Bacterial vaginosis or thrush that keeps coming back after each course of treatment is a use Alma's 2016 release names for FemiLift, recurrent vaginal infection. The idea is that the laser renews the vaginal lining and its acidity, which the healthy bacteria need. We offer FemiLift for it after a diagnosis, with the evidence given as it is. Every treatment is given by Dr Marie Duggan, GMC 7488383, at Femilift Clinic London, 130 Harley Street, London, W1G 7JU, after a free consultation and examination.
What the trial found
In 120 women, another maker's CO2 laser added to metronidazole against metronidazole alone, in a 2025 trial that was unblinded and had no sham group, recurrence was 8.33% against 36.67%. One trial, with those limits, and we say so. In the same trial the Vaginal Health Index and the healthy lactobacilli improved more, and the vaginal pH fell further, with the laser; the menopause page sets out the menopause trials.
What the regulators say
In July 2018 the FDA said: "The safety and effectiveness of energy-based devices for treatment of these conditions has not been established." The FemiLift laser is FDA-cleared in the US as a surgical laser, not for these conditions, and NICE has no guidance on the laser for recurrent infection.
How we plan it
In our practice Dr Marie Duggan examines you, with a smear test and swabs first, so that the infection is named and treated before any laser, and refers you where a cause needs a specialist's diagnosis. The laser is planned beside the antibiotic or antifungal treatment, not instead of it, as the trial ran it, in a course of two or three sessions initially in Alma's words, with the plan set at the consultation. The recurrent cystitis page covers urinary infections, and the full guide the rest. The price is in writing at a free consultation, with a price match on any comparable written quote.
