Cheng Haowen, Xie Liangyu, Wang Tao, Shi Bin
Department of Chinese Traditional Medicine Neck-Shoulder and Lumbocrural Pain Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences Jinan China.
Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials School of Materials Science and Engineering Shandong University Jinan China.
Health Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 21;7(8):e70014. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70014. eCollection 2024 Aug.
The preference of beauty seekers for noninvasive, convenient, and long-lasting effective facial cosmetic techniques with minimal downtime and recovery time is obvious nowadays. As a part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has great advantages in solving these problems. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of two distinct acupuncture techniques for facial rejuvenation in treating nasolabial folds (NFs) and marionette lines (MLs).
One hundred beauty seekers who have received facial acupuncture cosmetic treatment in hospitals between June 1, 2020, and December 31, 2022, were selected randomly and inquired. Among them, 50 beauty seekers (Group Ⅰ) have received a normal facial traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture therapy, by inserting the needles perpendicularly into the acupoints. Meanwhile, another 50 beauty seekers (Group Ⅱ) were treated by needle knives, which were inserted parallelly under the dermis and basically along the meridians of Chinese medicine linked by the acupoints. The records of pain evaluation and adverse events on cases, subjective satisfactions, and objective evaluations of efficacy were summarized and statistically analyzed.
The efficacy of Group Ⅱ is better than Group Ⅰ. The dermatologists' assessments for NF and ML show significant differences between Groups Ⅰ and Ⅱ after one course. The mean value of subjective satisfaction also obeys the rules above. Although Group Ⅱ exhibited the highest value of mean pain intensity, the adverse events were basically mild. Furthermore, Group Ⅱ showed higher willingness for additional treatments.
Only in terms of the wrinkle depth of NF and ML, the method of acupuncturing parallelly under the dermis by needle knife is safe and more successful.
如今，求美人士明显倾向于选择无创、便捷、长效且停机和恢复时间最短的面部美容技术。作为传统中医的一部分，针灸在解决这些问题方面具有很大优势。本研究旨在评估两种不同的针灸技术对面部年轻化治疗鼻唇沟（NFs）和木偶纹（MLs）的有效性。
随机选取2020年6月1日至2022年12月31日期间在医院接受面部针灸美容治疗的100名求美人士进行询问。其中，50名求美人士（Ⅰ组）接受常规面部中医针灸治疗，将针垂直刺入穴位。同时，另外50名求美人士（Ⅱ组）采用针刀治疗，针刀平行插入真皮层下，基本沿着穴位相连的中医经络。总结并统计分析病例的疼痛评估和不良事件记录、主观满意度以及疗效的客观评估。
Ⅱ组的疗效优于Ⅰ组。一个疗程后，皮肤科医生对NF和ML的评估在Ⅰ组和Ⅱ组之间显示出显著差异。主观满意度的平均值也符合上述规律。虽然Ⅱ组的平均疼痛强度值最高，但不良事件基本较轻。此外，Ⅱ组表现出更高的接受额外治疗的意愿。
仅就NF和ML的皱纹深度而言，针刀在真皮层下平行针刺的方法是安全且更成功的。
