Non-invasive — delivered locally, in clinic, in under half an hour
No needles
Nothing is injected. Both therapies are delivered to the tissue surface.
No anesthetic
Neither treatment requires numbing. Most women feel warmth, or nothing at all.
No downtime
You can drive yourself home, return to work, and resume normal activity the same day.
Not every problem needs an injection to be treated properly.
Two of the things that go wrong after menopause aren't structural. When the vaginal microbiome shifts and pH rises, the result is irritation, odor, and infections that keep returning. When blood flow drops and cellular energy production falls, the result is tissue that heals slowly and feels less.
Neither of those is fixed by adding volume. Ozone addresses the microbial and inflammatory side. Red and near-infrared light addresses the cellular and circulatory side. Both are delivered locally, both take under half an hour, and neither requires you to plan your week around recovery.
They're often used on their own, and often used between PRP appointments to support and extend what the injections started.
What is vaginal ozone therapy?
In-clinic procedure · Medical-grade ozone · 15–20 minutes
SHORT ANSWER
Vaginal ozone therapy, or ozone insufflation, delivers medical-grade ozone gas directly to vaginal tissue through a soft applicator. It targets the microbial and inflammatory causes of irritation, odor, and recurrent infection. A session takes 15 to 20 minutes, requires no needles or anesthetic, and has no recovery period.
Ozone is a naturally occurring form of oxygen with documented antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity, used medically for decades in wound care, dentistry, and infection management.
Here it addresses the part of genitourinary change that isn't structural — the microbial imbalance and low-grade inflammation that drive irritation, odor, and infections that return after every course of antibiotics. It's particularly useful post-childbirth, after menopause, and alongside microbiome restoration.
Recurrent infection
Irritation & itching
Microbiome disruption
Post-childbirth recovery
Odor
NOT A AT HOME TREATMENT
Medical ozone must be generated and dosed with clinical equipment. Concentration and exposure time matter, and ozone should never be inhaled. This is administered in clinic under physician supervision — devices sold for home use are not equivalent and are not something we recommend.
What is vaginal red light therapy?
In-clinic procedure · Red & near-infrared light · Low-level laser therapy
SHORT ANSWER
Vaginal photobiomodulation delivers red and near-infrared light to pelvic tissue at clinical dosing. The light is absorbed by mitochondria, increasing cellular energy, collagen production, and local blood flow. It is painless, non-thermal, requires no anesthetic, and is delivered as a weekly series.
Light in this range is absorbed by mitochondria — the structures inside every cell that produce energy — and increases their output. More cellular energy means more collagen synthesis, better local blood flow, and faster tissue repair.
This is the mechanism behind why light therapy is used on wounds, scars, and healing tissue elsewhere in medicine. Applied to vaginal tissue, it targets the three things that decline with estrogen loss: collagen, vascularity, and epithelial thickness. A 2026 study using 660 nm light — the same wavelength used here — found that every participant reached a non-atrophic vaginal health score after eight weekly sessions.
Vaginal dryness
Reduced sensation
Tissue healing
Urinary symptoms
After PRP
IT IS PAINLESS
Painless. A slim applicator delivers light directly to the tissue; there is no heat beyond mild warmth, no anesthetic, and no sensation for most women beyond noticing the applicator itself. Sessions typically run under half an hour and are usually scheduled in a series over several weeks.
Vaginal ozone therapy compared with pelvic photobiomodulation
Ozone vs. light therapy: what each one does.
They're frequently prescribed together because they don't overlap. Ozone works on the environment; light works on the tissue.
ozone therapy
Red light therapy
Acts on
The environment — microbes, inflammation, pH
The tissue — cells, collagen, blood flow
Mechanism
Antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity at the tissue surface
Mitochondrial absorption increasing cellular energy production
Best for
Recurrent infection, irritation, itching, odor
Dryness, reduced sensation, slow healing, urinary symptoms
Session length
15–20 minutes
Under 30 minutes
Schedule
Often alongside other treatment
Weekly series over several weeks
Sensation
Mild coolness, or nothing
Painless; mild warmth at most
Hormonal?
No — suitable after breast cancer
No — suitable after breast cancer
Who these are for — and who they aren't.
Likely a fit if
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You have dryness, irritation, or recurrent infections and want to start without a procedure
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You've had repeated antibiotic courses that keep resolving and returning
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Hormone therapy isn't an option for you, or helped only partway
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You want treatment that fits around a working week with no recovery
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You've had PRP and want to support and extend the result
Not a fit if
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Your primary concern is structural volume or laxity — that needs a different approach
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You have an active untreated infection or unexplained bleeding, which we evaluate first
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You have a photosensitizing condition or take photosensitizing medication — this affects light therapy specifically
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You have G6PD deficiency or an active thyroid condition, which we screen for before ozone
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You can't attend a series of appointments in person
The published studies - The Research
PLOS One · 2026
Photobiomodulation therapy for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: a prospective study
Twenty-seven postmenopausal women received eight weekly 30-minute sessions of 660 nm light. Vaginal Health Index scores improved significantly at every follow-up, and every participant reached the non-atrophic threshold. Urinary scores improved and held at three months, with no adverse events reported.
Photobiomodulation, Photomedicine & Laser Surgery · 2019
The Rationale for Photobiomodulation Therapy of Vaginal Tissue for Treatment of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause
A mechanism review explaining how estrogen loss degrades collagen, elastin and smooth muscle in vaginal tissue, and where light therapy acts on that process at the cellular level.
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology · 2023
Ozone and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy could improve pelvic pain along with lowering serum inflammatory markers
Eight women received transdermal and intravaginal ozone therapy over six sessions in three weeks. Pain scores fell significantly after the fourth session, and two blood markers of inflammation dropped measurably — CRP and IL-1β