The G-Shot: Viagra For Women

NBCNC -- The G-Shot is revving up sex lives.

Sometimes our love lives need more than hand holding and Barry White music, now women have a new option to help them in the bedroom.

Melissa Sherrill has decided to get a G-Shot to increase her sexual pleasure.

"It's a form of human collagen we inject into the front wall of the vaginal tissues where the G-Spot is," said Justin Salerno, M.D., an Obstetrician Gynecologist.

After finding her pleasure zone and numbing it with local anesthesia, Ob-Gyn Dr. Justin Salerno injects the collagen.

"It didn't hurt at all," said Melissa Sherrill, a G-shot client.

The collagen is FDA approved to plump up lips, but this is an off-label use.

Dr. Salerno is one of the few doctors in the nation offering it, and women are driving miles to his office to give it a shot.

"I've only offered this eight weeks but I've basically been unable to keep up with demand," said Dr. Salerno.

"There's a price for heightened sexual pleasure."

The G-shot costs $1850 and lasts four months.

Dr. Salerno says the shot is designed for women who already have a healthy sex life and want an even better one.

Women like this mother of three, who asked us not to show her face, credits the G-shot with helping her reach orgasm faster.

"Way more quickly and multiple not just one or two but four or five which made it a lot better," laughs "Joanie," another G-shot client.

Licensed psychologist and sex therapist Dr. Bryna Barsky-Ex does not recommend the G-shot.

"I think getting addicted to the $1,800 every four months just to be able to function sexually is problematic there are a lot of ways to get pleasure. And I really don't think you need a shot to be able to do it."

And she's concerned about the lack of studies looking at the possible long term side effects of the injection.

But Dr. Salerno says it's safe and his patients are happy.

"Once you've had it this good you don't want to go back," said "Joanie."

44-year-old Melissa Sherrill is looking forward to enjoying the same benefits.

"Better sex, better sex life with my partner the main thing is it gives me a boost of self-esteem."

The G-shot does come with some risks.

They include bleeding, infections, and allergic reactions, and not all women experience a benefit.

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