How a ‘vampire facial’ for the vagina could cure the worst symptoms of the menopause

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It’s not painful – it’s like a drumming in your pelvic muscles, and you can feel them pulling right up.” One course of six sessions on the chair, costing around £1,200 and delivered over three weeks, is enough to help prevent leaking and bladder weakness for at least a year, often longer, and Sandra has seen immediate results. According to Dr Shirin Lakhani, who prescribes the use of the Emsella Chair to patients in her private clinic, the treatment – which “stimulates the pelvic floor and does supersonic kegels for you” – has a 98 per cent satisfaction rating among her own clients. “I use it for women to inject into the vagina and clitoris to regenerate the whole area.” The NHS is trialling PRP treatments for joint conditions including arthritis, but it so far lacks the data to prescribe it for the symptoms of menopause – a situation Dr Lakhani hopes will change soon. She read that PRP treatment has the potential to boost the body’s own healing of the vaginal area, with results lasting for years, so she decided to give the injection – known as the “O-Shot” because it is also used in younger women to increase the sensation of orgasm – a chance.