M.icro injections of carbon dioxide which can help the skin to regain a healthier and brighter appearance. Let’s talk about the carboxytherapya widely used medical practice that can be beneficial for the treatment of various skin diseases as well as to knock out the much hated cellulite. A blemish, which seems to concern about 80% of women.
Not surprisingly, aesthetic medicine has tried over the years to provide increasingly targeted solutions for the treatment of orange peel, developing different methods. Among these, the carboxytherapy.
How the treatment works? Is that results ensures? We asked the Professor Antonino Di Pietro, director of the Vita Cutis Dermoclinic Institute.
Carboxytherapy: what is it all about?
“Carboxytherapy is a practice that consists in using thecarbon dioxide issued by a particular fit equipment purified gasinjecting it through a small needle into theinside the skin or in the subcutis. – explains Professor Di Pietro – Carbon dioxide, in fact, in contact with the tissues stimulates the microcirculation and therefore promotes a better blood flow to the cells. The purpose of the treatment is to improve the microcirculation when this is deficient or defective ».
It is therefore one non-invasive technique which can only be performed by dermatologists, surgeons and aesthetic doctors and which allows the skin to recover tone and firmness. Precisely for this reason it can be useful for the treatment of various imperfections.
«Carboxytherapy can be used both in the case of cellulite – explains Professor Di Pietro – that in the case of other skin imperfections that concern a weakening of the dermis. The treatment can improve skin turgor and can also be useful for stretch marks but only when they are still recent“.
Carboxytherapy: is it a risky treatment?
The treatment is carried out through a specific equipment, approved by the Ministry of Health and consists of a cylinder connected to a computer that regulates the dosage and flow of carbon dioxide, ensuring a personalized and therefore safe treatment.
«Carboxytherapy it has no particular contraindications – also underlines the dermatologist – also because, unlike oxygen, carbon dioxide spreads easily in the tissues without creating embolism, that is, avoiding the risk of gas bubbles forming. The only drawback is that a burning sensation may be felt but quite bearable. Only if the needle breaks small capillaries can bruises and bruises form. However, this is an event linked to the skill of the person who practices the treatment. For which rely on experienced professionals limits the risk of running into these inconveniences ».
Carboxytherapy: how it works on cellulite
To understand how the treatment works and why it can also be recommended to counteract the classic orange peel skin, we need to clarify the origins of this imperfection.
«Cellulite is caused by a chronic edemathat is, from a stagnation of liquids within the adipose tissue. – explains Professor Di Pietro – Due to a microcirculation problem affecting vessels and capillaries which are abundant in fat, a stagnation of liquids such that the adipose tissue tends to retain a lot of water. It is as if the fabric were one sponge soaked in water: this stagnation of liquids creates inflammation which slows down the metabolism, preventing the body from burning and disposing of fat properly ».
This explains why in case of cellulite it is recommended to combine different therapies acting on two fronts, eliminating i excess fluidson the one hand, and promoting good circulation so as to stimulate adipose metabolism, on the other hand.
«Carboxytherapy has the very purpose of promoting microcirculation and therefore helping the body to reactivate the metabolism of fats. – explains the expert – To eliminate excess fluids, however, it is necessary to combine another type of treatment which is the Microtherapyone method that I developed almost thirty years ago and which represents one of the most important weapons in the fight against cellulite ».
The treatments to combine
«To combat cellulite it is therefore necessary to eliminate excess water at the same time improve the microcirculation and consequently the metabolism. – explains Professor Di Pietro – If you try to speed up the metabolism when there is still a lot of stagnation of liquids, however, it is difficult to obtain the result “.
How many sessions does it take to notice the results? «Much depends on the individual case – explains the dermatologist – On average 10 sessions may be enoughapproximately one a week, alternating a session of microtherapy with one of carboxytherapy“.
Diet and exercise remain essential
But be careful not to give in to false myths or fall into the trap of false promises. Carboxytherapy and, in general treatments and injections alone are not enough to defeat cellulite.
«What the doctor can do through these treatments is put the body in a position to burn fat – explains the expert – eliminating excess fluids and then stimulating the metabolism which, however, must also be supported by correct lifestyle habits“.
First rule: follow one balanced diet, eliminating high-calorie foods that turn into fat and foods that are too salty that make you retain fluids. Among the precious habits, also that of drink a lot so as to dissolve the salts present in the body and which retain liquids.
“Also doing physical activity is essential – underlines Professor Di Pietro – bearing in mind, however, that it must be gentle but prolonged physical activity, continued for at least one hour. In the the first 30/40 minutes of exercise actually burns the sugars present in the blood. S.only after 40 minutes of trainingwhen the sugars run out, you begin to use the fat. Among the most recommended activities is the I swim which does great. Also walk in the watermaking sure that the water reaches the groin, is an excellent strategy ».
Innovative treatments for cellulite
In addition to carboxytherapy, they exist today cutting-edge treatments designed to combat cellulite.
«To reactivate the metabolism today there is a new technology called Wave – concludes Professor Di Pietro – it is about equipment that emits microwaves which are conveyed in a cone and they act on localized accumulations of fatcreating vibrations that break the fat cells and allow their reabsorption by the body ».
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