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Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
And I think there is no question that in dermatology, lasers are used all the time, you know, for tightening, for hyperpigmentation, for different reasons.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
And I don't think it's wrong if you're familiar with lasers and you use it that way.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
Having said that, you'll never get it covered by insurance, just like you really don't get it covered by dermatology.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
But it's interesting also how we pick and choose what we comment that is FDA approved or not.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
We do so many things off label.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
And I think that's part of being an expert and being fellowship trained and being a leader in your field.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
So rather than, I think, condemning the use of lasers, I think we need to deal from our colleagues what they know about the therapies.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
and apply it in a thoughtful way and have that discussion with our patient, you know, and it's all about shared decision making, right?
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
But I also tell patients, look, you're going to pay cash for it.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
This is important to you.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
This is what we can do.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
But, you know, I think also the older I get, the less judgmental I become about plastic surgery and anything that's cosmetic.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
I'll comment on that.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
It's very interesting.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
The G-spot, the existence is arguable.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
And it was really, I think, on a small number of cadavers, and these were older women, right, that it was looked for.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
And not to say that it's not there or something, but if there was a consistent G-spot in every woman, I think we'd have a lot of happier women in the world, realistically.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
But back to what we were discussing earlier, every therapy has a placebo effect.
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
So let's say a woman just, for whatever reason...
BackTable Urology
Ep. 285 Guide to Vaginal Rejuvenation: Myths, Realities, & Medical Insights with Dr. Ariana Smith and Dr. Karyn Eilber
isn't in a good relationship or maybe she's been single for a while or who knows, is it bad or wrong if a therapy is done and she has placebo effect?