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People who have had the Mona Lisa Procedure

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jean0078
jean0078

I had my first Mona Lisa treatment today. I posted several weeks ago that I would tell how it went. There have been a few others who posted their experience with this procedure, but their comments were buried in other discussions and harder to find. I thought this new discussion would make it much easier for those who are still deciding whether to have the procedure or not.

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  • Janaba
    Janaba jean0078

    Posted

    I had all 3 of the procedures done and had to do a fourth one. My,doctor was very helpful without charging me extra for another one. I felt some relief but not 100%. I will try it again once insurance starts to cover.
  • lee12629
    lee12629 jean0078

    Posted

    Im in the states an hr from one of the top medical centers in the country. They dont even do the procedure.
    • beverly52803
      beverly52803 lee12629

      Posted

      lee, I am not that far from Boston, but when I entered my zip code in the search to find who was doing it within 50 miles of me nothing came up in Boston. Odd as there certainly are top rated hospitals (like the Brigham & Women's). I don't understand that. Two suburban doctors came up and one in New Hampshire.
    • jean0078
      jean0078 beverly52803

      Posted

      Not odd at all. There is only one Dr. doing it in the whole state of WI and that includes the university. Mayo doesn't do it either. 
    • lee12629
      lee12629 jean0078

      Posted

      I asked my doctor about other new treatments for another condition i have . I told him I didnt understand why Mayo didnt offer them,he just said they are very conservative in their treatments. You would think they would be more pro active in offering treatments that help people.
    • jean0078
      jean0078 lee12629

      Posted

      It is a woman uro-gynecologist in Waukesha. She just started doing it in March. My sister knows her name. But she found her on the home website for the Mona Lisa in the search area.

       

    • jean0078
      jean0078 lee12629

      Posted

      UW Hospitals is taking a "wait and see" attitude. I talked to someone there. But, I bet it has to do with the Budget cuts at the State level.

    • beverly52803
      beverly52803 lee12629

      Posted

      lee, the mona lisa doesn't seem so radical to me. Is prescribing hormones all that conservative? Seems more dangerous as we all know now what hormones can do. I believe the laser treatment has been used on faces for some time. Maybe by conservative they mean let some other facility or doctors do it for a year or two and if they don't have problems we will do it too. Certainly not cutting edge.

    • donna18720
      donna18720 lee12629

      Posted

      You would think they would be more interested in helping all the women suffering. But my husband asked his nephew who is a gyn and he said not to do it , it was too new?  I think women have long suffered in silence too embarrased to complain or seek treatment. I still after having such severe atrophy am not sure what to say when people ask why I am sick
    • nancyo
      nancyo donna18720

      Posted

      Women who are suffering can't wait. After three years of antibiotics fro Uti's I would have tried anything. Mona Lisa worked for me I saw gyns who didn't diagnose me urologists who treated intersistal cystitis that I didn't have. I found Mona Lisa on the web. Gave me back my life.

    • nancyo
      nancyo donna18720

      Posted

      Don't ever give up. It's so awful to feel bad all the time. I hope it never comes back for me and you get relief

    • donna18720
      donna18720 nancyo

      Posted

      I'm not going to give up. And I'm not going to do what my nurse practioner sadi , that I might have to learn to live with a level of discomfort. My consult today went really well. Not sure where $1800 is coming from but at this point I'll figure it out. I loved the doctor I saw but being that she has only completed treatment on 10 women I'd like to wait awhile.

      But I hate being miserable

       

    • nancyo
      nancyo donna18720

      Posted

      Ask her for referrals from women she did. I know how miserable it is. Days I couldn't go out. Stuck frozen peas in my underpants. Smile

    • maryann35553
      maryann35553 nancyo

      Posted

      Hi Nancy,

      I read your post.  I am currently in the hospital with my 15th UTI in  27 months.  Most of them were from ecoli.  This is my 5th hospital stay due to this problem.  I also suffer from recurring yeast infections due to antibiotics.  Are you free from UTI’s since having the Mona Lisa touch?  Thanks!

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