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Itching, burning, dryness, painful sex: the vaginal symptoms of menopause are unpleasant and affect about half of women in midlife. Until now, it had been thought they are due to the lining of the vagina becoming drier and thinner as we age.

In discomfort and with quality of life affected, some New Zealand women have turned to a treatment called the MonaLisa Touch, a carbon-dioxide fractional laser designed for