W. James Henneberg, MD

Wether you have sex or not will not make any difference in how long the benefits will last.  If you had it done on your face it will not make any difference how much you smile or don't smile, it all has to do with your age and the genetics of your individual tissues.

Average is somewhere between 9 and 24 months.

Try it, you will like it.

W. James Henneberg MD

It really depends on what your problem is and how ThermiVa can make it better.  If it's vaginal dryness or urinary stress incontinence you are hoping to improve, then I would wait 6 months and see if it gets better over time without any treatment.  This is especially true if you are breast feeding.  Your hormones are not normal while breast feeding.

If after 6 months you are still having problems with vaginal dryness or urinary symptoms then I would certainly try ThermiVa as a safe and noninvasive modality.

All the best.

W. James Henneberg MD

Labiaplasty is more expensive and more risky but the results are more dramatic and more permanent.  ThermiVa works better for other things like vulvavaginal laxity or urinary stress incontinence.  Decreasing the size of the labia minora cannot always be guaranteed with ThermiVa as it works better on some people's tissue than others.

Thanks for your question.  There is no age limit, 23 or 90.  I had a 28 y/o that came to me because she had been having sex for 8 tears and could not achieve orgasms.  After one treatment she reported a 50% success rate and after the 2nd treatment she reported a 90% success rate reaching orgasms.  I treated her the third time and have not heard back so I suspect she is a happy patient.  It seems that ThermiVa not only improves lubrication but also sensitivity.

Another thing to consider is that there is very rare occurrence of vaginal dryness and issues like you describe in young women that are on birth control pills.

W. James Henneberg MD

ThermiVa radio frequency treatments restore the elasticity of the collagen but it is not permanent.  Nothing is.  Just like botox or other anti-aging treatments the body continues to age and therefore most of these treatments involve maintenance.  After three treatments with ThermiVa most people will have excellent results that will last anywhere from 9 to 24 months depending on their own tissues and response.  Most of my patients come in annually for a "tune up".

W. James Henneberg MD