Produção Nacional
Tratamento da lipodistrofia ginoide com radiofrequência unipolar: avaliação clínica, laboratorial e ultrassonográfica
2013; Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1984-8773
AutoresBruna Souza Félix Bravo, Maria Cláudia Almeida Issa, Raul Luiz de Souza Muniz, Carolina Martínez Torrado,
Tópico(s)Nail Diseases and Treatments
ResumoGynoid lipodystrophy may affect up to 95% of post-pubertal women. Treatments are aimed at improving the skin's appearance. Invasive procedures have long recovery times and may cause complications. Non-invasive methods, such as radiofrequency, are increasingly becoming popular. Objective:To evaluate unipolar radiofrequency’s safety and efficacy in the treatment of gynoid lipodystrophy. Methods: Eight women with gynoid lipodystrophy grades II and III, in the gluteus region and thighs, underwent treatment with four sessions of unipolar radiofrequency at fortnightly intervals. Clinical-photographic, laboratory, and ultrasound evaluations of the patients were performed before, during, and 30 days after the end of the last session. Results: Improvement in the sagging of the skin was clinically observed in all treated patients. Four patients also had improvement in morphology. The ultrasound evaluation showed a statistically significant increase (p <0.05%) in dermal thickness after the treatment in seven of eight patients. There were no laboratory abnormalities. Conclusions: Unipolar radiofrequency is an effective and safe method in the treatment of gynoid lipodystrophy in the gluteus region and thighs
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