Twenty seven hundred dollars out of pocket.
Mona lisa laser treatment for lichen sclerosus.
What is the laser treatment of lichen sclerosus.
The laser procedure i m having is called mona lisa touch.
Laser therapy in the treatment of ls.
Flare ups can be devastating for women.
The only current effective mode of treatment is daily vulvar steroid creams.
I have squamous cell cancer.
If there is no significant improvement through that process a medical practitioner.
Trans st johns hosp dermatol soc.
I too tried the mona lisa touch treatment for lichen sclerosus.
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.
There is evidence that monalisa touch laser therapy used externally on the vulvar tissue can improve and relieve symptoms.
Nevertheless our clinical results in this case series are encouraging.
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.
Wish i had not had it done.
Goldstein at marinoff sc christopher k.
How does the monalisa touch work.
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.
Thank you and i will keep you informed on how things go.
Femilift or mona lisa touch laser therapy has been used for several years outside of the united states.
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.
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.
Specifically two small studies demonstrated that fxco 2 therapy appears to be a promising treatment modality to treat lichen sclerosus.
I begin with a prp treatment to the entire affected area to activate growth factors and neovasculogenesis.
I m not sure where you re located but there is an office in both abilene texas and dallas texas i believe.
Surgery is on the horizon for me.
As discussed in my post above i m not a strong believer in mona lisa co2 laser for the treatment of lichen sclerosus.
Prevalence of vulvar lichen sclerosus in a general gynecology practice.
Karny jacoby has been treating women with lichen sclerosus a vulvar autoimmune disorder.
The protocol treatment for lichen sclerosis vulvar pain disorders.
