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New Treatment for Post Menopausal

and Menopausal Women

The Mona Lisa is an in-office procedure
BY DR. LISA PARRILLO, M.D, that requires no anesthesia. It has minimal
IDAHO UROLOGIC INSTITUTE side effects and causes no downtime. The
three treatments are spaced six weeks apart.
I would like to propose a new mindset In both European and U.S. clinical trials,
for all the women who have gone through women reported symptom relief after the very
menopause. The term is originally derived first treatment and even greater improvement
from the Greek word pauein, which means after the second and third treatments.
to cease or to stop, that’s what it seems like: The Mona Lisa is particularly well suited
an end. An end to good sleep, moods, body for women who cannot, or prefer not, to
temperature control, and sex. receive estrogen therapy.
More than 50 percent of women suffer Currently, insurance does not pay for
from vulvogvaginal atrophy after meno- Mona Lisa treatments, and women who
pause. That’s the burning, dryness, and are interested should contact a healthcare
irritation that can lead to painful inter- professional for additional information.
course. This happens because the vaginal From the perspective of a urologist, the
tissue thins out and stops producing the development of this technology seems like
natural substances that keep the environ- a long-awaited game changer for women
ment healthy and moist. everywhere. It is exciting to have a new,
For years, the only option to treat this promising treatment to offer the many
has been estrogen substitution. This can be The development of Mona Lisa therapy technology women we see with these issues.
expensive, uncomfortable, and it is not a is a long-awaited game changer for menopausal Maybe menopause isn’t an end after all,
great option for women who have suffered women everywhere. © Xenia800, Bigstock.com but instead a new beginning. MSN
from breast, cervical, or uterine cancers.
Fortunately, there is a new option: the Many clinical trials have been per- Dr. Lisa Parrillo is a board-certified fellow-
Mona Lisa Touch, an intravaginal laser formed, suggesting longterm improvements ship-trained reconstructive urologist. She attended
treatment approved by the FDA in 2012 in sexual and urinary function with minimal medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School
for the treatment of vulvovaginal atrophy. side effects. Approximately 84 percent of in Norfolk, Virginia. She completed her urology res-
A series of three treatments, each taking women in a recent study showed reduction idency at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,
about 10 to 15 minutes, can result in the in symptoms with 60 percent of women PA. She completed a fellowship in Genitourinary
development of healthier vaginal tissue by feeling normal after treatment. Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Colorado
in Denver, Colorado.
regenerating collagen and blood vessels.

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