1.Classification of Chinese glabellar wrinkles and methods of botulinum toxin type A injection
Ye ZHAO ; Linggang LIANG ; Sufan WU
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2016;22(3):129-132
Objective To guide the botulinum toxin injections,the types of glabellar wrinkles and the corresponding muscle contraction patterns of aesthetic seeking patients were classified.Methods Sixty aesthetic seeking patients between 20 to 65 ages were selected randomly,whose glabellar wrinkles and muscle contraction patterns were classified and analyzed.Targeted injections of botulinum toxin were taken only within the muscles related to the wrinkles.Results Type‖accounts for 58.3% (35/60),type ∪ accounts for 26.7% (16/60),type ∩ accounts for 11.7% (7/60),and type口accounts for 3.3% (2/60).Muscle contraction receded 2 or 3 days after injection,reached optimum about 2 weeks,and then maintained 3 to 6 months.Higher satisfaction was obtained using classified injection methods.All objects achieved excellent results.Targeted injections of botulinum toxin on these muscles were able to achieve better clinical effects.Conclusions Using classified injection methods according to 4 types of aesthetic seeking patients’ glabellar wrinkles can achieve higher satisfaction.
2.Hyaluronidase enzymolysis of hyaluronic acid fillers in different products
Linggang LIANG ; Lei PAN ; Ye ZHAO ; Yu JI ; Hangyan SHI ; Sufan WU
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2017;23(1):52-54
Objective To study the process of hyaluronidase enzymolysis under different condi tions and to provide the basis for clinical application.Methods The experiment of 15 hyaluronic acid products from 10 brands was conducted in vitro with 15 concentrations and 4 dosages of hyaluronidase at 37 ℃ and 24 C.The results of experiment were compared with the clinical observations.Results The duration of enzymolysis was inversely correlated with hyaluronidase concentration.The duration of enzymolysis process reduced 60% when equal hyaluronidase was used as compared with that when half hyaluronidase was used.The enzymolysis duration could be 24 folds in different products.The enzymolysis time was 2.9 folds at 24 C [24 ℃ was (77.67±35.33) min],compared with that at 37 ℃[37 ℃ was (27.13±11.05) min].It took much more time of enzymolysis in vivo than in vitro for the same product.Conclusions Enzymolysis efficiency is positively correlated with the concentration and dosage of enzyme and inversely associated with the particle size and viscosity.