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NCT Number: NCT06952959

The Effects of Cosmetic Acupuncture

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Aging Skin Health

Age range

30 year–60 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

China medical university hospital

Taichung, 40447, Taiwan

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Chia-Hui Lin

CONTACT

[email protected]

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Acupuncture

Other

Cosmetic acupuncture

Primary outcomes

  1. Face Skin Texture

    Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.

    Professional Intelligent Skin Analyzers accurately locate the comparison before and after cosmetic acupuncture sessions, showing high accuracy and reproducibility, analyzing Ra value (unit: µm) as arithmetic mean roughness of the skin's contours.

  2. Face Skin Color

    Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.

    Professional Intelligent Skin Analyzers accurately locate the comparison before and after cosmetic acupuncture sessions, showing high accuracy and reproducibility, analyzing L*a*b value (no unit) as the skin's color. (L*: Lightness, a*: Red/Green Value, b*: Blue/Yellow Value)

  3. Face Pore Size

    Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.

    Professional Intelligent Skin Analyzers accurately locate the comparison before and after cosmetic acupuncture sessions, showing high accuracy and reproducibility, analyzing average pore volume (unit: mm²).

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Questionnaire of satisfaction and acceptance of cosmetic acupuncture

    Time frame: Intervention group: the 4th week; waiting list group: the 7th week.

    The questionnaire include three domains: 1. Visual Analogue Scale score measures pain intensity. The VAS consists of 10 points, with two end points representing 0 ("no pain") and 10 ("pain as bad as it could possibly be"). 2. The acceptance of cosmetic acupuncture has 0~4 points, 0 representing "unacceptable" and 4 representing "totally acceptable". 3. Facial Check Sheet(FCS) has 12 items about the satisfaction of the improvement of face appearance including wrinkles, laxity, facial shape, and pigmented spots, and so on. 0 representing "very dissatisfied" and 4 representing "very satisfied". Subjects can also choose "no need to pay attention" if they don't have the concerned problems of appearance.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Chia-Hui Lin

CONTACT

[email protected]

886+910127501

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

China Medical University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Using Professional Intelligent Skin Analyzers to Analyze the Effects of Cosmetic Acupuncture on Skin Health and Aging: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
May 1, 2025
Registry last updated
May 1, 2025

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