2023-12-11 11:00:00
Par Dr Catherine Solano
Posted 52 minutes ago
The shock waves cause microtrauma which pushes the tissue to trigger repair mechanisms. Charlotte Paroielle/Le Figaro
SEXOLOGY – Innovative treatments are gradually emerging to improve erectile dysfunction. Among them, the use of shock waves is perhaps one of the most surprising and promising.
Dr Catherine Solano is a sexologist. Trained in health ethics, she consults in urology at the Cochin hospital in Paris. She is co-founder of Doctical, a telehealth platform that supports people affected by cancer with their intimate health. She is the author of numerous works, including The big book of puberty (Robert Laffont editions).
« Before the shockwaves, I would have given my erection a 4/10. After the sessions, it was more like 7 or 8/10. It hasn’t been magical, but it’s a noticeable improvement », explains Gregory, 39, who benefited from this experimental treatment following a serious motorcycle accident which damaged the tissue of his penis, which crashed on the handlebars. Shock wave therapy consists of sending acoustic waves (inaudible) to create positive pressure followed by negative pressure at the level of a target tissue which is thus brutally compressed then decompressed. This process is already used successfully in other…
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