The Effects of Cosmetic Acupuncture
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Acupuncture.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Aging, Skin Health. Basic parameters: 30 years — 60 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Using Professional Intelligent Skin Analyzers to Analyze the Effects of Cosmetic Acupuncture on Skin Health and Aging: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
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.
Interventions
- Other Acupuncture
Cosmetic acupuncture
Primary outcome measures
- Face Skin Texture [Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.]
- Face Skin Color [Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.]
- Face Pore Size [Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- The Questionnaire of satisfaction and acceptance of cosmetic acupuncture [Time frame: Intervention group: the 4th week; waiting list group: the 7th week.]
Eligibility criteria
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
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- China medical university hospital — Taichung
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06952959 · CMUH114-REC2-018