An interventional study of Acupuncture in Aging and Skin Health, sponsored by China Medical University Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-01.
Sponsored by China Medical University Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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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Exclusion Criteria:
accept treatment session
Other: Acupuncture
wait for 3 weeks then accept the same treatment session
Other: Acupuncture
Cosmetic acupuncture
Face Skin Texture
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.
Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.
Face Skin Color
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)
Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.
Face Pore Size
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).
Time frame: Intervention group: the 1st, 4th week; waiting list group: the 1st, 4th, and 7th week.
The Questionnaire of satisfaction and acceptance of cosmetic acupuncture
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.
Time frame: Intervention group: the 4th week; waiting list group: the 7th week.
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