An outbreak of Mycobacterium fortuitum cutaneous infection associated with mesotherapy. Quiñones C, Ramalle-Gómara E, Perucha M, Lezaun ME, Fernández-Vilariño E, García-Morrás P, Simal G. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2009 Oct 15. The risk of mycobacterium fortuitum infections is frequent in medical practices attached with beauty salons that offer pedicure, liposuction, manicure and mesotherapy (6…
Ischemic colitis after mesotherapy combined with anti-obesity medications. Kim JB, Moon W, Park SJ, Park MI, Kim KJ, Lee JN, Kang SJ, Jang LL, Chang HK. World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Mar 28;16(12):1537-40. Mesotherapy as well as anti-obesity medications are advocated as the newest in body contouring and weight loss. While the latter is effective and…
Mesotherapy was developed in 1952 by Michel Pistor. The technique was initally targeted at vascular and lymphatic diseases treatment. It consists of the injection with very fines needles of hormones, enzymes, nutrients, pharmaceutical products, homeopathic agents, detergents as well as other products in the subcutaneous fat (hypodermis) of the skin (phosphtatidylcholine injection would not be…
