Análise da efetividade da ventosaterapia no tratamento de estrias brancas em São Luís - MA

Abstract

Stretch marks are visible lesions that appear as fine, generally elongated lines on the skin, resulting from abrupt and excessive stretching of the skin. Although they are harmless from a medical point of view, their appearance can cause aesthetic discomfort for some people. The objective of the work was to evaluate the effectiveness of cupping therapy as a therapeutic approach in the treatment of cutaneous stretch marks, analyzing its effects on improving the appearance and texture of the affected skin. The present work is a field study that carried out the treatment of stretch marks with cupping equipment, over a period of 1 month, totaling 4 sessions in a period of one session to another of 7 days. The sociodemographic analysis was carried out using a dermato-functional physiotherapy assessment form for the patient containing data such as age, sex, occupation, education, skin color, number of pregnancies, whether they use medication, have diabetes, some type of dysfunction, circulatory disorder or healing, if you have already had any other type of treatment and what was the result, what type of stretch mark, images will be taken between each session, where they are compared and analyzed using a computer program, AutoCad. In addition to the beneficial changes visible in the stretch marks, a significant improvement in the width of the stretch marks was found with an average value of 26% reduction in the thickness of the stretch marks with p-value=0.0000, after the treatment protocol. It can be concluded that cupping therapy is a promising treatment for stretch marks, and can have significant results in the appearance of the stretch mark and reduction in thickness.