Non-Traditional and Non-Invasive Approaches in Facial Rejuvenation: A Brief Review

Authors

Abigail M. Smith, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Taylor Ferris, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Vinayak K. Nahar, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Manoj Sharma, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-12-2020

Publication Title

Cosmetics

Volume

7

Issue

1

First page number:

1

Last page number:

8

Abstract

While injectables, lasers, and surgical interventions have traditionally been used to reverse the changes associated with facial aging, other alternative therapies such as facial acupuncture and facial exercises are now being studied for facial rejuvenation. In this paper, we both summarize the concepts of facial acupuncture and facial exercises, and review seven studies that evaluate the efficacy of these modalities. Data from these studies suggest that both facial acupuncture and facial exercises have the potential to improve the skin laxity, wrinkle length, muscle thickness, and pigmentary changes associated with aging. Patients frequently reported improvement and experienced very few side effects. However, further research is necessary before these modalities are widely accepted as effective by the medical community, though the results of these studies may ultimately make providers less hesitant when patients seek out these services.

Keywords

Photoaging; Facial rejuvenation; Facial acupuncture; Facial exercises

Disciplines

Dermatology | Medical Specialties | Medicine and Health Sciences

Language

English

Repository Citation

Smith, A. M., Ferris, T., Nahar, V. K., Sharma, M. (2020). Non-Traditional and Non-Invasive Approaches in Facial Rejuvenation: A Brief Review. Cosmetics, 7(1), 1-8.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics7010010