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Feeling like it's Valentine's Day every day may sound like a line from a love song. But did you know there is a treatment called Votiva that can make that wish come true? Votiva is an intimate-care treatment designed for women. This article explains what Votiva is and what benefits it offers.
What Is Votiva?
Votiva is a gentle, non-surgical intimate-care treatment for women. It mainly targets intimate concerns such as itching, laxity, odor, and postpartum urinary leakage, using wide-area RF (radiofrequency) energy that heats deep into the tissue, stimulates collagen regeneration, and activates the pelvic floor muscles and vaginal tightening. This improves laxity and related concerns, and you can notice a difference after a single session.
What Are Common Intimate Health Concerns for Women in Taiwan?
Taiwan's climate is hot and humid, and vaginitis is a common women's health problem. Because of female anatomy, after stress, anxiety, insomnia, or a menstrual period, women are prone to intimate itching or increased vaginal discharge, and may even have painful urination, discomfort during intercourse, or bleeding.
In addition, aging, pregnancy and childbirth, and hormonal changes at menopause can lower vaginal immunity, leading to the 8 most common concerns: vaginal laxity, itching, dryness, odor, infection, darkening, increased discharge, and postpartum urinary leakage.
Who Is Votiva Suitable For?
1. Those who want to prevent intimate-area aging and have regular intimate care
2. Menopausal and postpartum women
3. Those with postpartum urinary leakage, vaginal laxity, or vaginal atrophy and dryness
4. Those who experience pain during intercourse
5. Those who want a tighter vagina, greater intimate sensitivity, and a better quality of sex life
Does Votiva Hurt?
Votiva is a non-invasive treatment that uses a single-use probe. Each probe has a temperature sensor that monitors and adjusts the temperature in real time. During the treatment you feel only warmth, which is not uncomfortable, and there is no obvious pain, so numbing cream is not needed. In addition, Votiva is not a surgical procedure, so there are no wounds and no recovery period after the procedure.
Before and After the Treatment
1. Wash the intimate area thoroughly the day before the treatment.
2. The best time for treatment is within 3 days before your period or 3 days after your period ends.
3. After the treatment, the vulva may feel slightly dry, red, or swollen. This usually resolves within a few hours to a few days.
4. For 3 days after the treatment, avoid very hot water, baths, and sexual intercourse.
5. The treatment is not recommended during pregnancy, within two months after childbirth, or for people with diabetes.
Votiva vs. Other Intimate-Care Treatments
| Votiva | Viveve | Emsella chair | G-tightening laser | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How it works | Multipolar RF, unlimited shots | Monopolar RF, requires a conductive pad | High-intensity focused electromagnetic technology stimulates the deep pelvic floor muscles and restores neuromuscular control | A gentle photothermal effect with a specialized probe heats the mucosal tissue and stimulates the pelvic fascia and connective tissue to tighten |
| Shots | Unlimited | 250 shots per probe; treating the entire vagina requires 2 probes | N/A | N/A |
| Cost | ★★ | ★★★ | ★ | ★★ |
| Treatment time | 30-40 minutes | 40-90 minutes | 28 minutes | 15-20 minutes |
| Comfort | Warm sensation | Burning discomfort | Painless | More painful at the vaginal opening |
| Results | Improves appearance, vaginal tightness, urinary leakage, and recurrent vaginitis | Improves appearance, vaginal tightness, urinary leakage, and recurrent vaginitis | Improves vaginal tightness and urinary leakage (multiple sessions needed) | Improves moisture, vaginal tightness, and urinary leakage (3 or more sessions needed) |
Votiva is not only a treatment that helps with intimate concerns, but also a way to improve your relationship with your partner. With Votiva, you can gain confidence, deepen intimacy with your partner, and address many intimate concerns that are hard to talk about. Votiva can make every day feel as sweet as Valentine's Day.
This article is for general information only. Results vary from person to person; please consult a doctor in person before deciding on any treatment.
