Safety of Aesthetic Medicine Procedures in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: A Literature Review

• Published in: Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 58; no. 1; p. 30
• Main Authors: Adamczyk, Kamil, Rusyan, Ewa, Franek, Edward
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.12.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: aesthetic medicine; Antibodies; Arthritis; Autoimmune diseases; autoimmune thyroid diseases; Botulinum toxin; Contraindications; Cosmetic Techniques; Esthetics; Foreign bodies; Granulomas; Growth factors; Humans; Hyaluronic Acid; Hyperthyroidism; Hypothyroidism; Infections; Iodine; Medicine; Osteoarthritis; Patients; Plasma; Platelet-Rich Plasma; Popularity; Population; Quality of life; Review; Skin; Strabismus; Thyroid diseases; Transplantation, Autologous; Womens health; Poland; aesthetic medicine; autoimmune thyroid diseases
• ISSN: 1648-9144; 1010-660X; 1648-9144
• DOI: 10.3390/medicina58010030

Autoimmune thyroid diseases are the most common organ-specific autoimmune diseases, affecting 2-5% of the world's population. Due to the autoimmune background of thyroid diseases, we analyzed a wide range of cosmetic procedures, from minimally invasive cosmetic injections (mesotherapy) to highly invasive procedures, such as lifting threads. Out of the seven categories of treatments in aesthetic medicine analyzed by us-hyaluronic acid, botulinum toxin, autologous platelet-rich plasma, autologous fat grafting, lifting threads, IPL and laser treatment and mesotherapy-only two, mesotherapy and lifting threads, are not recommended. This is due to the lack of safety studies and the potential possibility of a higher frequency of side effects in patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases.