both through the eyes of those who have undergone the procedure, and those who have seen the impact of hysterectomy on loved ones.


“Patients have seen their mom, sister, aunt, best friend, etc., deal with hysterectomies, and they don’t want that result for themselves,” he says.


Dr. Lipman has heard of countless side effects, from sexual dysfunction, bone loss and even urinary leaking.


“Go to any place that sells adult diapers and look who is on the package. You won’t see Grandma. You’ll see a young Black woman,” he said. “Why? Because so many young Black women have had hysterectomies, that they are now a target demographic.”


“Patients have seen their mom, sister, aunt, best friend, etc., deal with hysterectomies, and they don’t want that result for themselves.”


To Dr. Lipman, the answer to these questions is simple: women are undergoing invasive hysterectomies because they’re not being educated on or offered an alternative.


“We have a tremendous procedure in UAE,” he said. “It’s well proven, safe and effective. We have 25 years of scientific research and medical papers and peer- reviewed publications showing this, which is more than any other fibroid treatment option has received.”


It’s frustrating to Dr. Lipman that patients aren’t receiving UAE, a nonsurgical outpatient procedure with a 90% success rate, and instead are undergoing hysterectomies.


“Yes, it ends the fibroid problem, but it opens up other complications,” he said. “Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.”


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In his office, Dr. Lipman has a magazine ad for a popular adult diaper brand showcasing a young Black woman pulling jeans on over a diaper, alongside the phrase, “They’ll never know your secret.”


“I don’t want it to be a secret,” Dr. Lipman says. “I want to know why this woman needs an incontinence aid.”


Dr. Lipman points to this ad while educating his patients on fibroid treatment options and cites it regularly during his quest to educate as many people as possible about alternatives to surgery.


“Hysterectomy is an option, but it should be the option of last resort,” he said. “But for so many women, they’ve been told that this is their only option. So, they either undergo invasive surgery, or, instead of getting treatment, they try to push through and suffer in silence.”


This is because many women don’t know about UAE, or—according to Dr. Lipman—they may be given misleading information from their provider about their candidacy depending on fibroid volume. Eligibility for UAE varies for each patient, though Dr. Lipman says the majority of those who are advised by their gynecologist to seek a hysterectomy for fibroids are in fact viable candidates for UAE.


“There are patients where it may be best to pair UAE with a hysterectomy,


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