{"id":3225,"date":"2018-10-31T16:22:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/?p=3225"},"modified":"2026-06-25T06:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T09:52:00","slug":"xanthelasma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/","title":{"rendered":"Xanthelasma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_6aaba90b0d6a9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%BFQue-es-un-xantelasma\"><\/span>What is a xanthelasma?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>He <strong>xantelasma palpebral<\/strong> es un dep\u00f3sito benigno de l\u00edpidos y colesterol que se acumula bajo la piel de los p\u00e1rpados, formando una <strong>yellowish looking plate<\/strong> y textura suave. Aunque no representa un riesgo para la salud visual, su localizaci\u00f3n en el <strong>canto interno del ojo<\/strong> \u2014tanto en el p\u00e1rpado superior como inferior\u2014 lo convierte en una preocupaci\u00f3n est\u00e9tica frecuente en adultos y personas mayores.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/#%C2%BFQue-es-un-xantelasma\" >What is a xanthelasma?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/#Causas-y-factores-de-riesgo\" >Causas y factores de riesgo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/#Tratamiento-de-xantelasmas\" >Xanthelasma treatment<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/#Laser-de-CO%E2%82%82-fraccionado\" >L\u00e1ser de CO\u2082 fraccionado<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/#Preguntas-frecuentes\" >Frequent questions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/xantelasma\/#Dudas-y-consultas-medicas\" >Dudas y consultas m\u00e9dicas<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>Cl\u00ednicamente se lo denomina <em>xantelasma palpebral<\/em> y forma parte del grupo de las xantomatosis, condiciones caracterizadas por la acumulaci\u00f3n extracelular de macr\u00f3fagos cargados de l\u00edpidos, conocidos como c\u00e9lulas espumosas. Su aparici\u00f3n puede ser unilateral o bilateral y, en algunos casos, puede asociarse a alteraciones metab\u00f3licas de base.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Causas-y-factores-de-riesgo\"><\/span>Causas y factores de riesgo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>El xantelasma tiene una marcada <strong>genetic predisposition<\/strong>, aunque puede manifestarse tambi\u00e9n de forma espont\u00e1nea. En muchos pacientes se detecta una alteraci\u00f3n en el <strong>metabolismo de los l\u00edpidos y el colesterol<\/strong>, lo que convierte este signo cut\u00e1neo en un posible indicador de patolog\u00eda sist\u00e9mica subyacente.<\/p>\n<p>Es m\u00e1s frecuente en <strong>adultos de mediana edad y personas mayores<\/strong>, con una leve predominancia en el sexo femenino y en pacientes de origen asi\u00e1tico o mediterr\u00e1neo.<\/p>\n<p>Las causas m\u00e1s habituales son:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Metab\u00f3licas:<\/strong> hipercolesterolemia familiar o adquirida, diabetes mellitus, hipotiroidismo, cirrosis biliar primaria y s\u00edndrome nefr\u00f3tico.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gen\u00e9ticas:<\/strong> antecedentes familiares de dislipidemia o xantomatosis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emocionales y ambientales:<\/strong> se ha sugerido que situaciones de estr\u00e9s cr\u00f3nico elevado pueden actuar como desencadenante o factor agravante.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Idiop\u00e1ticas:<\/strong> en un porcentaje significativo de casos, no se identifica ninguna causa subyacente, incluso con valores de colesterol dentro del rango normal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Si bien el xantelasma <strong>no compromete la visi\u00f3n ni la salud ocular<\/strong>, su presencia puede ser un indicador cl\u00ednico relevante que motive un estudio lip\u00eddico completo.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tratamiento-de-xantelasmas\"><\/span>Xanthelasma treatment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Existen m\u00faltiples opciones terap\u00e9uticas para eliminar los xantelasmas. La extirpaci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica cl\u00e1sica ha sido durante d\u00e9cadas el abordaje est\u00e1ndar; sin embargo, conlleva riesgos de cicatrizaci\u00f3n, tiempo de recuperaci\u00f3n prolongado y posible recidiva.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/ar.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-ricardo-hoogstra\">Dr. Ricardo Hoogstra<\/a> aplica un enfoque de medicina l\u00e1ser avanzada, utilizando distintos <strong>tipos de l\u00e1seres de alta precisi\u00f3n<\/strong> que permiten tratar los xantelasmas de manera eficaz, minimizando el da\u00f1o a los tejidos sanos circundantes y reduciendo significativamente el tiempo de recuperaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laser-de-CO%E2%82%82-fraccionado\"><\/span>L\u00e1ser de CO\u2082 fraccionado<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>He <strong>l\u00e1ser de CO\u2082<\/strong> es actualmente una de las herramientas m\u00e1s precisas para el tratamiento de xantelasmas. Sus principales ventajas son:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Acci\u00f3n selectiva:<\/strong> act\u00faa exclusivamente sobre la zona tratada, respetando los tejidos adyacentes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Profundidad programable:<\/strong> los par\u00e1metros ajustables permiten controlar con exactitud la profundidad de penetraci\u00f3n, adaptando el tratamiento a cada lesi\u00f3n.<\/li>\n<li><strong>M\u00ednima cicatrizaci\u00f3n:<\/strong> al ser un procedimiento ambulatorio y controlado, la herida cut\u00e1nea resultante cicatriza de manera limpia, formando una costra que se desprende en pocos d\u00edas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reducido n\u00famero de sesiones:<\/strong> la precisi\u00f3n del sistema permite resolver la mayor\u00eda de los casos en un n\u00famero limitado de sesiones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>El procedimiento se realiza en consulta, en condiciones de asepsia y con anestesia t\u00f3pica o local seg\u00fan la extensi\u00f3n de la lesi\u00f3n. El paciente puede reanudar sus actividades cotidianas de forma progresiva a partir de las 24\u201348 horas.<\/p>\n<h2>Patient testimonials<\/h2>\n<p><br \/>\n \n            <div \n                class=\"elfsight-widget-youtube-gallery elfsight-widget\" \n                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Por ello, el Dr. Hoogstra recomienda acompa\u00f1ar el tratamiento con un control del perfil lip\u00eddico y, si es necesario, derivaci\u00f3n al m\u00e9dico internista o endocrin\u00f3logo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfEl tratamiento deja cicatriz?<\/strong><br \/>\nEl l\u00e1ser de CO\u2082 produce una herida m\u00ednima que cicatriza de forma ordenada. En la gran mayor\u00eda de los casos, el resultado est\u00e9tico es muy satisfactorio, sin cicatrices visibles a mediano plazo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00bfCu\u00e1ntas sesiones se necesitan?<\/strong><br \/>\nDepende del tama\u00f1o y profundidad de cada lesi\u00f3n. La mayor\u00eda de los pacientes requiere entre 1 y 3 sesiones. 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