Serious skin lesions, ulceration and long healing wounds are complex problems requiring long-term and complex treatment. One of the effective drugs intended for topical application is the ointment of Actovegin - indications for the use of the remedy include a long list of lesions of the external skin and even mucous membranes.
Why use Actovegin ointment?
The healing of wounds and the regeneration of tissues depends on the consumption of glucose and oxygen by cells. The lack of these substances leads to a decrease in energy activity and hypoxia.
Actovegin, based on de-proteinized gemoderivata from calf blood, contains derivatives of natural amino acids and low-molecular peptides. The active ingredient increases the utilization and oxygen consumption at the cellular level, increases the intensity of glucose processing, energy metabolism. Healing results from improved biochemical and morphological parameters of granulation. At the same time, the concentration of hydroxyproline, DNA cells and hemoglobin increases.
What is the prescription for the Actovegin ointment, and from what does it help?
Given the above properties of the drug in question, it is widely used in surgery, dermatology and ophthalmology.
Indications for the use of the ointment Actovegin:
- burns of various etiology (solar, chemical, thermal, radiation);
- cuts on the skin, scratches and deep abrasions;
- Wounds, accompanied by inflammatory processes on the mucous membranes and skin;
- increase the ability of the skin to regenerate after damage to its boiling liquid, steam;
- bedsores, including - their prevention;
- wetting ulcerative skin lesions;
- transplantation of the dermis and epidermis areas if preliminary treatment of the transplanted tissue is necessary;
- ulcers of varicose origin;
- reactions from the mucous membranes and skin, arising from exposure to radioactive radiation.
Also, Actovegin is used topically for the eyes with the following pathologies:
- transplantation of the cornea (after and before the operation);
- burns of mucous membranes and cornea;
- dystrophic and atrophic processes, leading to disruption of the trophism of the corneal tissues in the preventive selection of contact lenses;
- treatment and prevention of severe radiation damage to the eyes;
- burn the cornea after exposure to lime, alkalis or acid;
- inflammatory processes with the presence of ulcers;
- ulcers on the corneal membrane of various origin;
- defects in the epithelium of the cornea due to the wearing of contact lenses.
Ointment Actovegin for external use in cosmetology
Owners of problem skin, as a rule, face such a serious problem as post-acne. Similar scars and wounds,
In cosmetology practice, the Actovegin ointment is used precisely to combat post-acne. According to many reviews, the drug allows you to almost completely get rid of the wounds after acne for 5-7 days in the event that the medication is applied from the first days of skin damage. With long-lasting, long-healing scars, you'll have to rub Actovegin longer, about 2-3 weeks.
It should be noted that the ointment has a very dense consistency and often leads to clogging of the pores, the formation of comedones . Therefore, cosmetologists recommend using a lighter composition in the form of a gel that is quickly and well absorbed, does not contain cholesterol and petroleum jelly.