Laser procedure can help women after childbirth

(Dec. 6, 2003) -- A San Antonio doctor is one of the first to offer a new kind of plastic surgery for women. It's a laser procedure designed to help with incontinence and to increase a woman's sexual pleasure.

Dr. Troy Hailparn is one of a handful of surgeons and the only woman board-certified OB-GYN across the country offering laser vaginal rejuvenation to an eager aging female population.

”It's a combination of procedures that both reduce stress urinary incontinence, help with pelvic support problems, and enhance sexual intercourse by increasing friction,” Hailparn said.

Childbirth is one of the biggest reasons women seek this kind of a fix, she said. A woman who has vaginally delivered a big baby, had a forceps delivery or several children through her life can have less elasticity, cutting down on sexual sensation, the doctor explained.

In about an hour under general anesthesia, the doctor can adjust the sagging bladder and then trim and tighten the area using the laser. There's very little blood loss and a speedy recovery after this outpatient procedure.

Doctors say both partners will notice the difference.

People say they want to look and feel as young as possible and doctors who perform this procedure say they're just extending that philosophy to all parts of the body.