Dr. Rachel Rubin: Unlocking Clitoral Fusing Through Non-surgical Lysis

In this podcast episode, Dr. Rachel Rubin sheds light on the startling truth that 23% of all women suffer from Clitoral Adhesions and how her innovative stretching procedure has resulted in a 76% decrease in pain and a 64% increase in orgasm rate for these women. "We have so much work to do because no one taught your doctor how to examine a clitoris. No one. They never learned. They feel like it's not their space and it's not their place, and they feel weird of, what am I looking for? No one ever taught me how to do this." Dr. Rachel Rubin is a urologist and specialist in sexual medicine outside of DC. She has a fellowship in sexual medicine and sees all genders, specializing in pelvic pain, vestibulodynia, hormone issues, and Lichen Sclerosus. Dr. Rachel Rubin was shocked to discover that 23% of all women have some degree of clitoral adhesions. She developed a non-surgical lysis procedure, which combined topical hormones and manual stretching to break up the tissue. Through her research, she found that this method had a 76% decrease in pain and 71% increase in sexual satisfaction. Furthermore, 64% of the women experienced improved orgasmic ability, with six of the women in the study achieving orgasm for the first time. Dr. Rubin was delighted to have found such an effective, non-invasive treatment for clitoral adhesions. In this episode, you will learn the following: 1. Discover why 23% of all women have some degree of clitoral adhesions and what symptoms this can cause. 2. Learn about a new procedure that can help 76% of women reduce pain, improve satisfaction with sex, increase sexual arousal, and even help 64% of women achieve orgasm for the first time. 3. Uncover the secrets to treating lichen sclerosus optimally before any procedure is done, including what hormones and topical treatments can be used.

Resources:

Check out all the ways Lichen Sclerosus Support Network can help you at https://lssupportnetwork.org.

Read Dr. Rubin’s blog on the study of non-surgical lysis of clitoral adhesions at https://www.rachelrubinmd.com/post/new-research-on-clitoral-adhesions

Connect with Dr. Rubin

Website - https://www.rachelrubinmd.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drrachelrubin

Twitter - https://twitter.com/drrachelrubin

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DrRachelRubin/

Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-rubin-7433b0134/

Learn more about anatomical changes caused by Lichen Sclerosus in our blog - https://lssupportnetwork.org/architectural-changes-lichen-sclerosus/

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