Everything You Need to Know About Viveve Bladder Leakage Treatment

Do you struggle with bladder leakage and urinary incontinence? These issues are typically the result of weakened pelvic floor muscles. Weakened pelvic floor muscles can occur with age or after pregnancy, making it harder to hold your urine. Many women resort to urinary pads or adult diapers to deal with their urinary incontinence. 

Fortunately, there is a non-surgical treatment that can resolve the symptoms of bladder leakage and stress urinary incontinence.

Viveve treatment is a non-invasive procedure that uses intense radiofrequency energy to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles and increase collagen production. 

Columbia Laser Skin Center in The Dalles, OR, offers Viveve treatment to help patients reduce the severity of urinary incontinence. Read on to learn more about the entire Viveve process.

Stress Urinary Incontinence

Stress urinary incontinence is a condition that affects many women as they age. With urinary incontinence, women experience everything from light bladder leakage to the complete inability to hold in urine. This is very common in older women who are experiencing a weakening in their pelvic floor muscles. 

Weakened pelvic floor muscles occur with age due to a loss in collagen production. When collagen production decreases, the tissues and muscles in the pelvic floor become loosened, making it more difficult to hold your urine. 

With weak pelvic floor muscles, you may experience urinary accidents or bladder leakage with laughter, coughing, or any kind of straining.

Stress urinary incontinence can also occur in women of any age after pregnancy. Childbirth may weaken the pelvic floor muscles and loosen vaginal tissue, leading to bladder leakage and incontinence.

What Is Viveve Treatment?

Viveve is a non-surgical, non-invasive treatment that aims to reduce vaginal laxity and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. 

The innovative Viveve device uses intense radiofrequency energy to tighten the tissues in the pelvic floor, enhance muscle tone, and stimulate new collagen production. All of this works together to strengthen the pelvic floor and resolve symptoms of stress urinary incontinence.

The Viveve Process

Before scheduling your first Viveve session, you will come to a consultation session with one of our providers. We will discuss your concerns, medical history, and desired outcome to determine whether Viveve is the best procedure for you. 

If we find that this treatment is not the best course of action to meet your needs, we will help you decide on another treatment. Patients who are found to be good candidates for Viveve will be ready to move forward with their treatment. 

Preparation

There is no preparation necessary for Viveve bladder leakage treatment. We recommend wearing loose, comfortable clothing to your session, but it is not required. It is also beneficial to be properly hydrated in the days leading up to your treatment. The cells in your pelvic floor muscles will respond more effectively when well-hydrated.

Procedure

During your Viveve session, you will be able to lie back comfortably while a cosmetic medicine professional administers your treatment. You will be asked to place your legs into an upward position, similar to that of a gynecological exam. 

Our provider will then use the handheld Viveve device to deliver intense radiofrequency energy deep into the pelvic floor muscles. This energy will enhance and strengthen the muscles by stimulating collagen production. 

Increased collagen production in the tissues of your pelvic floor muscles will gradually decrease the symptoms and severity of bladder leakage. 

The entire Viveve session will last anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes. Once complete, you will be able to return home and resume normal activity. There is no recovery or downtime involved.

Results

To see optimal results from your Viveve bladder leakage treatment, you will need to have numerous sessions. We recommend at least two to three sessions spaced several weeks apart. 

After this initial round of treatment, you should notice increased tightness and strength in your pelvic floor, leading to a significant decrease in urinary incontinence. Viveve results can last about one year. At this point, you can have your treatment repeated to maintain the outcome and keep your bladder leakage under control.

Are You a Good Candidate for Viveve Bladder Leakage Treatment?

The ideal candidate for Viveve bladder leakage treatment is anyone who is struggling with stress urinary incontinence due to weakened pelvic floor muscles. 

Patients are typically older women who have experienced a decline in collagen due to age. Women who have loosened pelvic floor muscles or vaginal laxity due to childbirth may also benefit from Viveve treatment.

The best way to know if you should have Viveve treatment is by having a consultation with one of our cosmetic medicine providers. We will examine your pelvic floor muscles and discuss your desired outcome to decide whether Viveve treatment is the right fit for you.

Patients who have urinary incontinence for other reasons, such as underlying medical conditions, may not benefit from Viveve treatment. 

It is important to provide a complete medical history during your initial consultation so that our providers can correctly identify the cause of your bladder leakage and incontinence. If we find that you are not a good candidate for Viveve treatment, you will be advised on other procedures at this time.

Viveve Treatment in The Dalles

If you are coping with chronic bladder leakage, Viveve treatment can provide relief. Viveve is a non-invasive procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to increase collagen production and strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. 

Columbia Laser Skin Center in The Dalles helps patients resolve stress urinary incontinence and bladder leakage with Viveve. Call us today to schedule a consultation with one of our providers.