Forma V Stress Incontinence

Stress Incontinence

Stress incontinence is leakage when you cough, laugh, sneeze, or exercise. Stress incontinence is caused from the muscles in the pelvic floor relaxing due to childbirth, aging or genetics.

FormaV is a minimally invasive radio frequency therapy that stimulates blood flow into the vaginal area and thus promotes increasing the strength of the pelvic flood muscles in combination with Kegels. During the treatment, a wand in placed inside the vaginal canal that heats the skin and underlying structures. Light pressure is applied in order to achieve the desired results. The wand can also be used on the external vaginal skin to help with decreased skin firmness to due age, this allows the skin to firm and plumping affect that results in a more youthful appearance.

What are the treatment options for stress incontinence?

There are several treatment options for stress incontinence that range from conservative options to surgery. Kegels, which are pelvic floor exercises, are very helpful in reducing stress incontinence by increasing pelvic floor strength. Pelvic Floor Therapy which uses biofeedback and stimulation therapy to help teach Kegels.  The O-Shot is an injection into sub-urethral space of Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) which can decrease stress incontinence. FormaV which is a radiofrequency treatment to help decrease stress incontinence.  A vaginal sling in the gold standard, surgical procedure the provides definitive treatment for stress incontinence.

What is FormaV?

FormaV is treatment using deep volumetric heating of the tissues to help promote blood circulation and when paired with Kegels it can help increase the muscle strength within the pelvic floor. By increasing the muscle strength it helps reduce stress incontinence.