Start with the symptom, not the treatment.
in Jonesboro, AR.
Low libido, dryness, pain with sex. Common, rarely mentioned, and each of them has more than one possible cause.
Sexual health care at Lux Lipo starts with the symptom rather than a device: low libido, vaginal dryness, pain during sex, or a change you cannot quite name. Each has more than one possible cause, from hormonal to tissue to skin conditions, and the consultation works out which applies before anything is treated. It is confidential, done in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and cost is quoted at your consultation.
Here’s exactly what happens at a first visit — and you can come and see the place before you book anything.
The things women rarely raise.
Low libido. Vaginal dryness. Pain or discomfort during sex. Reduced sensation. A general sense that things changed after childbirth, after a hysterectomy, or somewhere in the run-up to menopause and never changed back.
None of these are trivial, and none of them are inevitable. They are also rarely raised, which is why they go untreated for years. Most women who come in say they have thought about it for a long time before booking.
The same symptom, several different causes.
Dryness can be hormonal, or it can be a change in the tissue itself, or it can be a skin condition such as lichen sclerosus. Pain with sex can come from dryness, from scarring after childbirth, from a skin condition, or from tissue that has thinned. Low libido can be hormonal, or it can follow from any of the above, because pain and desire are not independent of each other.
This matters practically. A device treatment does not fix a hormone problem, hormones do not fix scarring, and neither treats a skin condition. Treating the wrong cause is the most common reason women conclude that nothing helps.
So the assessment comes first, and it decides everything after it.
What the answer usually is.
If it is hormonal. Menopause care and hormone options, including pellet therapy, are the route. Menopause care · Pellet therapy.
If it is the tissue. FormaV is an internal radiofrequency treatment aimed at tissue tightening and comfort. More about FormaV.
If it is the pelvic floor. Where leaking is part of the picture, VTone works the muscle directly. More about VTone.
If it is a skin condition. Lichen sclerosus is chronic, commonly missed, and treated medically. More about lichen sclerosus.
If it is scarring after childbirth. A perineoplasty repairs the perineum where a tear or episiotomy did not heal well. More about perineoplasty.
If your partner is the one with the problem, that is treatable too. ED treatment.
The first visit is a conversation.
The first appointment is mostly talking. You describe what has changed, when it started, and what you have already tried. An examination is the only way to assess some causes, but it happens only if you agree to it, and not on the first visit if you would rather talk first.
You can bring someone with you. Nothing is photographed. Nothing you say is confirmed to anyone outside your record.
What happens, in order.
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You describe the symptom and the history in your own words.
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Your medical history and medication are reviewed, because both are relevant.
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An examination, if you agree to it and if it is needed to distinguish between causes.
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A plan matched to the likely cause, which may be a treatment here, may be a referral, and may be to treat something else first.
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Review, so the plan can be adjusted rather than assumed to have worked.
Measured by what changed for you.
There is no useful average here, because the treatments differ and so do the causes. The measure is whether the symptom you came in with has improved: whether sex is comfortable, whether dryness has eased, whether you have stopped avoiding something.
Individual results vary, and some causes are managed over time rather than resolved once.
Cost is quoted in writing at your consultation.
Cost depends on the treatment plan you and your physician settle on, so we quote it at your consultation rather than guessing here. We offer financing.
We see patients from Jonesboro, Paragould and across Northeast Arkansas, and some travel from the Missouri Bootheel.
The main risk is treating the wrong thing.
Each treatment has its own risks, and they are set out on its own page. The risk that belongs to this page is different: being sold a treatment before anyone has worked out what is actually wrong.
Some symptoms need assessing rather than treating. New pain, bleeding, an unusual discharge, or a lump are all reasons to call the clinic on (870) 230-0844 rather than book a course of anything.
This page is general information, not advice about your own health.
A physician does the assessment.
Every sexual health consultation at Lux Lipo is performed by Dr. Vaibhav Desai, MD, a physician member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
What to ask any provider, including us.
Useful questions anywhere you go: what do you think is causing this, and how did you reach that? Is it hormonal, tissue, muscle or skin? What would you do if this treatment does not help? What are the alternatives, including doing nothing? Would you refer me on if it is not something you treat?
Be wary of anywhere that recommends a device before it has asked you any of this. The assessment is the treatment decision.
Few clinics in the region cover this.
We are at 3800B S Caraway Rd in Jonesboro, and women travel to us from across Northeast Arkansas and the Missouri Bootheel, including Paragould, Trumann, Walnut Ridge, Newport, Corning, Blytheville and Batesville, and from Kennett, Sikeston and Poplar Bluff in Missouri.
For a lot of women the drive is worth it simply to have the conversation with someone who treats it as ordinary.
Nothing to photograph.
There are no photographs here. The measure is what changed for you, which is what we ask you about at review.
We show before-and-after photographs in person.
Every photograph we publish is published because a patient signed a written release, and most people would rather we did not. At your consultation the physician will show you pairs that match your own body and the treatment being discussed — which is more use to you than a page of strangers. Individual results vary.
Nobody has to know you came in.
A lot of what we treat — dryness, leaking, discomfort, how things look — people don’t say out loud, even to their doctor. These pages exist so you can get an answer without asking a person. When you’re ready, this is what a visit looks like.
You never have to say it out loud. Book online and pick a consultation — you don’t have to explain anything to anyone at the front desk. The first person you discuss it with is the physician.
A private room, and a physician in it. A physician examines you and answers your questions — not a coordinator. Bring someone with you or come alone — whichever makes it easier.
You can stop at any point. A consultation is a conversation, not a commitment. Plenty of people come in, ask everything, and decide not to do anything. That’s a fine outcome.
Your file is your file. HIPAA applies to everything here. No photo of you is ever used anywhere without your written consent, and you can withdraw it later.
Asked at the desk, answered here.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Vaibhav Desai, MD. If yours is not here, call (870) 230-0844 and ask — nobody will try to book you for asking a question.
Is low libido treatable?
Often, once the cause is identified. It can be hormonal, or it can follow from dryness or pain, because those are not independent of desire. The assessment works out which applies before anything is recommended.
Why is sex painful now when it never used to be?
Common causes include dryness, thinning tissue, scarring after childbirth, and skin conditions such as lichen sclerosus. They are treated differently, which is why the cause is established first.
Is this just menopause?
Sometimes, and menopause is treatable rather than something to endure. But dryness and pain also have non-hormonal causes, and assuming menopause is why some women are treated for years without improvement.
Do I have to be examined?
Not on the first visit if you would rather talk first. An examination is the only way to distinguish between some causes, but it happens only if you agree to it, and you can bring someone with you.
Will you tell me if you cannot help?
Yes. If what you are describing belongs with another clinician, we say so and point you there rather than treating around it.
Is it confidential?
Yes. What you discuss stays in your medical record, we never confirm publicly that a named person is a patient, and nothing about your care is published.
Can my partner be seen too?
Erectile dysfunction is treated here with ApexRF, as a separate private consultation. Ask and we will arrange it.
What does it cost?
Cost depends on which treatment the assessment points to, so it is quoted at your consultation rather than published here. Financing is available.
Come in.
Or book ahead.
A consultation is a conversation, not a commitment. We'll tell you honestly what's realistic for you.
Lux Lipo · 3800B S Caraway Rd, Suite 8, Jonesboro, AR 72401