Obesity is a chronic, multifactorial and complex metabolic disorder, in which organic damage can be evident the short or long term, especially dermatological disorders. With objective of verifying association between body mass index presence conditions, students at public school backcountry Bahia were studied. This was cross-sectional study 169 schoolchildren evaluated. The outcome skin indepen...

Background: The prevalence of obesity increases in both developed and developing countries. Beside individuals have started to seek ways of changing their aesthetic appearance by easy methods. Objectives: This study was conducted in an attempt to identify the effect of methods performed through a device for regional weight loss on the regional fat mass and body composition to reduce regional fa...

A total of 35 subjects were recruited to the study. No unexpected adverse side effects were detected or reported. All 35 patients participating in the study reported no pain during the treatment. Photographic analysis of pre-and post treatment of the digital images revealed improvement in skin tightness, abdomen, thigh and arm circumference reduction. All patients (100%) were very satisfied fro...

BACKGROUND Cellulite is the accumulation of subcutaneous fat and connective tissue in tights and buttocks. Xanthines, such as aminophylline, are used as phosphodiesterase inhibitors, and are also adenosine receptor antagonists. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to characterize in vitro aminophylline transdermal absorption through shed snake skin, and to investigate the absorption en...