The Effects of Cosmetic Acupuncture

China Medical University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Aging; Skin Health

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06952959

CMUH114-REC2-018

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study recruited 40 subjects and divided them into an intervention group and a waiting list group in a 1:1 ratio using a randomized controlled trial. The changes in skin health and aging-related indicators before and after TCM cosmetic acupuncture treatment were analyzed. The subjects are of all genders and aged between 30 and 60 years old. The TCM cosmetic acupuncture treatment is arranged twice a week for a three-week course. The study will conduct a skin test before and after the TCM cosmetic acupuncture, and use the Antera 3D smart skin detector to comprehensively evaluate the subjects' skin condition. Antera 3D Skin Detector can detect multiple skin indicators, including wrinkle depth, skin tone uniformity and subtle changes in the skin surface, melanin, red pigment, etc. After the treatment, the subjects' acceptance and satisfaction with TCM cosmetic acupuncture were collected.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• both female and male
• 30 to 60 years old
• never had acupuncture beauty treatment, or the last time they had acupuncture beauty treatment has been more than six months.

Exclusion criteria

• medical cosmetic fillers on their face
• cosmetic surgery
• needle sickness
• afraid of acupuncture
• wounds on the facial skin
• poor wound healing
• abnormal coagulation function
• severe diabetes
• keloids
• dialysis
• cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
• pregnant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Cosmetic acupuncture group

Experimental group

Description:

accept treatment session

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture

Waitinglist for cosmetic acupuncture group

Other group

Description:

wait for 3 weeks then accept the same treatment session

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture