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Cirugía Plástica Ibero-Latinoamericana
versão On-line ISSN 1989-2055versão impressa ISSN 0376-7892
Resumo
GOULART JUNIOR, Remi; GELINSKI, Tathiana e OLIVEIRA, Thayse. Nanoencapsulated vitamin C in eyebrows micropigmentation. Cir. plást. iberolatinoam. [online]. 2020, vol.46, n.2, pp.233-240. Epub 17-Ago-2020. ISSN 1989-2055. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0376-78922020000300013.
Background and objective.
Eyebrows micropigmentation is a popular procedure to enhance the aged and youth eyebrows and to create an aesthetic shape to them. Despite the devices evolution and routines for this procedure there is a lack of wound healing and protection products both to skin and the new pigments.
For many years, the use of regular Vitamin C dermocosmetics in this procedure has been non indicated, because the possibility of whitening and discoloration, despite its recognized wound healing and antioxidants properties.
Our propose in this paper is to investigate if it´s possible to add nanoencapsulated vitamin C in eyebrows micropigmentation procedure in order to take advantage of its properties, to enhance the procedure results, and if the nanoencapsulated vitamin C can get better results in eyebrows micropigmentation, without whitening and discoloration
Methods.
A prospective randomized study was developed including 31 patients who underwent bilateral eyebrows micropigmentation using the same procedure routine and device. Under their consent, patients served as their own control and received nanoencapsulated vitamin C to one eyebrow and none product to the other side.
Results.
The evaluation was carried out using photographic documentation and visual analysis, assessing whether or not there was color loss.
The right eyebrow, treated with nanoencapsulated vitamin C showed better results than the control, maintaining pigments and shape with clearly superior results (70.97%). The untreated left eyebrow showed better results in only 22.58% of patients.
Conclusions.
The results were satisfactory and open a new vision on the role of nanoencapsulated vitamin C in the healing and protection of the skin in the micropigmentation procedure of the eyebrows.
Palavras-chave : Micropigmentation; Eyebrows rejuvenation; Eyebrows micropigmentation; Vitamin C.