Electrodermabrasion Compared to Dermabrasion

University of California (UC) Davis

Status: Completed

Conditions: Scar

Treatments: Procedure: Electrodermabrasion; Procedure: Dermabrasion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01769989

259842

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if electrodermabrasion improves the cosmetic appearance of raise or bumpy scars or scars that are a different color or texture than the surrounding skin resulting from dermatologic surgery and whether it is as good as to the already used method of dermabrasion.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Not incarcerated
• No mental impairments that could potentially interfere with the subject's ability to understand the various scar revision modalities and their potential risks and benefits, and thereby ability to provide informed consent
• No bleeding disorders
• A patient at UC Davis Medical Center's Department of Dermatology who has undergone a dermatologic surgery procedure and is not satisfied with the appearance of his/her scar

Exclusion criteria

• Incarcerated
• With mental impairment(s) that could potentially interfere with subject's ability to understand the various scare revision modalities and their potential risks and benefits, and thereby ability to provide informed consent
• With a bleeding disorder
• With any other contraindication to the treatment used in the study
• Not a patient at UC Davis Medical Center's Department of Dermatology
• Subjects who are not willing or able to return for follow-up assessments
• Subjects who are not able to give informed consent to enter the study
• Subjects who are not willing to complete the visual analog scale following treatment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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33 participants in 2 patient groups

Eletrodermabrasion

Active Comparator group

Description:

The side treated with electrodermabrasion will be burned with an electric cautery machine to remove the outermost layer of skin as well as the lumps and bumps and a small area of surrounding skin.

Treatment:

Procedure: Electrodermabrasion

Dermabrasion

Active Comparator group

Description:

The side treated with dermabrasion will be scraped with a sterile piece of sandpaper until the outermost layer of skin and lumps and bumps have been removed and a small layer of surround skin.

Treatment:

Procedure: Dermabrasion