Mum says splashing £1,900 on a ‘designer vagina’ has made her feel 15 years younger

Abby confessed the intimate procedure has boosted her sex life and helped her incontinence.

Inspired by model Danielle Lloyd’s confession to having a “designer vagina” for incontinence, a 56-year-old Essex mum spent £1,900 on the intimate treatment – boosting her sex life and making her feel “15 years younger.”

A regular user of anti-ageing procedures, Abby Short had the tightening treatment after years of incontinence forced her to carry spare knickers everywhere – saying she looks after her face, “so why not take care of the rest” of her body.

Abby (Collect/PA Real Life)

Now, following three lunchtime procedures lasting just five minutes each, the Billericay events planner says she feels like she is back in her 40s, when she and her company director husband, John, 62, make love, adding: “I feel younger, like I’m back in my heyday.”

Before the Femilift vaginal rejuvenation treatment – which gently heats the vaginal tissue contracting existing fibres and stimulating the formation of new collagen – Abby suffered with embarrassing leaking everywhere from the office to during exercise classes.

Abby (Collect/PA Real Life)

Already spending £2,000 a year on Botox, non-surgical facelifts and teeth-whitening, when she heard Danielle Lloyd confessing on TV to having vaginal tightening treatment to combat her own incontinence issues, it seemed like the logical next step for her, too.

Abby’s incontinence issues began after the birth of her son Josh, now 15, making her desperate to solve the embarrassing problem.

“If I sneezed, coughed a little too energetically or did any kind of real physical exercise it would mean an embarrassing leak,” she recalled.

“It wasn’t all the time, but would come on randomly and would be really embarrassing as a result.

Abby with husband John (Collect/PA Real Life)

“It all started after the birth of my youngest son Josh and got worse from there. I had the treatment after listening to Danielle Lloyd talking about having vaginal tightening, as her incontinence issues sounded just like mine.”

She added: “I’d be in the office, having a laugh and a bit of wee would come out. Not only was it embarrassing, but it wasn’t very hygienic either.”

Before taking the plunge, Abby researched the treatment, discovering that the procedure involved using a pixel Co2 laser, to improve blood flow, increase lubrication and restore the strength and elasticity of the vaginal wall.

Confident it was the right solution for her, she contacted Courthouse Clinics, the company where she already went for Botox, having the first of three sessions in London on June 29 this year – noticing a difference straight away.

Abby (Collect/PA Real Life)

Abby, also mum to Daniel, 24, from a previous relationship, explained: “You have to position yourself at the edge of the couch and spread your legs for the laser to be inserted, a bit like having a smear test, only warmer.

“My doctor explained that I wouldn’t feel results immediately, but I actually did, I didn’t feel the pressure to go to the loo as often and when I did run up and down the beach on my holiday straight after, the effects weren’t nearly as bad.

“It doesn’t make it look any different, but it is more about the inside and improving the function, which it has done.”

Abby with husband John (Collect/PA Real Life)

Having another session at the London clinic before her third treatment in October, Abby also discovered it had another unexpected benefit, when she and her husband made love.

She continued: “It’s given me a real confidence boost and makes me feel so much younger, knocking 15 years off how I feel in the bedroom.

“I couldn’t recommend it enough.”

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands marched through Slovakia's capital on Thursday before a planned rally in front of parliament to condemn draft legislation that critics consider detrimental for many nongovernmental organizations.

The bill, which is being debated by lawmakers, was approved by the coalition government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has frequently attacked NGOs.

The organizers of the rally in Bratislava said that the draft legislation looks inspired by Russian law, which they said “makes it possible to liquidate the civil sector and turn into a criminal anyone who is not loyal to those in power.”

They said it's designed to scare and control people who stand up against the government.

The latest version of the draft says that NGOs will be considered lobbyists, but gives no clear definition of what lobbying is, according to an analysis by Via Iuris, a nonprofit organization.

The group said that the draft law violates Slovakia's constitution and European Union rules, and its goal is to “stigmatize and limit the activities of civic groups.”

The government said that the law is meant to make transparent the financing and functioning of civic groups.

Protesters chanted during the march: “No to the Russian law,” and “We wont give up freedom.”

Thursday rallies in Bratislava, No. 2 city Kosice and four other places are part of a wave of protests that was fueled by Fico’s recent trip to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It was a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago and his recent remarks that Slovakia might consider leaving the 27-nation EU and NATO.

Protests in about three dozen locations across Slovakia and abroad are planned for Friday.

Fico has been a divisive figure at home and abroad. He returned to power in 2003 after his leftist Smer (Direction) party won a parliamentary election on a pro-Russia and anti-American platform.

His government moved to overhaul public broadcasting to give the government control of public television and radio.

That, along with an amendment to the penal code to eliminate a special anti-graft prosecutor, showed that Fico was leading Slovakia down a more autocratic path, following the direction of Hungary under populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

People march during a protest to condemn a draft legislation that critics consider ”liquidating” for many non-government organisations in Bratislava Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Jaroslav Novák/TASR via AP)