Elektroterapi (kosmetik)

kiri|thumb|"Galvanisme" Elektrod menyentuh katak, dan kaki bergerak ke kedudukan ke atasDavid Ames Wells, The science of common things: a familiar explanation of the first principles of physical science. For schools, families, and young students., Publisher Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman, 1859, 323 pages (page 290)
Elektroterapi kosmetik ialah rangkaian rawatan kecantikan yang menggunakan arus elektrik yang rendah melalui kulit untuk menghasilkan beberapa kesan terapeutik"Introduction, Facial Electrical Manual, The Carlton Institute. 23 pages. (Page 2) seperti mengencangkan otot dalam badan dan pengangkatan mikro muka.Dawn Mernagh-Ward, Jennifer Cartwright, Health and beauty therapy: a practical approach for NVQ level 3, Edition 3,
Publisher Nelson Thornes, 2004, , . 420 pages (page 109) Ia berdasarkan elektroterapi, yang telah dikaji dan diterima dalam bidang pemulihan,Robinson AJ, Snyder-Mackler, L. Clinical electrophysiology: electrotherapy and electrophysiologic testing 3rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008;151-196, 198-237, 239-274 walaupun "komuniti saintifik dan perubatan telah cenderung untuk mengenepikan atau menolak penggunaan elektroterapi untuk otot yang sihat".Kristin Schaefer Centofanti, "Electrical Stimulation for Health, Beauty, Fitness, Sports Training and Rehabilitation", Advances in Muscle Research, 2008, Volume 4 (Application of Muscle/Nerve Stimulation in Health and Disease), 69-116. (page 69)

Penggunaan elektrik dalam kosmetik kembali ke penghujung abad ke-19,See for example: "Dr Hardaway has remarked the wide usefulness of electrolysis in cosmetic manipulations." in The Medical Times and Register, Volume 16, (Author: Horatio Charles Wood), Publisher The Medical Publishing Company, 1886 (90)In the treatment of scars (cicatrix): ".. electro-galvanic currents ought to remove cicatrical tissue of the skin, and thus prove of incalculable value as a cosmetic" in Eclectic medical journal, Volume 45, Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, Published 1885, (page 99) hampir seratus tahun selepas Luigi Galvani mendapati bahawa elektrik boleh membuat otot pada kaki katak berkedutThomas Thomson, An outline of the sciences of heat and electricity, Publisher Baldwin & Cradock, 1830. "Chapter VII: Of Electricity by Contact" (page 489) (lihat galvanisme). Penyelidikan seterusnya dalam elektrofisiologi telah dijalankan oleh orang seperti Robert O. Becker, Dr Björn Nordenström,Mark Woodhouse, Paradigm Wars: Worldviews for a New Age, Publisher Frog Books, 1996, , , 648 pages (page 192) bekas pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pemilihan Nobel untuk Perubatan, dan Dr Thomas Wing,Deborah Powell, MicroCurrent for Horses (and other vital therapies you should know, Publisher Matrix Therapy Products, ,  (page 15)Dawn Mernagh-Ward, Jennifer Cartwright, Health and beauty therapy: a practical approach for NVQ level 3, Edition 3, Publisher Nelson Thornes, 2004, , , 420 pages (page 108) yang mencipta beberapa peranti arus mikro pertama.

Rujukan

Bibliografi
Lorraine Nordmann, Professional Beauty Therapy: The Official Guide to Level 3, 4th Edition, Publisher Cengage Learning EMEA, 2010,  , 496 pages. Chapter 8: "Electrical treatments"
Dawn Mernagh-Ward, Jennifer Cartwright, Health and beauty therapy: a practical approach for NVQ level 3 Edition 3, Publisher Nelson Thornes, 2004, , , 420 pages. Chapter 5. "Facial and Body Electrotherapy Treatments"
John Low, Ann Reed, Ann Reed (SRP.), Electrotherapy explained: principles and practice, 4th Edition, Publisher Elsevier Health Sciences, 2000, . 564 pages.
Basanta Kumar Nanda, Electrotherapy Simplified, Publisher Jaypee Brothers Publishers (2008), , . 548 pages

Pautan luar
BABTAC, British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology website: Galvanic Treatments | "Galvanic Cellulite Treatments"
Electrotherapy Museum website

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