Fink Bernhard, Prager Michael
University of Gbttingen, Gbttingen, Germany;
Wimpole Street, London, United Kingdom.
J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2014 Jan;7(1):36-40.
Facial age, health, and attractiveness assessments play a major role in human social interaction and affect the way we perceive and think about others. Modern cosmetic dermatology provides a bewildering array of facial treatment procedures with botulinum toxin type A and dermal filler application being the most requested. The authors sought to determine the effect of facial rejuvenation procedures, such as application of incobotulinumtoxin A and dermal filler injections, on people's perception of age, health, and attractiveness.
Ten women underwent three consecutive facial rejuvenation procedures with incobotulinumtoxin A, calcium hydroxylapatite, and a hyaluronic acid. Digital facial images were taken before treatment and after each subsequent treatment and presented to a total of 150 third-party assessors who judged the images for age, health, and attractiveness.
Each procedure was associated with a significant reduction in perceived age and an increase in perceived health and attractiveness compared with pre-treatment images. The effects were cumulative such that faces perceived as the youngest, healthiest, and most attractive had received all three treatments, followed in descending order by incobotulinumtoxin A and calcium hydroxylapatite treatment, and incobotulinumtoxin A alone.
The authors demonstrate that naive judges are readily able to perceive the effect of nonsurgical facial rejuvenation procedures with incobotulinumtoxin A, calcium hydroxylapatite, and hyaluronic acid in terms of age, health, and attractiveness judgments. These effects were greatest when incobotulinumtoxin A and dermal filler treatments were combined.
面部年龄、健康状况和吸引力评估在人类社交互动中起着重要作用,并影响我们对他人的认知和看法。现代美容皮肤科提供了一系列令人眼花缭乱的面部治疗程序,其中A型肉毒杆菌毒素和真皮填充剂的应用是需求最大的。作者试图确定面部年轻化程序,如注射A型肉毒杆菌毒素和真皮填充剂,对人们对面部年龄、健康状况和吸引力认知的影响。
10名女性连续接受了三次面部年轻化治疗,分别使用了A型肉毒杆菌毒素、羟基磷灰石钙和透明质酸。在每次治疗前和治疗后拍摄面部数码照片,并将这些照片展示给总共150名第三方评估者,由他们对面部的年龄、健康状况和吸引力进行评判。
与治疗前的照片相比,每次治疗后被感知到的年龄均显著降低,而被感知到的健康状况和吸引力则有所增加。这些效果是累积性的,即被认为最年轻、最健康和最有吸引力的面部接受了所有三种治疗,其次依次是A型肉毒杆菌毒素和羟基磷灰石钙联合治疗,以及单独使用A型肉毒杆菌毒素治疗。
作者证明,普通评判者能够轻易地从年龄、健康状况和吸引力判断方面感知到使用A型肉毒杆菌毒素、羟基磷灰石钙和透明质酸进行非手术面部年轻化程序的效果。当A型肉毒杆菌毒素和真皮填充剂联合使用时,这些效果最为显著。