MEDICINAL COSMETIC LIPOATROPHY

摘要

Methods relating to local or “intralesional” injections of corticosteroids are provided. More specifically injections of corticosteroids and preferably Triamcinolone and its derivatives are suitable to produce medicaments to be injected in the subcutaneous fat at deep levels to provoke to provoke cosmetic lipoatrophy of small fat deposits on the face and body.

主权项

1. A method of causing fat cell atrophy to decrease the size of a small fat deposit comprising the steps of:
Identifying a small fat deposit of an individual to be decreased; and Administering, to the individual, an injectable composition comprising a corticosteroid, in the amount sufficient to cause a decrease in the size of the small fat deposit; wherein the step of administering comprises injecting the a sufficient amount of the composition, using a needle, into the small fat deposit of the individual, to cause a decrease in the size of the small fat deposit; wherein the composition comprises between 1 to 10 mg of Triamcinolone acetonide as the corticosteroid in a physiologically and pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle; and wherein the injectable composition comprises no vasoconstrictor agent.