, 2) sensations during intimacy.
Are frequently combined with PRP.
Natural hormone balancing with bio identical hormones.
At home treatment devices for Kegel-like exercises
A combination of the above.
Traditional surgical corrections are an older version, and most women choose to have minimally invasive and non-invasive treatments.