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Vaginal Rejuvenation & Intimate Wellnessin South Tempe, AZ
Physician-led, root-cause care for the vaginal and urinary changes that can come with declining estrogen. We start with the hormonal cause, talk through options that have real support, and give you an honest read on the rest. Serving South Tempe, Phoenix, Chandler, and the East Valley.
Medically reviewed by Dr. Sarah Stone, ND & Dr. Scott Maymon, ND, MPH · September 2026
Naturopathic Physician
Dr. Sarah Stone, ND
Partners with patients to treat the root cause: individualized care in women's health and hormones, autoimmune and GI, and whole-person wellness.
- AZ Naturopathic License #15-1496
- Doctorate, SCNM / Sonoran University (Tempe)
- Focus: women's health, hormones, whole-person
Naturopathic Physician
Dr. Scott Maymon, ND, MPH
Caring for the Valley since 2015: root-cause, functional medicine with public-health and toxicology training.
- AZ Naturopathic License #15-1497
- Doctorate, SCNM / Sonoran University (Tempe) · MPH, University of Louisville
- Focus: root-cause, functional, public health
Licensed AZ NDsPhysician-led care
Root cause firstHormones, then options
Clear answersBefore you decide
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Vaginal rejuvenation & intimate wellness in South Tempe
“Vaginal rejuvenation” here is not a single device or a cosmetic promise. It is physician-led, root-cause care for the vaginal and urinary changes that often come with declining estrogen, what doctors call the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). We start by understanding your hormones, then discuss options that have genuine support, such as physician-prescribed hormone optimization where appropriate and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy.
Energy-based devices are a separate conversation. They are not a proven path here, so we lead with hormones and PRP and treat any acoustic-wave option as an optional add-on. This care supports your comfort and wellness, works alongside your gynecologist, is not a cure, and results vary.
▶Physician-reviewed
Real medical care, led by a physician.
This is medicine, led by Dr. Sarah Stone, ND (AZ Naturopathic License #15-1496), whose clinical focus includes women's health and hormones, with Dr. Scott Maymon, ND, MPH (AZ Naturopathic License #15-1497). Both are Arizona-licensed naturopathic physicians who trained at the accredited Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (now Sonoran University) in Tempe. Your care begins with a real medical history and evaluation, includes a review of your current medications, and is coordinated with your gynecologist rather than in place of them.
▶The root cause
When Estrogen Declines: Understanding the Real Cause
Estrogen helps keep the vaginal and urinary tissues supple, elastic, and well supplied with blood. As estrogen naturally declines, often around perimenopause and menopause, those tissues can change, and many women notice dryness, irritation, discomfort with intimacy, or urinary symptoms. Doctors now group these together as the genitourinary syndrome of menopause, or GSM. It is common, it is not something to be embarrassed about, and it is very treatable.
There is no single “correct” estrogen level, and it shifts across a woman's life, so this is a natural process rather than a disease. What matters is whether the changes are affecting your comfort and quality of life. When they are, our approach is to look at the hormonal cause first, because addressing the driver tends to help more than treating each symptom in isolation.
The goal is not a quick cosmetic fix. It is understanding why these changes are happening, and supporting your body in a way that is honest about the evidence.
▶Sound familiar?
Changes Worth Talking About
These changes are common with shifting hormones, and they are worth a conversation. You may recognize some of these:
- Vaginal dryness or a feeling of tightness
- Irritation, itching, or general discomfort
- Discomfort or pain with intimacy
- Reduced natural lubrication
- Urinary urgency or going more often
- Recurrent urinary tract infections
- Mild leaking with a cough, laugh, or exercise
- A dip in desire or comfort that affects intimacy
- Symptoms that began around perimenopause or menopause
- Changes after childbirth or breastfeeding
▶Why it happens
What Can Cause Estrogen to Decline
Estrogen naturally rises and falls throughout life. Several things can lower it or shift the balance, and understanding which apply to you helps shape the plan.
Perimenopause & Menopause
The most common reason. As the ovaries gradually produce less estrogen, the vaginal and urinary tissues respond, sometimes years before or after the final period.
Childbirth & Breastfeeding
Estrogen shifts around pregnancy and stays lower during breastfeeding, which can temporarily bring on dryness and related symptoms.
Certain Medical Conditions
Conditions that affect the ovaries or hormone balance, and some surgeries, can lower estrogen earlier than expected.
Some Medications & Treatments
Certain medications, and some cancer treatments, can reduce estrogen or its effect on tissues. We review everything you take.
This is a natural process, not a diagnosis in itself. We evaluate what is driving your symptoms, coordinate with your other providers, and refer out when something needs conventional or specialist care.
▶How we help
Options, In the Order That Makes Sense
We start with the cause and the best-supported options, and we are candid about where the evidence is thin.
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Start with the hormonal cause
Because declining estrogen drives GSM for many women, we look there first. Depending on your history and goals, that may include physician-prescribed hormone support, local or systemic, monitored by a licensed physician. It is not right for everyone, and candidacy is determined after a full evaluation. See our hormone health and women's hormone optimization pages.
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Consider PRP where appropriate
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) uses a small sample of your own blood, concentrated and then administered by a physician. It is one of the more supportable options we discuss for women's sexual wellness, and we review whether it fits your history and goals. Our women's sexual wellness care is described on our Women's Health page, and PRP is also used in our Cellenis PRP program.
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Support comfort and pelvic health
Practical measures matter: vaginal moisturizers and lubricants, pelvic-floor support, and lifestyle changes can meaningfully improve day-to-day comfort, on their own or alongside other care.
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Acoustic wave, only if it fits
If an acoustic-wave device comes up at all, we describe it honestly as an optional add-on with limited evidence for this use, offered only after the root-cause options and never as a proven treatment. A fuller word on the FDA picture is just below.
▶About PRP
Using your own biology
PRP concentrates the platelets from a small sample of your own blood. A physician then administers it in the office. Because it comes from you, it avoids synthetic fillers, and it is among the options we consider more supportable for women's sexual wellness.
PRP is not FDA-approved for this use, it is not right for everyone, and results vary from person to person. Whether it is appropriate for you is something a licensed physician decides with you after reviewing your history.
Good to know
Where Energy-Based Devices Fit
Our plan leads with the options that have the strongest support: understanding your hormones first, and considering PRP where it suits you. Energy-based devices, whether acoustic wave, radiofrequency, or laser, sit further down that list, and we are glad to explain why.
None of these devices is FDA-cleared or approved specifically for vaginal rejuvenation, and in 2018 the FDA cautioned against marketing them for it. The acoustic-wave unit discussed in this space is a low-risk device that is registered and listed with the FDA, an administrative step rather than a clearance for this use, and the evidence for it here is still limited. So if it fits your plan at all, we offer it as an optional add-on with a clear picture of what it can and cannot do, never as a proven treatment or a cure.
▶What to expect
A Private, Unhurried Process
It begins with a conversation, and nothing happens without your informed consent.
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Private consultation
An extended, comfortable visit to talk through your symptoms, history, and goals, with time to ask questions.
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Evaluation and, where useful, testing
An appropriate medical evaluation, including hormone assessment when it helps, so the plan fits your actual picture.
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Your individualized plan, explained fully
We lay out the options that fit, what each involves, what the evidence shows, the risks and contraindications, and the costs, so you can decide with informed consent.
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Follow-up and coordination
Check-ins to see how you are responding, adjustments as needed, and coordination with your gynecologist for anything that calls for conventional care.
Good to know
When to Loop In Your Doctor
Most of these changes are common and very manageable. A few are worth a prompt check with your physician, and we are glad to help you get it: any bleeding after menopause, bleeding between periods or after intimacy, a new pelvic mass or pain, or a sore or lesion that does not heal.
Our care works alongside conventional gynecology and coordinates with your gynecologist; it complements diagnosis, screening, and the management of medical conditions rather than replacing them. And we never ask you to stop or change a prescribed medication on your own.
▶Why Pure Body Health
Honest, Physician-Led, and On Your Side
This is a field with a lot of overselling. Here is what a licensed, honest, physician-led practice adds.
Elsewhere: a single device sold as the whole answer.
Root cause, not a quick fix
We start with the hormonal cause and the best-supported options, because that is what actually helps most women.
Elsewhere: a med-spa upsell with no medical workup.
Real medicine, physician-led
A licensed physician runs the evaluation, prescribes and monitors, and takes your full history into account.
Elsewhere: devices marketed as FDA-approved cures.
Honest about the evidence
We tell you what is established, what is not, and what a given option can and cannot do. No cure promises.
Elsewhere: “skip your gynecologist and just do this.”
Coordinated, not either-or
We work alongside your gynecologist, refer promptly for red-flag symptoms, and keep your care connected.
▶Get started
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An extended, comfortable visit with a licensed naturopathic physician, an honest read on what is driving your symptoms, and a plan that starts with the cause. Serving the whole Valley from South Tempe.
▶Patients we serve across the Valley
Rooted in South Tempe, serving Phoenix and the East Valley.
Just off I-10 at Elliot Road on South Priest Drive, minutes from Ken McDonald Golf Course and the Kyrene corridor, an easy drive from Ahwatukee, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Phoenix.
- South Tempe~5 min
- Ahwatukee Foothills~12 min
- Chandler~20 min
- Mesa~22 min
- Gilbert~24 min
- Scottsdale~25 min
- Phoenix~25 min
Approximate drive times in typical Valley traffic.
▶FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What does "vaginal rejuvenation" mean at Pure Body Health?
For us it is not a single device or a cosmetic promise. It is physician-led, root-cause care for the vaginal and urinary changes that often come with declining estrogen, a cluster doctors call the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). We start by understanding the hormonal picture, then talk through options that have real support, such as hormone optimization where appropriate and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, and we are honest about where the evidence for energy-based devices stands. This care supports your wellness and comfort, works alongside your gynecologist, is not a cure, and results vary.
What is GSM, or genitourinary syndrome of menopause?
GSM is the current medical term for the collection of vaginal and urinary symptoms linked to lower estrogen, which can include dryness, irritation, discomfort with intimacy, and urinary urgency or recurrent infections. Estrogen helps keep the vaginal and urinary tissues supple and well supplied with blood, so when levels fall those tissues can change. It is common and very treatable, and naming it accurately is the first step to addressing the cause rather than only the symptom.
Is shockwave or acoustic wave therapy FDA-approved for vaginal rejuvenation?
No. No energy-based device, including acoustic wave, radiofrequency, or laser, is FDA-cleared or approved for "vaginal rejuvenation," and in 2018 the FDA cautioned against marketing these devices for such uses. We will always give you that context. If acoustic wave is discussed at all in your case, it is described as an optional add-on with limited evidence for this use, not a proven treatment, and only after the root-cause options.
Do you offer PRP for women's sexual wellness?
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) uses a small sample of your own blood, concentrated and then administered by a physician, and it is one of the more supportable options we discuss for women's sexual wellness. It is sometimes marketed under trademarked names such as the O-Shot. PRP is not FDA-approved for this use, and results vary. Our women's sexual wellness care, including PRP, is described on our Women's Health page, and we would review whether it is appropriate for you at your consultation.
Can hormone therapy help these symptoms?
Often, yes, and it is usually where we start, because declining estrogen is the underlying driver of GSM for many women. Depending on your history and goals, that may mean local or systemic hormone support, prescribed and monitored by a licensed physician. It is not right for everyone, so candidacy is determined after a full evaluation, and we coordinate with your other providers. You can read more on our hormone health and women's hormone optimization pages.
Does it hurt, and what is a visit like?
It starts with a conversation, not a procedure. Your first visit is an extended consultation covering your symptoms, history, and goals, followed by an appropriate evaluation. Any option we discuss is explained in full, including what it involves, what the evidence shows, its risks and contraindications, and its costs, so you can make an informed decision with informed consent before anything is done.
Who is not a good candidate?
That depends on the option being considered, and it is exactly what the consultation is for. Some approaches are not appropriate during pregnancy or possible pregnancy, with certain bleeding or clotting conditions, with active infection, with some cancers or a history of hormone-sensitive cancer, or with particular implants or medications. A licensed physician determines candidacy individually after reviewing your history.
When should I see a gynecologist right away?
Some symptoms need prompt conventional evaluation rather than wellness care. See a physician without delay for any bleeding after menopause, bleeding between periods or after intimacy, a new pelvic mass or pain, or a sore or lesion that does not heal. We are glad to help you get the right conventional workup, and we coordinate with your gynecologist throughout.
Is it covered by insurance, and what does it cost?
Coverage varies. Some conventional evaluation and hormone-related care may be billable to insurance, while wellness procedures such as PRP generally are not. We are transparent about costs before anything is ordered and will walk through the plan and the investment at your consultation.
Do you serve Phoenix, Chandler, Gilbert, and the East Valley?
Yes. Pure Body Health is in South Tempe, just off I-10 at Elliot Road on South Priest Drive, and we see women's wellness patients from across the Valley, including Phoenix, Ahwatukee, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, and Scottsdale.
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▶References
Selected References
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA warns against use of energy-based devices to perform vaginal “rejuvenation” or vaginal cosmetic procedures: Safety Communication. FDA; July 30, 2018.
- The North American Menopause Society. The 2020 genitourinary syndrome of menopause position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2020;27(9):976-992.
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (Vulvovaginal Atrophy). Clinical guidance. ACOG.
- Faubion SS, Sood R, Kapoor E. Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Management Strategies for the Clinician. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2017;92(12):1842-1849.
- Portman DJ, Gass MLS; Vulvovaginal Atrophy Terminology Consensus Conference Panel. Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: new terminology. Menopause. 2014;21(10):1063-1068.
- Photiou L, et al. A systematic review of the efficacy and safety of energy-based devices for the treatment of GSM and vaginal laxity. Lasers in Medical Science. 2023.
- American Urological Association / Sexual Medicine. Are Radial Pressure Waves Effective in Treating Erectile Dysfunction? A Systematic Review. Sexual Medicine. 2021;9(4):100393.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Product Classification: Massager, Therapeutic, Electric (Product Code ISA; 21 CFR 890.5660; Class I, 510(k) exempt). FDA device databases.
This page is educational and supports general wellness. It is not medical advice, is not a substitute for conventional or emergency care, and is not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any disease. No energy-based device is FDA-cleared or approved for vaginal rejuvenation; the FDA has cautioned against marketing such devices for these uses, and any acoustic-wave option is described honestly as an optional add-on with limited evidence. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is not FDA-approved for this use. Hormone therapy is prescribed and monitored by a licensed physician and is not appropriate for everyone. Do not stop or change a prescribed medication on your own. Diagnostic testing and treatment plans are provided only after a comprehensive evaluation by a licensed physician. Candidacy is determined by a provider, and individual results vary.