Satisfaction evaluation
SKIN
At the end of the study, patients’ satisfaction was graded from completely satisfied to completely dissatisfied for the treated area, as shown in Tables Patient satisfaction after one treatment (results expressed in percentage).Patient satisfaction after three treatments (results expressed in percentage).The Doctor Judgment, comparing a standard face photo before and after the treatment, and performing a direct evaluation in the last visit was performed by an independent observer.The global aesthetic score was, for the specialist doctors, based on the evaluation of the following items, as shown in Table Nasolabial folds: reduced depth and widthPeriocular wrinkles: reduced number and depth up to disappearanceCheek tone: increased pinch and press elasticity and skin smoothnessUpper lip and perioral wrinkles: reduced number and depthGlabellar wrinkles reduced depthFrontal wrinkles: reduced number and depthMedical specialist average visual subjective score.
The visual appearance was matched with the skin‐tester evaluation, in order to have an instrumental independent relationship between pre‐ and post‐treatment variations of some skin physicochemical parameters and the sight observation of the clinical effects (Table Skin parameters evaluation pre‐ and post‐treatment for both the single and the triple group.
Representative image of two patients, from left to right: after the treatment (baseline); after one treatment, two, and three treatments with RF.