What mixture is in the prolotherapy injection?
An anesthetic such as a 1% lidocaine is mixed with dextrose solution. The lidocaine numbs and causes instant relaxation of spasming muscle-it shuts down the spasming and tension loop. It, in effect, shuts down the “computer” and when the lidocaine is cleared out, the nervous system “reboots” and forgets the memory of the spasms. The dextrose is in a concentrated form that causes a mild form of controlled inflammation to signal for tissue repair. Dextrose is a sugar that is used as cellular nutrition; part of this signaling wakes up your own adjacent stems to come out to do tissue repair.
There are many uses of prolotherapy and powerful PRP in other parts of the body: joints for ligament and tendon repair; back and neck for herniated discs, spinal stenosis, Arnold Chiari; TMJs for clenching and grinding.
Does it hurt?
It pinches a little. Dr. H uses a small 30G face needle on your thick scar. Most other doctors use 25G, 27G or 28G (pediatric offices vaccinate children with larger 25G needles, COVID injectors use 25G needles). After cleaning the site, Dr. H pinches your scar with her fingers. While you are distracted by dull pinching, she injects in between, so you don’t even feel the mosquito bite of a face needle
When will I feel the results?
Most women with one C-section scar will feel it immediately while in the office. Women with multiple, thicker scars may need a few minutes to one day of walking around; women with associated back pain will feel relaxation in the back after standing up.
How many injections do I need?
Most women with one C-section should only need one visit. Women with multiple thicker scars may need one to three separate visits, one month apart.
How is the doctor unique and different from other injectors?
Dr. H is an osteopathic musculoskeletal expert. As part of your visit, after the procedure, she will manually evaluate the scar and gently free it up using a specific technique to relax the scar along its planes of weakness. This additional attention to detail sets her style apart from others and increases the chance of permanently freeing up the abdominal wall in one visit.
Will it ever come back?
No. Once the scar is freed up, your results are permanent.
What if I want to get pregnant again?
Prolotherapy injections are recommended only for women past childbearing age.
