Eficácia da aplicação de eletrolifting (corrente microgalvânica) na atenuação de rítides faciais: Revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Introduction: Electrolifting is a technique developed in 1952 to produce a "lift" of the skin and its dermoepidermal structures, attenuating wrinkles and expression lines. As a superficial invasive method, a pen-type electrode with a needle size of 3mm to 4mm in size is used, associated with a short-term continuous low-frequency microcurrent (microgalvanic current) to prevent skin aging. Objective: To analyze the results obtained by applying the electrolifting technique to attenuate facial rhytids. Methods: Bibliographic review of essays published from 1985 to 2019, which employed the electrolifting technique to ascertain its efficacy in attenuating facial rhytids. Discussion and results: The search found 34 articles, of which 4 were selected according to the sample selection criteria. In the studies presented, it was observed that most of the results presented on the application of the electrolifting technique as a therapeutic treatment for attenuation of facial rhytids, found difficulties to demonstrate reliable statistical conclusions about the accuracy of the technique, because the researchers used evaluation methods. based on qualitative visual analysis for finding and validating research. Conclusion: According to the findings in the analyzed studies, the electrolifting technique has been shown to produce high satisfaction rates in the research volunteers, but the quantitative tests were not reinforced with statistical analyzes in relation to control groups, which prevents whether the technique is really effective in reducing / eliminating the size, depth and thickness of the rhytids. Keywords: galvanic current, electrolifting, facial rhytids.