Author(s)

Rafaella Rêgo Maia^1*, Patrícia Froes Meyer^1,2, Rodrigo Marcel Valentim Da Silva^1,3, Eneida De Morais Carreiro², Thaynar Gonzaga Da Silva², Lígia De Oliveira Revorêdo², Stephany Luanna Queiroga Farias⁴, Ciro Dantas Soares⁵, Michelle Cordeiro Sanz⁶, Mariana Adélia Girotto Bussade⁷, José Dos Santos Bussade⁸, Mônica Etrusco Pedrosa⁹

¹Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
²University Centre of Rio Grande do Norte (UNIRN), Natal, Brazil.
³Estácio de Sá University, Natal, Brazil.
⁴Potiguar University—UNP, Natal, Brazil.
⁵Campinas State University (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.
⁶Higher School of Sciences of Santa Casa de Misericórdia, Vitória, Brazil.
⁷University of Säo Judas Tadeu, Säo Paulo, Brazil.
⁸Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁹University of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

The combination of therapies may be the promising future for the treatment of esthetic alterations more efficiently and in less time, in order to obtain an excellent result. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of hydrolysed collagen associated with radiofrequency and electrostimulation in the treatment of flaccidity in the abdominal and gluteal regions. The sample consisted of 6 women, evaluated through evaluation protocols, questionnaires, dynamometry, ultrasound exams, and histological analysis. The volunteers were distributed into three subgroups: hydrolysed collagen group (G-1), radiofrequency + hydrolysed collagen group (G-2) and radiofrequency + hydrolysed collagen + electrostimulation group (G-3). The ultrasound analysis of the abdominal muscles showed an increase in muscle thickness in all groups, but not significant (p > 0.05). The histological analysis showed an evident increase in type I collagen in groups G-2 and G-3, with proliferating cells (Ki67+). The results of dynamometry showed significant values in different times (p < 0.05). There was a significant result in the infraumbilical perimetry analysis, when compared between the groups with 30 days (p = 0.03) and with 60 days (p = 0.04). All participants rated the treatment positively. The use of combined therapies has shown superior results for the treatment of abdominal and gluteal flaccidity when compared with its isolated use, being the combination of therapies important in the treatment of flaccidity.

Sagging, Collagen, Radiofrequency, Electro-Stimulation

Maia, R. , Meyer, P. , Da Silva, R. , De Morais Carreiro, E. , Da Silva, T. , De Oliveira Revorêdo, L. , Farias, S. , Soares, C. , Sanz, M. , Bussade, M. , Bussade, J. and Pedrosa, M. (2022) Effects of Hydrolysed Collagen Associated or Not with Physical Agents on Tissue and Muscle Flaccidity—Firmez Method: Case Study. Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 12, 82-98. doi: 10.4236/ojapps.2022.121007.