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