The influence of permanent magnetic field therapy on wound healing in suction lipectomy patients: A double-blind study

The authors present their experience with the healing influence of permanen t magnets on postoperative wounds. The responses of 20 patients who underwe nt suction lipectomy and postoperative negative magnetic field therapy were studied in a double-blind fashion. Magnets in the form of patches (10 pati ents) or sham magnet patches (10 patients) were placed over the operative r egion in each of the patients. Pain, edema, and discoloration (ecchymosis) were evaluated at 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 14 days postoperatively. Our results s how that the treatment group had significant reductions in pain on postoper ative days 1 through 7, in edema on days 1 through 4, and in discoloration on days 1 through 3 when compared with the control group. These results dem onstrated that commercially available magnets have a positive influence on the postoperative healing process in suction lipectomy patients.