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Carboxytherapy
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Carboxytherapy is a non-surgical cosmetic medicine treatment for dermatology. Carboxytherapy employs injections or transdermal application to infuse gaseous carbon dioxide below the skin into the subcutaneous tissue through a needle or skin. It has a necrotizing effect on fat tissue fat cells, stimulates blood flow, improves the skin's elasticity and reduces the appearance of cellulite.[1] It has also become a popular treatment for stretch marks.[2] It is non-toxic and less invasive than operations like liposuction.[3] Carboxytherapy leads to a temporary decrease in subcutaneous fat but has shown to reoccur again after a 28 week period.[4] It can be applied for those with androgenic alopecia or alopecia areata.[5]
As of 2018, Carboxytherapy has not approved by the FDA.[3] Risks include inadvertent lipolysis and emphysema.[6]
Carboxytherapy was discovered in 1932 in Royat, France after patients had been soaking in carbon-rich pools with wounds healing and circulatory diseases improving such as Raynaud's syndrome. In the 1950s French doctors began injecting carbon dioxide for treating cellulite.[3]
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