Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture on Skin Rejuvenation

Kyung Hee University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Skin Aging; Skin Wrinklings

Treatments: Procedure: Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01486303

KHNMC-OH-IRB2011-007

Details and patient eligibility

About

Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture technique includes wrinkles, acupoints and muscle points on the face, head and neck. This study is designed to determine the efficacy and safety of Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture on skin rejuvenation.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 40 to 59 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patient age of 40 to 59 years
• Glogau photoaging scale III-IV

Exclusion criteria

• Who had undergone any dermabrasion, deep skin peels, laser resurfacing (ablative or non-ablative), botulinum toxin or filler injection, topical steroid within 6 months prior to study entry
• Patient with obvious skin disease
• Patient with a history of chronic skin disease
• Keloidal or hypertrophic scar tendency
• Pregnant or lactating patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 1 patient group

Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

28 Patients with grade III to IV wrinkling on the face, according to the Glogau classification system, were treated with Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture.

Treatment:

Procedure: Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture