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Her Option® is a safe and effective ablation procedure. It uses sub-zero temperatures (cryoablation) to reduce or eliminate excessive menstrual periods. The cold temperatures destroy the endometrium (your uterine lining), which is responsible for menstrual bleeding. When the endometrium is eliminated, there is less tissue to shed each period, and therefore, dramatically less or no menstrual bleeding. If you are unfamiliar with cryoablation, it may be comforting to know that it has been used for years in the treatment of uterine fibroids, prostate and liver cancer. Cryoablation has many dermatologic and gynecologic applications, and gynecologists are very familiar with it. Other endometrial ablation processes use energy or heat to eliminate uterine lining. Unfortunately, heat ablation (also called thermal ablation) more often causes scarring that can make possible future cancer detection difficult. In addition, heat-based ablation often requires general anesthesia or IV sedation, expansion of the uterine cavity and dilation of the cervix. If you are pre-menopausal, past childbearing and if your excessive uterine bleeding is due to benign causes, Her Option may be the right option for you. Her Option is so effective that at two years post-treatment, 91 percent of patients were very or extremely satisfied with treatment results.¹ 1. Townsend DE, Duleba AJ, Wilkes MM. Durability of treatment effects after endometrial cryoablation versus rollerball electroablation for abnormal uterine bleeding: two-year results of a multicenter randomized trial. Am J Obstet Gynecol Mar. 2003 v. 188(3) p.699-701.