Rapid City Medical Center Welcomes the Newest FDA-Cleared Breakthrough in Women's Health Treatments

    RAPID CITY, SD, May 25, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Marcia Beshara has added the MonaLisa Touch laser to her gynecology practice at the Rapid City Medical Center. This leading edge treatment resolves pain caused by menopause and breast cancer treatments. The MonaLisa Touch received FDA clearance 2014. It is an in-office laser procedure that requires no anesthesia and is virtually pain-free. Dr. Beshara is the first and only physician in South Dakota to preform this laser treatment to restore vaginal health caused by atrophy in peri- and postmenopausal women.

Many peri- and postmenopausal women experience gynecologic health changes when estrogen levels decline. Life functions including intimacy are adversely affected. In addition, many cancer survivors experience the same symptoms after enduring treatment only to face devastating gynecological pain later.

Enter MonaLisa Touch, the most recent innovation by Cynosure, a worldwide leader in the surgical, medical and aesthetic pulsed-light lasers marketplace. Performed in an office environment, the MonaLisa Touch delivers fractional CO2 laser energy to the vaginal wall tissue fostering new collagen growth. Patients undergo three phases of treatment approximately six weeks apart. Each treatment is between five minutes and twenty minutes.

"We are very excited to be the first in the region to offer this non-hormonal treatment to women in our area," says Dr. Beshara, Rapid City Medical Center's gynecologist.

Jennifer Trucano, CEO at Rapid City Medical Center adds "These conditions have been under diagnosed for years because women are taught to live with pain and always put others first. This issue came to my attention and Dr. Beshara collaborated with our Rapid City Medical Center dermatologists and urologists to find a solution to help women. I am proud our physicians put women's health at the forefront of their collaborative efforts as part of their commitment to South Dakota women and families."

For more information on the Cynosure MonaLisa Touch laser, or to schedule an interview with Dr. Beshara, please call Madison Zimmerman-Dusek, Marketing Director at 605-721-8346. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Beshara, call the Rapid City Medical Center at (605) 342-3280.

MonaLisa Touch is a registered trademark of DEKA M.E.L.A. Srl - Calenzano - Italy.

About Rapid City Medical Center
Rapid City Medical Center is an independent medical practice located in Rapid City, South Dakota with over 70 physicians and caregivers including Family and Internal Medicine and fourteen subspecialties. Rapid City Medical Center has six locations, including an urgent care clinic. It was established in 1948 as a physician-owned practice and is committed to an on-going tradition of excellence in healthcare.

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