Perspectives in Aesthetic Medicine

Abstract

The clinical application of cold plasma in aesthetic medicine is at present adjuvant and adds to the laser and scalpel to prevent or treat surgical site infections or chronic wounds as the nearly worst case in procedures without medical necessity. The further development of aesthetic plasma medicine however is promising. Case studies show that physical plasma treatment of skin lesions after laser ablation clearly leads to healing with aesthetically pleasing results and ideally with a normal skin complexion. Cold physical plasma increases the permeability of the skin to chemical substances which can be used in aesthetic medicine and improves their penetration deeper into the tissues. The histological examination of biopsies showed that cold physical plasma, under laboratory conditions, can tighten the skin. The long-term effects of the application of physical plasma in the aesthetic medicine are under observations, especially when it comes to safety and the durability of the results.