Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture on Skin Rejuvenation

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Skin Aging; Skin Wrinklings
• Interventions: Procedure: Facial Cosmetic Acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT01486303
• Lead Sponsor: Kyunghee University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-08
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-14
• Status Verified: 2011-12
• Primary Completion: 2011-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-12-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-12-05
• Study First Posted: 2011-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 2011-12-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 28

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

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

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Criteria for evaluating Moire's topography	At 3 weeks (post treatment)	The investigators generated a contour line on the face using Moire's system, and then took a picture with a digital camera Ixus750 (Canon, Tokyo, Japan). Three independent evaluators will read the contour lines near the cheek and the perioral region in the printed digital image and grade images base on the Criteria for evaluating Moire's topography (Skin Research and Technology 2007;13:280-284). The average values from three evaluators will be used in subsequent calculations.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Glogau classification system	At 3 weeks (post treatment)
One-click Automatic Full face Analysis system	At 3 weeks (post treatment)	Improvement of Pore, Sebum, wrinkle, pigment, moisture, elasticity, skin temperature based on automatic analysis by Scanner and Multi-Sensor of One-click Automatic Full face Analysis system. Outcomes will be graded from 0 to 4.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong; 🇰🇷 Seoul, Korea, Republic of