Lasers for Aesthetic and Functional Vaginal Rejuvenation

Abstract

Vaginal rejuvenation has been popped up recently due to the increase in life expectancy and the search for a better quality of life. Nowadays, women live one-third of their lives after menopause, demanding efforts to keep their sexual life up to their body and mind's health. Advances in laser therapy have made this possible, reversing vulvovaginal atrophy and its symptoms, known as genitourinary syndrome of menopause, including vaginal dryness, dyspareunia, decrease in sexual arousal and orgasm, stress urinary incontinence, and vaginal bleeding. Carbon dioxide laser (CO2) and the erbium laser (Er:YAG) are the most common lasers used for female rejuvenation. They promote neocollagenesis and neovascularization in the connective tissue of the vaginal wall, as well as recover the mucosal epithelium, restoring lubrication and elasticity of vaginal walls.