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Many women and young ladies suffer with numerous problems that the menstrual cycle can bring: heavy bleeding, cramping, PMS, nausea, vomiting, exhaustion, anemia, prolonged bleeding, irregular bleeding, and more.  There are several causes of these troubles.  Bottom line, after a simple workup to find the cause and rule out major...

The labia minora are the smaller inner lips of the female genitalia.  The labia majora are the hair-bearing outer lips.  The female genitalia come in many shapes and sizes, and all of them are normal.  If you look closer, there are more structures: the clitoris, the clitoral hood, and other...

There are many conditions that come with age and childbirth that become problematic over time.  Pelvic prolapse, where the vaginal walls drop and become less supportive and snug, is the most common occurrence.   Childbirth can cause the stretching and lack of support of many structures: the pelvic floor muscles and...

Living the dream in Florida, it is truly paradise, but the sun takes a toll on the skin.  To help people with skin care made simple and effective, I have a skin care line that has products for different purposes.   Gly-Sal 5-2 Cleanser: unclogs and cleans pores, reduces bacteria,...

What do women in our area want the most?  What procedures do I do the most? The answer is…. Procedures that help the bladder function, vaginal dryness, and sexual function. MonaLisa Touch and Emsella are the most common GYN procedures done in my office, with the O Shot not far...

Permanent hair reduction is a technology that is being enjoyed by many women and men. Sometimes we have hair in areas where we don’t want it, based on our culture, hormone status, age, medical conditions, or we just don’t want it present!  We have the technological ability to reduce the...

The skin of youth contains copious collagen and elastin, has plump healthy cells of the dermis structures, has plush blood flow, and is uniformly distributed. Maintaining the purest skin structure and appearance requires three basic processes: preventing the wrinkle, treating the appearance of the wrinkle, and using a maintenance serum...

I know I query my patients every year on eating a whole food, natural food, diet.  I query to excess.  But the reason is that diet is of prime importance to our health, longevity, even happiness and quality of life.  We all know this is logical and true, and we...

People are very unique creatures, there are no two people who are the same, not even identical twins.  When it comes to disease processes, we may have one name for it, but it will affect each individual differently because of our body makeup and how our body deals with the...

No matter how easy you try to make it, every procedure or surgery is associated with some anxiety and concern on the part of the person undergoing it.  Whether it’s an elective procedure, necessary to treat a medical abnormality, a major surgery, or a minor procedure, it usually provokes some...

Osteoporosis occurs in about 20% of women.  50% of women will have a bone fracture.   After a hip fracture, 50% of people will never regain their prior fracture function. Osteoporosis is not painful.  The only manifestation is when someone sustains a bone fracture. Many people want or need to increase...

Cancer is scary.  Some cancers are easy to screen for and therefore prevent; some cancers do not have a good way to screen and they are often found in advanced stages.  Gynecologists and primary physicians build into wellness appointments provisions and discussions about screening for some common cancers, and this...

Liposuction was created in 1974 by a gynecologist in Italy. Many women and men want ways to remove unwanted fat from the body. As we go through the years, fat deposits increase centrally, and these are the perfect targets for treatment by laser liposuction. Laser liposuction is an easy office...

What can we do for declining sexual function over time, for women and ED for men? Alma Duo is an in-office, aesthetic treatment that uses gold standard shock wave technology, focused low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy (LI-ESWT), clinically validated to stimulate better blood flow and restore natural sexual performance –...

Even though this technology has been out for one and a half years, it is still producing results.  I am proud to be the first to bring the HIFEM and RF combination to this area.  It has helped many women and men put the edge on their body sculpting.  It...

Changing hormones during menopause and after childbirth cause uncomfortable symptoms such as vaginal dryness and itching. MonaLisa Touch® technology offers a noninvasive, nonhormonal way to resolve these symptoms and is offered at the office of gynecologist Karen E. Kennedy, MD, in Gulf Breeze, Florida. To learn how you can take...

Many women have pelvic organ prolapse and don’t even know the symptoms and don’t know what this entails. Pelvic organ prolapse is a weakening of the pelvic muscles and pelvic floor structure, causing organs to drop or lie lower than they normally would.  This often results from childbirth, but also...

The yearly meeting for this society was the past few days, and it was full of exploding information!  Many women don’t even think of it.  Nature is very kind to humans, and the way we age and change: slowly, gradually, insidiously, unnoticeably; when a condition develops very slowly, sometimes we...

It can easily happen to anyone, and urinary incontinence is more common as time goes on, causing individuals to leak urine accidentally.  Urinary incontinence can be caused by anatomic changes that may happen in childbirth, weakening of the muscles, bladder infections, and medical problems.  It is always reasonable to try...

Don’t let painful intercourse dampen your relationship or self-esteem. Painful intercourse, or dyspareunia, has led to unhappy couples, sexual dissatisfaction, and has ruined marriages.  Pain during intercourse can be due to low hormones, structural problems, diseases, infections, or psychological concerns.  The first step is to seek the help of an...

PRP is platelet rich plasma. It has been in use in surgeries and tissue healing since the 1980’s.  Platelets contain many growth factors and other components that orchestrate healing our wounds and stop bleeding.  These components of platelets help with tissue regeneration, revascularization of tissue or growing new blood vessels,...

I am very proud to bring to the Florida Panhandle and Gulf Coast area the newest technology of hysterectomy and other gynecologic surgeries: incisionless.  The national OBGYN society has always recommended that we approach hysterectomy with no incisions, with a vaginal approach if possible.  Many women are not eligible for...

If you are experiencing erectile dysfunction, ED, the P-shot may be perfect.  This simple treatment helps men achieve a firmer, stronger, and larger erection.  It uses PRP, natural factors from your own blood, to stimulate growth and structure right where it is needed for proper genital function when it is...

The O-shot is a method to use PRP from your own blood to stimulate growth and new structure to the bladder and vaginal area to manage urinary incontinence, urgency, and sexual experience. Blood is drawn and the plasma is collected, which has concentrated platelets.  This fluid is injected vaginally into...

From expert gynecological care to numerous aesthetic treatments, we can care for several issues under one roof.  We start with the healthy woman, and promote preventive medicine to keep healthy and keep away from disease naturally and away from medical problems.  If someone does have gynecologic issues, I specialize in...

Do you want an idea of a woman’s real age?  Look at her neck and hands! If we could just remove a noticeable amount of wrinkles, fine lines, pigment, and irregularities from the face, neck, and hands, we erase evidence of our age.  Time can slowly damage the skin in...

Keep nurturing those resolutions, it's the third week of the year! Do you have 2022 resolutions involving losing body fat and building muscle?   This technology can help: The two top new year’s resolutions are exercise more and lose weight.  EmSculpt NEO boosts both of these aspirations by building 25% more...

Every New Year, we wish others health, and we make our own health resolutions.  The two most common new year's resolutions are to lose weight, and exercise more.  Most of the resolutions are not kept by 21 days, and it takes daily repetition for at least 30 days to create...