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Multimed Institute, Bologna, Italy
Short Communication
The Impact of COVID-19 on Outcomes in Aesthetic Medicine: A
Multicentre Retrospective Study of Italian Patients
Author(s): Maurizio Cavalllini*, Pierfrancesco Cirillo, Salvatore Piero Fundaro, Gabriele F Muti, Adriano Santorelli and Giovanni Salti
COVID-19 has profoundly affected the delivery of aesthetic treatment to the general public. In our cohort of patients
who underwent botulinum toxin, soft tissue filler infiltration, and thread lifting using bioabsorbable suspension
threads from January to April 2020, there was no observed increase in the number of complications. Although
cutaneous complications were seen in some botulinum toxin and soft tissue filler injection recipients, the observed
complication rates were similar to pre-pandemic figures. Also, these were relatively mild and were easily reversible
with supportive therapy. Patients who underwent suspension thread placement did not have apparent complications
regardless of having had systemic symptoms attributable to COVID-19. Regardless of the rapid upsurge of the number
of cases from February to March, the reported incidences of cutaneous manife.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-9554.21.12.553