‘I Tried the Vagina Shot That's Supposed to Make Sex Better—Here's What It Was Like'

This article was written by Rebecca Jane Stokes and republished with permission from YourTango.
When Smooth Synergy medispa invited me to have a needle injected into my clitoris last February, I didn't want to do it.

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I didn't say no directly. I said yes, because I'm a sex

writer and I know a good story when I see one. But once I said yes, I kept putting it off.

I can handle pain, but there was something about a needle full of my own blood injected straight into my clitoris and vagina that made said body part retreat back up inside me.

I rationalized this decision brilliantly. The O-Shot, after all, was designed for women who are having a difficult time reaching orgasm. It's also for menopausal women or anyone who might be experiencing pain due to dryness during sex. 

I'm 33 and have zero issues in any of those areas.

However, my passion for actually doing my job (and my guilty conscious) led me to the doors of Smooth Synergy in Manhattan, where you can pay $1,900 to have your own blood injected into your clitoris and vagina. 

Any nervousness I felt about the procedure vanished when I met the spa's doctor, Dr. George. He was patient, thorough, kind, and also hilarious. I pointed to an award on his wall. "Oh," I said, "you won most compassionate doctor." George laughed, "Yeah, in 2013. The real question you have to ask yourself is what I've been doing lately!" 

I would have laughed harder, but the numbing cream applied to my lady bits had me gripped in a paroxysm of total fear. 

The O-Shot was designed by Charles Runels, M.D., the same man responsible for the Vampire Facelift.

For the procedure, your blood goes through a centrifuge where plasma rich platelets are separated from the rest of your "garbage blood."

Then, using two shots, these platelets are injected into your clitoris and vagina. The idea here is that they encourage stem cell growth and make you feel more sensitive and more aroused. Though some people get the shot once a year, others believe that one dose is all you need. 

My boyfriend, Buddy, came with me to film the entire encounter for YourTango's Facebook Live. He was lovely, supportive, and insanely eager to try out my fancy procedure.

See how it all went down on Facebook Live:

Luckily, the shot doesn't require any healing time. So I went from my appointment back to work where I feasted on a burger and blocked creeps on Facebook. 

That evening, Buddy and I got to work testing out Dr. George's handiwork. I felt hyper-aware of my clit and G-spot all day.

When we had sex, my junk felt swollen and sensitive, like that weird feeling you get when your leg falls asleep. My boyfriend said he could feel a difference, too, which was neat.

If the O-Shot had such a strong effect on me (and it's continued to rock my sex life), then I can't even begin to imagine what a it must be like for people suffering from sexual dysfunction who are in need of help. 

And for the record, there's a P-Shot too. I have yet to decide whether or not I am going to put my boyfriend through that.