Randomized, blinded, 3-arm clinical trial assessing optimal temperature and duration for treatment with minimally invasive fractional radiofrequency

• Published in: Dermatologic surgery Vol. 41; no. 5; p. 623
• Main Authors: Alexiades, Macrene, Berube, Dany
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Double-Blind Method; Face - radiation effects; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neck - radiation effects; Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment - methods; Rhytidoplasty - methods; Severity of Illness Index; Skin Aging - radiation effects; Temperature; Treatment Outcome

A previous multicenter clinical trial of a needle-based fractional radiofrequency (FRF) treatment for facial and neck rhytides and laxity counterintuitively demonstrated a mean target temperature and treatment duration of 69.5 °C and 4.9 seconds for subjects with lesser improvement and 67 °C and 4.2...