The laser procedure i m having is called mona lisa touch.
Mona lisa laser treatment for lichen sclerosus.
Karny jacoby has been treating women with lichen sclerosus a vulvar autoimmune disorder.
Laser therapy in the treatment of ls.
Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.
Specifically two small studies demonstrated that fxco 2 therapy appears to be a promising treatment modality to treat lichen sclerosus.
Trans st johns hosp dermatol soc.
Twenty seven hundred dollars out of pocket.
Prevalence of vulvar lichen sclerosus in a general gynecology practice.
Recently microablative fractional co 2 laser treatment fxco 2 smartxide 2 v 2 lr laser system for monalisa touch deka florence italy has been proposed for the management of ls.
A doctor might not immediately prescribe you to go for laser surgery and even those experts who have done extensive research in the field believe that a patient must try to go for the cream based method first.
What is the laser treatment of lichen sclerosus.
I ve never used it on my lichen patients even though i have a co2 laser in my office because the patients who ve had laser treatment that i ve seen have told me it made symptoms worse.
If there is no significant improvement through that process a medical practitioner.
About two weeks later i then follow this treatment.
There is evidence that monalisa touch laser therapy used externally on the vulvar tissue can improve and relieve symptoms.
Surgery is on the horizon for me.
Flare ups can be devastating for women.
Nevertheless our clinical results in this case series are encouraging.
Thank you and i will keep you informed on how things go.
How does the monalisa touch work.
As discussed in my post above i m not a strong believer in mona lisa co2 laser for the treatment of lichen sclerosus.
I too tried the mona lisa touch treatment for lichen sclerosus.
In addition to restoring vaginal health the monalisa touch may treat urinary incontinence interstitial cystitis and lichen sclerosus a skin condition that affects external vulvar structures.
The only current effective mode of treatment is daily vulvar steroid creams.
I have squamous cell cancer.
The protocol treatment for lichen sclerosis vulvar pain disorders.
Goldstein at marinoff sc christopher k.
They summarized five papers two of them published in 2016 in the australasian dermatology and in the journal of gynecological surgery demonstrating significant improvements in lichen sclerosus with fractionated co2 such as we can do with the mona lisa touch laser.
Femilift or mona lisa touch laser therapy has been used for several years outside of the united states.
A specially designed round device is inserted into your vagina where it emits the laser beams.
