Tiffany L. Marr, D.V.M.

Mesotherapy is a technique that originated in France in 1952.  Initially used for the care of human patients, mesotherapy was introduced to veterinary practitioners in the United States by Dr. Jean Marie Denoix in the spring of 2002.  Since its introduction, it has most commonly been used on horses with chronic back pain and degenerative arthritis of the back and cervical vertebrae.  However, mesotherapy is effective in treating a multitude of conditions because it helps reverse the physiology of these conditions and stop the pain spasm cycle.

Mesotherapy is a treatment that stimulates the Giant Fibers in your horse’s mesoderm, the middle layer of skin, which will in turn relieve a wide variety of symptoms.  The technique involves injecting a mixture of substances to stimulate the mesoderm for various biological purposes.  The injections involve extremely small needles that penetrate the interdermal layer of the skin only a very small depth, which is typically four to six millimeters.  The number of treatments necessary to achieve the desired result depends on many variables including the condition, the abnormal physiology causing the condition, and the chronicity of the problem.  On average, a minimum of one to two sessions will be performed to assess your horse’s response.