Study for the Effects of Microcurrent Therapy on the Prevention and Healing of Brachioplasty Scars

Micro current therapy is a therapy to treat humans / animals using electric current with amperages flowing in the μA range. The device offers 2 treatment methods: manual treatment, which requires manual input corresponding to the mentioned parameters, and automatic treatment which, depending on the clinical picture and the currently measured resistance between the electrodes, allows the device to automatically change the mentioned parameters. For this study the investigators use an automatic treatment with predefined settings. This automatic programme consists of a variation of 20 different frequency settings during 17 minutes. This programme is repeated one time which leads to a total treatment time of 34 minutes. The intensity setting for the treatment is between 200 and 350 µA. The treatment is applied 5x per week in the first 6 weeks. The treatment is stopped after six weeks.

"Standard of Care consists of:~During the first two weeks:~* Histoacryl glue to close the surgical incisions.~* Suture strips to keep the wound closed.~* Isobetadine Dermicum as anti-septic treatment~* Dry wound dressings during the first 2 weeks.~* Tubigrip~From two weeks until three months:~• Hydration with hydrating crème 2x per day (not within 4 hours before microcurrent treatment.~From three months onwards:~• Silicone gel sheet."