Efficacy of Long Pulsed 1064nm Laser for Facial Skin Tightening

Phramongkutklao College of Medicine and Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Skin Tightening; Wrinkle Reduction; Skin Laxity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01971736

R079h/55

Details and patient eligibility

About

We study the efficacy of 1 pass of stacking pulses of long pulse 1064nm laser on the face for skin tightening immediately post laser and 3 months follow up.

Full description

To study the efficacy on facial skin tightening and wrinkle reduction after a single pass of double stacking pulses of long pulse 1064nm laser on the face in skin types III-V immediately post procedure and at 3 months. The study is a split-face placebo-controlled single-blind study.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ages 35-60 years

Exclusion criteria

1. History of skin malignancy
2. Patients on immunosuppression
3. Patients with other known internal malignancy
4. Patients with malnutrition, vitamin or mineral insufficiency
5. Patients on colchicine, penicillamine
6. Patients with weight loss 7.5% of usual body weight within 3 months
7. history of botulinum toxin injection within 6 months
8. history of facial filler injection within 1year

Trial design

22 participants in 1 patient group

1064nm laser, laxity

Description:

split-face single-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial evaluating improvement in facial skin laxity of the side of the face with placebo versus laser