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Radiofrequency Treatment After Childbirth
If you’ve recently had a baby, like many women, you might experience changes in your vaginal and bladder health. Whether you had a vaginal birth or a C-section, it’s common to notice vaginal laxity (where the vaginal walls lose tone and strength), and you might even experience urinary incontinence (involuntary urine leaks). If you’ve had a vaginal delivery, this might have placed a lot of pressure on your pelvic muscles and tissues, which can stretch and weaken as a result. Even if your baby was born via C-section, carrying extra weight during pregnancy can still affect your pelvic muscles, leading to similar issues.
In the busy and often overwhelming postpartum period, it can be easy to ignore your vaginal health. However, if you're struggling with symptoms like laxity or urinary incontinence, it’s really important to address your vaginal and pelvic health at the earliest opportunity, so that you can access the treatments that will help you to feel more like yourself again.
We offer a highly effective, non-invasive radiofrequency treatment at our London clinic. This innovative treatment can significantly improve your vaginal and bladder health, with no downtime.
What Is Radiofrequency Treatment?
Radiofrequency treatment is a non-surgical, state-of-the-art procedure that works by rejuvenating and tightening your vaginal and vulvar tissues. During the treatment, we use a wand that emits alternating pulses of heat and cooling energy to your vaginal walls and vulva, which helps restore strength and elasticity to the tissue.
It’s a suitable option for many women who are dealing with vaginal laxity, urinary incontinence, and mild prolapse due to childbirth.
Why Choose Radiofrequency Over Laser Treatments?
One of the key benefits of radiofrequency treatment is that it reaches deeper tissue layers compared to laser treatments. This makes it excellent for addressing issues related to childbirth, without the invasiveness of surgery.
What Can Radiofrequency Treatment Help With After Childbirth?
- Stress Incontinence: This occurs when physical activities like coughing, sneezing, or exercising create pressure on your bladder, leading to urine leakage. By strengthening the vaginal walls, radiofrequency treatment can help provide better bladder support and reduce leaks.
- Urge Incontinence: If you often experience a sudden and urgent need to urinate, radiofrequency treatment can help by soothing the overly sensitive bladder nerves that cause these symptoms.
- Vaginal Laxity: After having a baby, especially vaginally, tissue can lose its firmness, which may reduce sensation during sex and contribute to incontinence. Radiofrequency stimulates collagen production, restoring elasticity and tightening the vaginal and vulvar tissues.
- Mild Pelvic Prolapse: Carrying a pregnancy to term, then delivering your baby, can put undue pressure on your pelvic region and can cause muscles and tissues that support your pelvic organs to weaken. This can lead to discomfort and issues like incontinence. Radiofrequency treatment can help to strengthen these supportive tissues, and reduce the symptoms of mild prolapse.
How Can Radiofrequency Help With Vaginal Laxity?
Vaginal laxity can weaken the support your vaginal walls provide to your bladder, leading to urine leakage. It can also reduce the sexual sensation, impacting both confidence and satisfaction.
Radiofrequency treatment offers a non-surgical solution to these issues by encouraging collagen production, which strengthens and restores the structure of the vaginal walls. It’s a safe and effective alternative to surgery, and can improve bladder control, sensation during sex, and boost your overall wellbeing.
What Does Radiofrequency Treatment Feel Like?
Most patients describe radiofrequency treatment as a mild, warm sensation. It’s non-invasive, so there’s no need for anaesthesia, and there’s no discomfort during the procedure, and no need for any recovery time, which makes it ideal for new mothers.
How Many Treatments Will You Typically Need?
Many women will notice improvements after their first session, but a series of three treatments spaced about 1-2 weeks apart will usually give you the optimum results. Many women opt for a maintenance treatment every six months to keep their results, but we’ll discuss your individual needs during your consultation, and develop a customised treatment plan.
Who Will Perform Your Radiofrequency Treatment?
At our clinic we like to ensure that we offer treatment packages that are affordable and accessible. While your initial consultation will be carried out by a consultant gynaecologist, treatments can be carried out by an experienced nurse who is part of the women’s health team.
What to Expect During a Radiofrequency Treatment
After an initial consultation, your first radiofrequency treatment can begin. You’ll be comfortably positioned, and we’ll use a slim probe to treat your vagina and vulva with the healing, heating pulses of the radiofrequency.
When Should You Have Radiofrequency Following Childbirth?
We would recommend that you have your first treatment at around six weeks after giving birth. By addressing pelvic health issues early, you can effectively treat concerns like vaginal laxity and urinary incontinence without the situation worsening. What’s comforting to know is that there’s no surgery or downtime required, meaning you can go about your daily life immediately after a treatment.
Make an Appointment at The Medical Chambers, Kensington
If you’ve just had a baby and are experiencing issues such as laxity or incontinence, we offer many treatments that can significantly improve your vaginal health and overall wellbeing. To find out more please call 020 7244 4200, or make an appointment online with our Consultant Gynaecologist Ms Tania Adib.
