THE BENEFITS OF CARBOXTERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF GINOID LIPODYSTROGY

Abstract

Carboxytherapy consists of the administration of carbon dioxide, in a hypodermic injection, an invasive technique that started in France in the 1930s. This method is widely used in aesthetic procedures with several purposes, such as flaccidity, iceloid fibroedema, gynoid lipodystrophy, localized fat, pre and postoperative and atrophic scars. Gyinoid lipodystrophy is an exclusive condition of the female sex due to the anatomical characteristics of the hypodermis due to the fact that the lobules are larger in women and have parallel septa, while in men the fibrous septa are smaller and arranged in oblique planes with small fat lobes. It affects about 90 to 95% of women in its entirety while men reach 5 to 10% of the rest. Carboxitherapy acts on gynoid lipodystrophy with the recovery of damaged tissue, obstructed due to fluid retention, hypertrophied adipocytes and toxins not eliminated. This article aims at the effectiveness of carboxitherapy in the treatment of gynoid Lipodystrophy.