Liana Lucaric, MD

I have never heard of this procedure, in fact, I had never heard of “urgency”. I had heard of incontinence and was pretty sure that was not what I was experiencing. A very long story, short, I was experiencing extreme vaginal dryness along with extreme urgency. And I mean extreme urgency!!! I couldn’t even make it to my Dr.’s office without stopping. I was miserable. This went on for a few months. It took that long to get into my Dr. Then to a specialist. I could hold it, but I had to go all the time. I would just urinate, then the next second, my bladder felt completely full again. I had to relieve myself every few minutes.
When I finally did get into the doctor and was told about the Mona Lisa procedure for dryness, I was glad , however that was only a portion of my problem. The major issue for me was the urgency. The reviews I read, as well as what I was being told, was that it may or may not help my urgency.
IT DID AND HAS CONTINUED TO HELP! I couldn’t have been happier. I had 3 treatments spread out over 3 -4 months. I noticed a remarkable improvement after the first treatment. I could actually leave my house without the stomach pain of having to urinate all the time.
Dr. Lucaric performed my treatments. Her “bedside manner” was kind, professional, and completely put me at ease. I had no reservations about the quality of her care whatsoever.
I will continue with whatever protocol she sees fit. She states to keep up with one treatment yearly. Hopefully, that will be the regimen that will work for me.
Anyone suffering from similar issues, I encourage you to speak with your doctor about these treatments. You will not regret it.
The only downside currently is that these are not covered by insurance. This is a pity, since there is no other cure out there for this kind of suffering. The fact that there are woman, who can’t afford this, that have to suffer from these issues, is insane!!!

Updated on 18 Sep 2018:
It has been one year since my 3 treatments. Dr. Lucaric recommended after those initial round of 3 treatments, I should be okay with 1 treatment yearly. My urgency has not reoccurred and I just made my appointment for my yearly treatment. I will say there might have been a couple times when I felt like it might have been returning. I immediately used my prescription of Estrogen cream, Dr had prescribed for me earlier, and it stopped whatever it was I was feeling. I only used about 4-5 nights and stopped. This happened twice about 2 months before my appointment.
So, I would say the Mona Lisa Treatments did continue to help for the entire year. I was a bit skeptical at first that it would last this long. I am so very, very glad it did.
So, for me, the Mona Lisa treatments have been a tremendous success and much gratitude to Dr. Lucaric for her expertise and kindness.

I am a breast cancer survivor of 6 years. Currently 56; Lumpectomy, stage 1, chemo, radiation, currently taking tamoxifen. The decline in my sex life was gradual. I felt very comfortable in talking about this with my oncologist. My husband has attended nearly every dr visit with me over the last six years. This topic was brought up in nearly every session. Once you get passed "all of the cancer stuff," you just want everything in life to go back to normal. Sex was one thing that had not. I felt my husband and I had a pretty descent sex life; two to three times per week and satisfying for both of us.

My pleasure in sex over the last several years has declined considerably to the point of avoiding contact or anything that might lead to intimacy. Intercourse became very painful. I head tearing, pain and bleeding during intercourse. I've tried, replense, vagifem, estrace, steroid cream, and compound creams -- all without a whole lot of success. While these treatments may work for some, they didn't for me. While you are trying these treatments, everything was always -- you need to try it for several months; well months eventually lead into years.

I've always kept doing internet searches on various treatments and finally came upon Monalisatouch. I started googling and read several reviews. I was happy to find treatment only 30 minutes away from me.

After an initial consultation a few week back; yesterday was my first treatment. I was treated both internally and externally. A numbing cream is applied externally for approximately 15-20 minutes before the procedure. Once in position for the treatment, large qtips were inserted to "dry out the area" (insert joke here). All numbing cream was wiped off. The procedure was relatively painless. The internal treatment just felt like pressure. For the external treatment, she did have to "dial back" the intensity. In the area where I experience tearing, the treatment felt like pin pricks but compared to the pain of intercourse, it was very tolerable. In the areas where I experience no problem, i felt nothing.

I was at the office for a total of 1 1/2 hours by the time you complete paperwork, do prep, have treatment, and post treatment care. Aquaphor was applied immediately after along with an ice pack. It does feel like you have a sunburn and you feel swollen. The Dr instructed me to apply Aquaphor after each time I urinate and to keep the area moist until the area is healed. No intercourse for one week because of external treatment. If only internal treatment, it would have been 3 - 4 days.

I've had virtually no discomfort and the procedure was 24 hours ago. I am very optimistic that this will be the proper treatment for me. Based on my history, I'm a good candidate. I hope it turns out that I'm a great candidate!