DR BORISLAVA POPOVA: THE BENEFITS OF AESTHETIC GYNAECOLOGY
Dr Borislava Popova restores female happiness and quality of life
Women are taught from a young age to underestimate and to keep quiet on their intimate health issues. As a result, too many of them suffer from conditions such as stress incontinence and vaginal dryness, from psychological discomfort and physical pain and do not seek help. Others would like to do something to improve their sexual pleasure or the appearance of their genital area. Dr Borislava Popova is a professional dedicated to the mission to help this quiet majority.
The practice she runs offers both general gynaecological prophylaxis and treatment, and aesthetic gynaecology. The latter is a medical field specialised not only in improving the looks of one's genital area, but also in boosting sexual pleasure for women and treatment of conditions such as stress incontinence and vaginal dryness that significantly affect the quality of life. Dr Popova helps her patients by using non-invasive methods and technologies, such as EMSELLA ™ “chair” with electromagnetic frequencies that stimulate the muscles of the pelvic floor and ULTRA FEMME 360™ for vaginal lifting and fast improvement of female health with radio-frequency and ultrasound. She also treats vaginal dryness with PRP mesotherapy, combined if needed with hyaluronic acid, that uses the patient's own blood plasma.
Is aesthetic gynaecology a whim or an actual need?
Aesthetic gynaecology is known also as cosmetic or reconstructive gynaecology, and is a real need, not a whim. Aesthetic gynaecology solves problems that are not life-threatening, but that significantly affect the patient's quality of life.
Sometimes, they can even cause conditions that could potentially become life-threatening. With treating stress incontinence, for example, we strengthen the vagina and improve the pelvic floor muscles. Lifting improves vaginal trophic (tissue thickness) thus decreasing the frequency of infections and possible complications from them. So, with the means of aesthetic gynaecology we indirectly treat some physiological diseases.
Everything is connected. The human body is like a domino chain, you need to catch the shaking piece before it falls down, causing the cascade effect.
In what cases can aesthetic gynaecology help?
In our practice we use aesthetic gynaecology to treat mainly stress incontinence. We have been doing it for 3 years now and most of our patients seek help for this condition. Of course, we also have patients who decide to do an aesthetic gynaecological procedure as a whim, because it is fashionable. But they make a small percentage, about 10-15% of all patients.
Tell us more about the methods you use to help?
Most often we use equipment treatment and plasma therapy. Our equipment, which includes EMSELLA ™, our "miracle chair", provides excellent results. I recently presented at a national ObGyn congress our results in patients who have undergone such a therapy. We have two types of therapy. For patients who cannot afford the full package, we offer 6 procedures on the "miracle chair." The whole package includes the chair and vaginal lifting, a total of 9 procedures. The results, measured with the King's College questionnaire of quality of life for sufferers of different diseases, show that in 6 months 97% of patients see improvement.
At what age can we benefit from aesthetic gynaecology?
Our patients range from 20-25 years old to 75 years old. Our youngest patients with stress incontinence are both in their early 20s and have not given birth. One of them is a professional athlete. Her condition is the result of constant weight lifting. As one cannot exercise properly pelvic floor muscles, our help was needed.
What is the physical effect on your patients from the procedures?
We cannot restore 100% of a woman's normal condition, which is defined as being 25, with no children and in good physical shape. We cannot turn back time completely and procedures should be repeated at regular intervals. However, we can achieve a lot and almost all of our patients improve. As the way they feel is completely subjective we are unable to measure it. But we can see the therapy's effect on the frequency with which patients return for another bout of procedures. It is all individual, but the shortest interval between two bouts of procedures so far has been a year and a half.
What about the psychological effect from aesthetic gynaecology?
The psychological effect is immense. It restores patients' confidence. Conditions like stress incontinence and vaginal dryness can cause depression. Women with stress incontinence are ashamed to discuss it and restrict themselves in their daily lives from activities such as travelling and going out if they are not sure there would be a toilet when they need it. Their social life suffers as a result. Others are afraid they smell bad. This can affect even family relationships. Stress incontinence and vaginal dryness are very hard for menopausal women as they restrict their ability to have sexual contact. And today women in their 60s and 70s are still considered active and able to enjoy work and life.
In such cases, the psychological effect from our procedures is immediate. After the second therapy session our patients are happy and smile again.
Sofia, 13 Hristo Botev Blvd, entrance B, floor 1 (entrance from Neofit Rilski Street)
phone: +359 876 910 322
info@gynecology.bg
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