IS THE O-SHOT® WORTH IT?: NAPLES PHYSICIANS GIVE THEIR TAKE

If faced with an urgent or necessary medical procedure, most patients will ask questions about its safety and efficacy. Whereas, when contemplating an elective procedure, the first question that comes to most people’s minds is, “Is it worth it?” Few people facing death or significant health risks worry about whether a procedure is “worth it.” If deemed safe and effective, it’s probably invaluable.

The intrinsic value of an elective procedure often depends on the cost, the patient’s personal goals and desires, and the extent to which the treatment may improve their life. The safety and efficacy of an elective procedure are also important, but generally only in the context of the “is it worth it” answer.

Internal medicine specialists Dr. Diane Brzezinski, D.O., and Dr. Michael Hellman, D.O., frequently hear the “Is it worth it?” question from their Naples, Florida-area patients. This question is typically tricky to answer regarding elective procedures because everyone’s physiology and expectations differ. While they can provide information on safety and efficacy, an elective treatment’s ultimate value is often highly subjective.

A case in point is the O-Shot® for vaginal health and sexual enhancement, which, given its buzz, generates plenty of “is it worth it” inquiries from their Naples-area patients. However, Dr. B and Dr. Hellman can only answer that question in relation to known safety and efficacy. They’ve already examined how the O-Shot® enhances vaginal and sexual health in a previous blog post. In this article, they’ll try to help you answer the question of whether the O-Shot® is worth it.

RECAP: WHAT IS THE O-SHOT®?

The O-Shot®—AKA “Orgasm Shot®” and “Orchid Shot™—is an injectable therapy used to repair and regenerate tissues around the vaginal area by using the patient’s own platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Researchers believe that PRP contains growth factors, proteins, and cytokines that support stem cell-induced tissue growth and help stimulate cellular repair. When injected into the vaginal area as the O-Shot®, the PRP stimulates the development of new blood vessels, nerves, fibroblasts, collagen, and elastin. This helps alleviate vaginal tissue issues like thinning walls, reduced elasticity, and decreases in natural lubrication. With improved vaginal health and function, women find they experience more sensitivity and a greater response to sexual stimuli.

ENHANCED SEXUAL AROUSAL AND SATISFACTION

From a subjective standpoint, we believe that you’ll find the O-Shot® worth it, depending on the degree to which it enhances your sexual arousal and satisfaction. It’s worth trying if your ability to become aroused and enjoy sex has been compromised by childbirth, aging, menopause, painful intercourse, or other reasons. The effectiveness of the O-Shot® in Naples is evidenced by numerous women who say it’s restored their sex lives. Patients who’ve received the O-Shot® from Dr. B or Dr. Hellman have reported significant improvements to their vaginal health, leading to noticeable enhancements in their arousal and sexual satisfaction, including:

• A boost in vaginal and clitoral sensitivity.
• Greater ease in achieving orgasm.
• More powerful orgasms.
• Never-before-experienced vaginal orgasms.
• Decreases in painful intercourse.
• Improved natural lubrication.

If those enhancements appeal to you, then we believe you’ll find your O-Shot® experience in Naples invaluable.

DECREASE IN URINARY INCONTINENCE SYMPTOMS

Subjectively speaking, no one enjoys the inconvenience and potential embarrassment of urinary incontinence. Thus, any safe treatment that can reduce incontinence incidents and/or flows is obviously going to be “worth it.” The O-Shot’s® ability to rejuvenate and strengthen vaginal tissues around the urethra provides women with more control over their urinary flows.

Naples-area patients who’ve undergone O-Shot® treatment with Dr. B or Dr. Hellman report a noticeable decrease in incontinent incidents, and 80% of patients in a PRP pilot study reported a noticeable reduction in stress incontinence symptoms within six months.

IT PROVIDES LONG-LASTING EFFECTS

The duration of a medical elective procedure’s effectiveness also plays a role in its value—the less time a treatment provides benefits, the lower its worth. The vaginal and sexual health benefits offered by the O-Shot® typically last at least a year and, for some patients, have lasted up to three or four years. And the O-Shot® doesn’t have to be a one-time affair, as many of Dr. B and Dr. Hellman’s patients schedule another O-Shot® treatment when the noticeable effects start to wane.

IT’S NON-SURGICAL AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE

The value of an elective medical treatment can also be measured by how invasive and traumatic it is. The O-Shot® is neither. It’s an outpatient procedure, with minimal pain and no downtime. The procedure involves:

• Numbing the vaginal area with a topical anesthetic.
• withdrawing blood from your arm.
• Processing the blood in a centrifuge to separate the PRP from the plasma.
• Carefully injecting the PRP into the numbed areas.
• Leaving the clinic and resuming normal daily activities—including sex if you feel the desire.

IS THE O-SHOT WORTH IT?—FIND OUT AT DR. B’S NAPLES CLINIC

We’ve given you our take on whether O-Shot® is worth it. To find out for yourself, schedule an appointment at Dr. B and Dr. Hellman’s internal medicine practice at (239) 261-9990.