Carboxytherapy in the light of the latest reports. Erythema multiforme-like eruption as a side effect of carboxytherapy

Wioletta Barańska-Rybak; Dorota M. Mehrholz

doi:10.5114/dr.2019.83443

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Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny

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Carboxytherapy in the light of the latest reports. Erythema multiforme-like eruption as a side effect of carboxytherapy

Wioletta Barańska-Rybak

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Dorota M. Mehrholz

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Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland

Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2019, 106, 46–51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2019.83443

Online publish date: 2019/03/19

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Carboxytherapy is a very popular method applied in aesthetic medicine. The procedure is used for the reduction of cellulite, atrophic scarring and stretch marks, treatment of localized adiposities, wrinkle correction and rejuvenation of the skin. It is claimed that carbon dioxide therapy is a very safe procedure with only a small number of complications. Pain, oedema and bruising of the injection area are often side effects of carboxytherapy. There are only a few reports of more serious complications such as subcutaneous emphysema or Mycobacterium infection. The following is the first case report of herpes-associated erythema multiforme caused by carboxytherapy. A 41-year-old woman consulted a dermatologist because of erythematous skin lesions with brightening in the central part of the macules which appeared three days after the carboxytherapy. In the anamnesis recurrent herpes labialis was noted.

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Carboxytherapy in the light of the latest reports. Erythema multiforme-like eruption as a side effect of carboxytherapy

Wioletta Barańska-Rybak 1 , Dorota M. Mehrholz 1

complications, erythema multiforme, carboxytherapy

Wioletta Barańska-Rybak

¹

,

Dorota M. Mehrholz

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