Table 2.
Physician rating of tear trough improvements following injection with CPM® hyaluronic acid gel
| Patient | Merz Aesthetics Scale™
|
Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Immediate post-injection | Month
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Immediate post-injection | Month
|
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| 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||||
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1–2 | – | – | 1–2 | 2 | 2–3 | – | – | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0–1 | 1 | 0–1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2–3 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2–3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0–1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Notes: Merz Aesthetics Scale™ for infraorbital hollow (0, no hollowness; 1, mild hollowness; 2, moderate hollowness; 3, severe hollowness; 4, very severe hollowness). Global Aesthetic Improvement Scale (0, worse; 1, unchanged; 2, improved; 3, much improved; 4, greatly improved).
Abbreviation: CPM, cohesive polydensified matrix.