The StarFormer Guide

Men at the StarFormer PRO: Pelvic Floor Recovery, Muscle Rebuilding and Body Sculpting

Pelvic floor treatment is marketed almost entirely to women, but men have the same muscles and the same problems, especially after prostate surgery. The StarFormer PRO treats male pelvic floor recovery, muscle rebuilding and body sculpting on one platform, fully clothed and privately. Here are the three reasons men book, and what to expect.

By Pink Laser Clinics Medically reviewed by Pink Clinical Team, Treating men on the StarFormer PRO in Doncaster Published 8 April 2026 Last reviewed 2 June 2026 7 min read

Individual results vary. Evidence for some uses is at the case-report level. Treatment works alongside your medical care, including your urologist and continence physiotherapist, and is not a substitute for it.

Man after a StarFormer PRO treatment at Pink Laser Clinics Doncaster — One platform, fully clothed, in a private room.

Pelvic floor care has been sold to women for a decade. The imagery, the language, the waiting rooms. The clinical reality is broader than that. Men have the same sling of muscles supporting the bladder and bowel, and when those muscles weaken the symptoms are just as real and just as worth treating.

At Pink, men are a growing share of StarFormer PRO treatments, for three distinct reasons: pelvic floor recovery after prostate surgery, rebuilding muscle lost during medically supervised weight loss, and targeted body sculpting. One platform, fully clothed, in a private room. This guide covers all three plainly, including where the evidence is strong and where it is still emerging, so you know exactly what you are considering.

The male pelvic floor: the part men are rarely told about

The pelvic floor is not female anatomy. In men it supports the bladder and bowel and plays a part in sexual function, and when it weakens the result can be leaking, urgency, reduced control or chronic pelvic discomfort.

The most common triggers are prostate surgery, ageing and chronic straining. The standard first advice is pelvic floor exercises, often called Kegels, but many men find the pelvic floor hard to isolate, so the effort can miss the target. A treatment that contracts those muscles for you, without needing voluntary control, is where magnetic stimulation can help, used alongside the exercises rather than in place of them.

That is the thread running through everything below. The StarFormer PRO is a tool that works with your care, not a replacement for it.

Pelvic floor recovery after prostate surgery

Radical prostatectomy is one of the more common cancer surgeries in Australian men, and leaking afterwards is a well-recognised and often distressing part of recovery, as the pelvic floor and its nerve control settle. It is common, recovery varies a great deal from man to man, and there is no single timeline that fits everyone.

This is the section to be most careful and most honest in. Recovery after prostate surgery is led by your urologist and your continence physiotherapist. Pelvic floor physiotherapy is the evidence-based foundation, and your surgical follow-up matters. The StarFormer PRO is something that can sit alongside that plan, not instead of it.

The IntimaWave chair is the pelvic floor pathway of the StarFormer PRO. You sit fully clothed while the magnetic field triggers strong contractions in the pelvic floor, reaching muscle that voluntary effort can struggle to activate. The chair treats the seat and the lower back together in a session of around twenty to thirty minutes. For some men, that is what finally helps them feel and engage the right muscles, which is precisely why we treat it as a partner to physiotherapy rather than a substitute for it.

We will not promise you a continence outcome. No honest clinic can. What we can do is work with your urologist's and physiotherapist's plan, assess you as an individual, and be clear at every step about what is reasonable to expect.

What one published case showed, and what it does not

There is published case work using the StarFormer in men, and it is worth describing precisely rather than overstating it.

In one published clinical case from 2022, a 79-year-old man with chronic pelvic pain syndrome was treated with this device across a course, and his pain and urinary symptom scores improved over the treatment period. That is the whole of it: one man, one published case.

It is important to read that for what it is. A single case report describes what happened for one patient, not what typically happens, and it is not the same as a large trial. We mention it because it is real, specific to this device, and published, not because it predicts your result. Your situation is its own, and your clinician will talk you through what is realistic for you.

The broader mechanism is better studied as a category. A 2021 review in the Journal of the Laser and Health Academy examined this class of high-intensity magnetic stimulation across pelvic floor rehabilitation, muscle strengthening and pain, and describes how the stimulation recruits muscle fibres that are difficult to activate through exercise alone. That is the part that is genuinely hard to reproduce on your own.

Rebuilding muscle during medically supervised weight loss

A newer reason men book is muscle loss during GLP-1 weight-loss therapy. Medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, prescribed and supervised by a doctor, are effective for weight management, but a meaningful share of the weight lost can be lean muscle, not only fat, layered on top of the muscle decline that happens naturally with age.

Resistance training is the first-line answer to that, and it should stay that way. For men who are time-poor, recovering, or not seeing results in specific areas, TightWave body sculpting can be a targeted complement, working alongside the gym and the prescribed medication, never instead of either.

To be clear, TightWave is not a treatment for obesity and not a substitute for medical weight management. It builds muscle in a targeted area, which is one piece of a broader plan that stays with your own doctor.

Targeted body sculpting for men

TightWave is the body pathway of the same StarFormer PRO. Your clinician places handheld applicators over the target muscle, such as the abdomen, glutes, arms, thighs or back, and the strong contractions reach the deep fast-twitch fibres tied to strength and definition that ordinary training can struggle to fully recruit. Sessions are short, fully clothed in activewear, with no downtime.

It builds muscle, it does not remove fat, and it is not a weight-loss treatment. It suits men already at a healthy weight who want definition or core strength, and it works best as a complement to training and a healthy lifestyle.

Pink's StarFormer PRO range lives here, with both the pelvic floor and body pathways under one platform, including the combined Quattro option that can run more than one area together.

What to know before you book

A few practical things, so there are no surprises.

The StarFormer PRO is a CE-marked medical device made by Fotona. The IntimaWave chair runs at 3.0 Tesla, a higher field strength than the 2.5 Tesla of the first-generation pelvic floor chairs most Australian clinics use, which means a more intense contraction in the same session. That is a device-specification difference, not a promise about your outcome.

You stay fully clothed throughout. You feel strong, rhythmic muscle contractions, not pain, with no needles and no recovery time. Pelvic floor sessions in the chair run around twenty to thirty minutes; body sessions with TightWave are of similar length. Treatment is set across a course rather than a single visit, and your clinician sets the exact plan after assessing you.

As a general rule, magnetic muscle stimulation is not used over a cardiac pacemaker or other implanted electronic device, near metal implants in the treatment area, or with certain other conditions. After prostate surgery in particular, your clinician will want to confirm the timing and suitability with regard to your urologist's advice. All of this is what the consultation is for.

Privacy comes first

This matters, so it gets said plainly. Treatment is in a private room, you stay fully clothed, and discretion is the default. You will not be sitting in a busy waiting area, and you will not be asked to explain yourself to anyone you have not chosen to. The conversation is yours, at your pace, and you decide what you want to do with it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the StarFormer PRO help incontinence after prostate surgery?
It is used for pelvic floor recovery after prostate surgery, where the IntimaWave chair contracts the pelvic floor more completely than voluntary effort and reaches muscle that can be hard to activate after surgery. It works alongside your urologist's care and your continence physiotherapy, not instead of them. Recovery after prostate surgery is common to need and varies from man to man, so we assess you individually and do not promise a continence outcome.

Can it help with erectile difficulty?
IntimaWave is used to support the male pelvic floor, which plays a part in sexual function, so some men include it as part of addressing erectile and sexual wellbeing. It is not a standalone cure for erectile difficulty, which can have several causes, so we work alongside your doctor or urologist rather than in place of them. Your consultation covers whether it is appropriate for your situation.

Is it private and discreet?
Yes. Treatment is done fully clothed in a private room, and discretion is the default. You will not be sitting in a busy waiting area, and the pace of the conversation is yours.

What do I wear during treatment?
You stay fully clothed throughout. For pelvic floor treatment you sit in the chair as you are; for body sculpting, comfortable activewear over the target area is ideal. There is no undressing and no gowns.

How many sessions will I need?
Treatment is set across a course rather than a single visit, usually a few sessions a week to begin with, and your clinician tailors the number and the settings to your situation after assessing you. There is no single fixed answer, and we would rather give you a realistic plan in person than a number on a page.

Book your consultation

Whether it is recovery after prostate surgery, rebuilding muscle during supervised weight loss, or targeted sculpting, the first step is a private, no-pressure conversation. The consultation is free, and you decide where to go from there.

Book your free consultation, or explore Pink's StarFormer PRO range.

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