How it works?
Our clinicians are dedicated to offer high quality, non surgical and minimally invasive treatments. Our treatments are designed to restore healthy functioning of the vaginal and urethral tissues in order to support urinary control. MonaLisa Touch is a clinically proven treatment. It’s quick, comfortable and you can walk in and out without any down time. The MonaLisa Touch procedure successfully treats a number of vulvo-vaginal symptoms, particularly for peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women.
MonaLisa Touch uses specially designed equipment – a smooth and slim hand piece that is inserted into the vaginal canal – which directs thousands of small beams (also called DOTS) of energy and heat onto the surface of the vaginal wall. The delivery of heat triggers a natural regenerative process, stimulating the activity of cells which create elastin and collagen – both essential elements of healthy tissue. This has a direct impact on the integrity and elasticity of virginal tissue as well as increasing the acidity of the vagina so it reaches normal levels. It’s common for patients to notice an improvement after one treatment session. Three or more sessions are required to see a long-lasting improvement in symptoms.
At Pavilion Cosmedic Medicine we offer Pure PRPII, the most advanced method for extraction and re-injection of PRP. PRP uses your own naturally occurring concentrated blood platelets and bioactive proteins to stimulate stem cells, resulting in the formation of new tissues, muscle, elastin, blood vessels and nerves. Damaged tissue, pathogens and bacteria are removed by white blood cells, and a new layer of healthy collagen and elastin is able to grow; thus, the integrity of the vaginal wall is improved, leading to improved symptoms. Again, many patients will notice a difference within a week of the first treatment, underlying improvements start after 30 days, and three treatment sessions are recommended.
Am I unsuitable?
MonaLisa Touch is safe with minimal or no side effects. A minority of patients may have to delay their treatment or may not be suitable for this treatment. These people include:
- Those with current skin infections of conditions which need to be resolved first
- Abnormal pap smear test results
- Recent surgery or therapy for prolapse or cancer related issues
- Those with unusual lesions for whom specialist clearance may be required
Because PurePRP uses your body’s naturally occurring elements, there is no risk of allergic reaction or other complications when PRP is extracted and re-injected in medical conditions. Again there is a small group for whom this treatment may not be suitable. These include patients with:
- Active infections
- Low platelet count
- Cancer or metastatic disease
- Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
Other steps to control urinary incontinence
Lifestyle factors also play an important role with regard to continence. Avoiding being overweight helps, as does maintaining a healthy diet – an unhealthy diet causing constipation is going to put more pressure on the bladder and is therefore likely to increase the likely of incontinence. You should also avoid diuretics, which include caffeine as these actually irritate the bladder and cause you to pass more urine.
Another important component of treating incontinence is pelvic floor exercises and this is something we recommend to all of our patients. Like all exercise, to see the desired results, pelvic floor exercises need to be carried out regularly and correctly. The exercise involves squeezing in, around the vagina and anus, creating a feeling of sucking and squeezing. You need to squeeze and hold that for eight to ten seconds or about three breaths. For some women, the correct techniques comes very naturally, others find it more difficult, and like all exercise it is hard work.
Many of our patients find it useful to consult a nurse continence advisor, continence physiotherapist or even sometimes their personal physical trainer to help them develop the correct technique.
