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WHICH SYMPTOMS
DO WOMEN EXPERIENCE?2
More than an aesthetic issue and beyond physical,
INTIMATE REJUVENATION benefits emotional aspects,
being directly connected to issues of self-esteem and security.
PAIN WHEN TOUCHING VAGINA
BURNING
As for any other part of the body, THE VAGINAL MUCOSA and THE FEMALE
GENITAL REGION AGE and are vulnerable to several factors of change
such as HORMONAL CHANGES, PREGNANCY and MENOPAUSE, WEIGHT
VARIATIONS and INTENSIVE SPORT.
ITCHING
SORENLESS
Some resulting intimate concerns as SAGGING, LOSS OF FIRMNESS,
accompanying IRRITATION or FREQUENT INFECTIONS, SENSATION OF
PLEASURE DECREASE, PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE and morphological
changes lead to DISCOMFORT and EMBARRASSMENT.
INVOLUNTARY URINATION
PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE
DRYNESS
0%
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT VAGINAL ATROPHY?
PREVALENCE1
10%
20%
75%
41%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
51%
of women felt upset that their body
doesn’t work as well anymore
of women felt they
had lost their youth
50%
Approximately
of post-menopausal women have
THESE symptoms that impact on sexual function
and quality of life
33%
27%
of women were concerned that vaginal
atrophy would never go away
women had lost confidence in
themselves as a sexual partner
and no longer felt sexually attractive
1/3 will not seek medical advice
VIVA, Vaginal Health: Insights, Views & Attitudes. Frank SM, et al. Menopause Int. 2012 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print]
CLOSER, CLarifying Vaginal Atrophy’s Impact On SEx and Relationships. Nappi RE. European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) Annual Congress, March 2012.
Gingras L, et al. SOGC 68th Annual Conference. June 2012. Poster 486.
2
The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2007;14:357-369.
Labrie F, et al. Menopause. 2009;16:907-22. Nappi RE, Kokot-Kierepa M. Climacteric. 2012;15:36-44.
40%
IMPACT ON
HOW A WOMAN FEEL ABOUT HERSELF3
Up to
of menopausal women may
experience VAGINAL ATROPHY symptoms
1
30%
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