Los efectos del Botox en las cicatrices faciales

Las inyecciones de Botox son un método muy conocido para reducir las líneas de expresión, las arrugas, la sudoración excesiva y los párpados caídos. Las inyecciones de Botox paralizan temporalmente la actividad muscular debajo de la piel. Eso es lo que le da esa apariencia más suave y lisa. Los lugares más comunes en los que se ponen las inyecciones son las líneas del entrecejo, las patas de gallo y las líneas en la frente. Las inyecciones son aplicadas por un doctor cetificado o un cirujano y es un proceso relativamente rápido y simple. Las inyecciones relajan los músculos faciales, y como resultado, los pacientes pueden ver cómo desaparecen las arrugas. Un mito es que el Botox impide los movimientos por completo. Sin embargo, si se aplica correctamente, se permite un mínimo movimiento para poder mostrar expresiones. La inyección en general no conlleva mucho riesgo y a menudo solo deja algún pequeño hematoma o hinchazón.

Si bien la mayoría de los pacientes se aplica Botox para reducir las arrugas y las líneas de expresión, existen algunos beneficios extra del tratamiento. En un estudio que se llevo a cabo en la Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, sus investigadores querían averiguar si la inyección de Botox podrían ayudar a reducir cicatrices después de varias cirugías reconstructivas. Los pacientes elegían el tratamiento por diversas razones, pero muchos querían librar de las marcas de nacimiento en el rostro que opacaban sus apariencias como una mancha de vino en una camisa blanca. Durante la cirugía para remover la marca, la piel se moldeó y luego cosida nuevamente, por lo que sería natural tener una cicatriz después del procedimiento. El propósito de este estudio fue ver si había alguna manera de reducir las cicatrices después de estos tipos de cirugías, por lo que se les inyectó Botox inmediatamente después de coser la piel nuevamente. Después de la cirugía, la mitad de la nueva cicatriz facial se trató con  BTX-A  (Botox o toxina botulínica A) y la otra mitad con una inyección placebo de solución salina. Después de que las cicatrices tuvieron tiempo de cicatrizar, era evidente que las cicatrices de los pacientes a los que se les inyectó Botox tenían una mejor apariencia, es decir que era más fina y no sobresalía de la piel (lisa en vez de con relieve). El Botox causó este efecto debido a los músculos relajados alrededor de la cicatriz dieron el tiempo para sanar sin estrés o movimiento que puede ocasionarse durante el periodo de recuperación.

Este estudio podría ayudar a abrir la puerta para encontrar usos más prácticos para el Botox. Como se mencionó anteriormente, Botox puede ayudar a resolver algunos problemas, como la sudoración excesiva. Si el Botox puede reducir la aparición de cicatrices después de la cirugía, ¿podría esto ser algo que los cirujanos pueden incorporar como una práctica común para los postoperatorios? Definitivamente es algo que deberíamos considerar… Ha habido un gran interés en el Botox por razones estéticas y este podría ser otra alternativa para usar el inyectable. El Botox también sirve para otras dolencias, como migrañas crónicas y párpados espasmódicos, que pueden ser una molestia para quienes los sufren. Si bien las inyecciones de Botox no eliminaron por completo el proceso de cicatrización después de las cirugías, podría ayudar a que las cicatrices se vean planas, más pequeñas y sin relieve. Sin embargo, es importante agregar que para este estudio, en particular, el Botox se inyectó de inmediato después de la cirugía, por lo que, en primer lugar, ayudó a prevenir la formación de tejido cicatricial. Se necesitarían hacer más pruebas para ver si genera un efecto similar en las cicatrices más antiguas.

La esperanza es que se lleven a cabo más investigaciones para averiguar si el Botox puede utilizarse para reducir la apariencia de las cicatrices además de sus otras ventajas. Esta será una idea interesante para seguir de cerca en el mundo de la cirugía estética.

Referencias usadas en este artículo:

Li Hu, Yun Zou, Shih-Jen Chang, Yajing Qiu, Hui Chen, Ma Gang, Yunbo Jin, Xiaoxi Lin. Effects of Botulinum Toxin on Improving Facial Surgical Scars. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018; 141 (3): 646 DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000004110

Wolters Kluwer Health. «‘Botox’ improves the appearance of facial scars in reconstructive surgery.» ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 28 de febrero de 2018. < www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180228164936.htm >.

 

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