Gaurav KATARIA 医师
医学博士, (Medical student)
The science to support an effective and complete profile rejuvenation treatment
Objectives: 1. How has Profile and Facial Assessment changed over the years?
2. What does the latest research in Facial Ageing show?
3. Full Face Cannula vs Needle techniques for obtaining a natural but effective result - Presenting a 5 step protocol for an effective mid and lower face rejuvenation that can be modified based on each individual patients anatomy, needs and expectations.
4. A review of our 250 patient and practitioner survey into how we can increase patient satisfaction.
Introduction: Following a practitioner and patient analysis of over 250 cases of Full Face Treatments, the goal of my study was to develop an insight into how aesthetic consultations and treatments are evolving with the latest literature. The practitioner data collected was to understand how they are assessing patients at their initial consultation and what their evidence base is for choosing a particular technique when performing a Dermal Filler treatment. Next we focused on what evidence and preference practitioners have for using a cannula vs needle and how this corresponds to the literature.
Materials / method: 1.Comprehensive searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library and CINAHL from between 2020-2022. Inclusion criteria included all empirical human research studies specific to facial ageing features, written in the English language.
2. A 25 point practitioner survey was performed to understand when a needle and cannula technique was employed when treating the full face and this was corresponded to the latest evidence available.
3. A patient survey was performed to first time patients to determine patient satisfaction post treatment.
Results: 1. A total of 322 papers met inclusion criteria for analysis. Pathways concerning only new evidence were subdivided into intrinsic (such as genetics, generation of ROS and hormonal changes etc) and extrinsic (such as photoageing and damage to skin layers etc) mechanisms.
2. 35% of practitioners surveyed felt their consultation could be more holistic, 40% did not have an evidence based protocol for selecting a cannula vs needle in a full face rejuvenation. As such we created a 5 point protocol to be followed.
3. Sharing 3 tips we learnt to improve patient satisfaction from our survey.
Conclusion: Based on our survey study and the published literature analysed, we would like to present an updated summary of both the facial ageing process and how practitioners can employ certain techniques to ensure a natural but effective, non-surgical, full face rejuvenation result. I present a 5 point protocol that allows for an effective mid and lower face rejuvenation that can be modified based on each individual patient. Our 250 patient survey highlights multiple areas to be considered by a practitioner and again we would like to present this as a means of improving the patient journey.
