01In short
What is the Clit-Shot?
A small amount of blood is taken from your arm and spun in a centrifuge, a machine that separates the platelet-rich plasma from the rest. That plasma is then injected into the clitoris at the same appointment. This comes after your consultation, never at it.
- Clit-Shot or O-Shot?
- Both use PRP from your own blood. The Clit-Shot is injected into the clitoris. The O-Shot goes into the clitoris and the vagina, the Cleveland Clinic says, and is also offered for dryness and small leaks of urine. If dryness or small leaks are part of what has changed, ask Dr. Rockhead about the O-Shot too: our O-Shot page has the details.
- What Oshun offers it for
- Less feeling or arousal, and finding it hard to reach orgasm. Results differ from woman to woman. Dr. Rockhead goes through what to expect for you before anything is booked.
- Causes worth looking at
- MedlinePlus lists many things that can make orgasm harder: tiredness, stress or depression, some prescribed medicines (common antidepressants among them), the menopause, and nerve damage from diabetes or multiple sclerosis. If the change began after a new medicine, tell the doctor who prescribed it.
Worth knowing
Before you choose it.
It is a very sensitive place. The tip of the clitoris has about 10,000 nerve endings, the Cleveland Clinic says.
Plasma cannot be taken back out once it has been injected.
Your first visit is a consultation only. Nothing is injected unless you decide to go ahead.
02Your consultation
Who will you see at your first visit?
Dr. Charles Rockhead, a board-certified obstetrician and gynaecologist, at 9 Devon Road in Kingston. He asks about your health, your medicines and what has changed for you, and examines you if that is needed. No blood is taken at this visit, and the injection is booked only if you choose it.
- Get these looked at first
- A sore, painful or itchy clitoris. Pain during sex. Any bleeding after the menopause, even once. A change in feeling that started with a new medicine. Each needs a diagnosis before any injection. You can raise any of them with Dr. Rockhead at this visit, or with your own doctor.
Dr. Charles Rockhead, Medical Director — Oshun Cosmetic Services, Kingston.
Dr. Charles Rockhead
Medical Director · Board-Certified OB/GYN · 30+ years of practice
Dr. Charles Rockhead is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with more than thirty years of practice in Kingston. He is the Medical Director of Oshun Cosmetic Services and the founding physician of Amadeo Medical Group, the parent clinical practice.
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03On the day
How does the Clit-Shot visit go?
i.
Before the day
Tell us about every medicine and supplement you take, and whether you are or might be pregnant. If it is safe for you, leave out anti-inflammatory painkillers such as ibuprofen for a week before. If a doctor prescribed aspirin or a blood thinner, do not stop it. Tell us before you book, and Dr. Rockhead will tell you if the Clit-Shot is possible for you.
ii.
Your blood sample
A small amount of blood is drawn from your arm, as for a routine blood test, and spun to separate the plasma. Numbing cream goes on while it spins.
iii.
The injection
The plasma goes into the clitoris through a fine needle. If the cream is not enough, a numbing injection comes first. Tell us at once if anything hurts.
iv.
Going home
No sex, tampons, baths or swimming pools for two days, and no hard exercise for one day. You go home with written aftercare, and you can drive and work the same day.
- Who gives it
- Dr. Rockhead gives the injection himself.
04Aftercare
How will you feel afterwards, and when should you call?
- The first day or two
- Pain and swelling where the plasma went in may last a day or two, the Cleveland Clinic says of PRP. Your arm may bruise where the blood was taken.
- Risks
- Numbness or a change in feeling is one of the listed risks, and it matters more in a place with this many nerves. The Cleveland Clinic lists the risks of "vaginal rejuvenation", a group that includes PRP injected into the clitoris as well as surgery and laser: pain, bleeding, infection, scarring or adhesions (tissue that sticks together), painful sex, numbness or unusual sensations, and needing another procedure. DermNet names injury to a nerve as a possible problem with PRP. Neither says how often these happen.
- Emergency
- Go straight to a hospital for heavy bleeding, or if you cannot pass urine.
- Call us straight away
- On (876) 676-6297 for signs of infection such as a fever, pus, a bad smell or spreading redness; pain that lasts more than a few days or gets worse; or numbness that lasts more than a few hours. We are closed at night and from Friday to Sunday. If you cannot reach us, go to a hospital and say you had a PRP injection.
- Check-ins
- We check on you four weeks after the injection, and again at twelve.
05Safety
Who should not have the Clit-Shot?
- Not given if
- You are pregnant or breastfeeding, or have any infection, including one of the pelvis, vagina, vulva or urine. It is also not given with a bleeding or platelet disorder, a blood cancer, or a cancer of the vulva, vagina, cervix, womb or ovaries.
- Blood thinners
- If you take a blood thinner such as warfarin, you cannot have the Clit-Shot. Do not stop the medicine to get it: talk to the doctor who prescribed it.
- Other conditions
- DermNet lists any short- or long-term infection, a very low platelet count and long-term liver disease among the reasons not to have PRP. Tell Dr. Rockhead about any illness you live with, hepatitis and HIV included.
06Price & booking
How much is the Clit-Shot in Jamaica?
- The price
- The consultation with Dr. Rockhead starts at J$11,000. The Clit-Shot has no fixed price: it is priced at the consultation, and you get the figure in writing before any blood is taken.
- Opening hours
- Monday and Wednesday, 10 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday and Thursday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Closed Friday to Sunday.
- Paying
- Cash, debit or credit card, or approved financing. Insurance does not usually cover the Clit-Shot.
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