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AN ESTIMATED 32 MILLION POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN THE U.S. SUFFER FROM THE PAINFUL SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE, DUE TO DECLINING LE VELS OF ESTROGEN. SPECIAL CLINICAL SECTION: WOMEN'S HEALTH DECLINING ESTROGEN CAN happen naturally, or as a chemi- cal or surgical side eect. Until recently, doctors have routinely prescribed estrogen creams to alleviate these symptoms, but what if your patient can't use or isn't comfortable with this solution? The MonaLisa Touch laser oers these women a nonhormonal option to treat these painful symptoms, including challenges with intimacy. MonaLisa Touch is an innovative laser that delivers fractional CO2 laser energy into the vaginal tissue to improve vaginal and vulvar health. MonaLisa Touch relieves the painful gynecologic symptoms experienced by millions of postmenopausal women and breast cancer survivors. These procedures are performed at six-week intervals in an o£ce environment, without the need for anesthesia and with virtually no pain or side eects. Treatments take less than five minutes and provide both immediate and lasting relief by stimulating production of new collagen, elastin and vascularization. Tens of thousands of women have been treated successfully with MonaLisa Touch since 2012. Fast, gentle and eective, it is appropriate for women experiencing painful symptoms of menopause. Physicians worldwide are seeing positive results with their patients. "Mona Lisa Touch is one of the most signif ica nt adva nce- ments in fema le pelvic hea lth in decades. It is proving to be life changing for patients and game changing for clinicians. It is among the most rewarding treatments we are privileged to offer our patients." —Jeffrey Dell, MD, FACOG, FACS " The Mona Lisa Touch has f ina lly g iven us a n effective treatment for a condition that millions of women have been told there is nothing else that can be done. So far the women I have treated have been a ma zed at their results." —Vickie Lovin, MD M o n a L i s a To u c h h a s r e v o l u t i o n i z e d h o w p h y s i - cia ns¥a re¥able to treat patients. With over 30 peer-reviewed c l i n ic a l¥ pa p er s¥ a b out¥ t h i s r e volut ion a r y l a s er t r e a t- m e n t , ¥ m o r e ¥ a n d m o r e p h y s i c i a n s a r e e x p l o r i n g t he s e¥ a lt er n a t ive c a s h-pay pr o c e du r e s t o he lp t r e a t t heir¥ patients¥ a nd cha ng ing t he lives of women a l l over the world. If you would like more information about offering MonaLisa Touch in your practice, contact Kyle Weisensee, D istrict Sales Manager at Hologic, at 512-909 -8212 . ■ Revolutionary Laser Treatment for Vaginal Health M D N E W S . C O M /// M D N E W S S A N A N T O N I O ■ 2 018 1 1