Table 2. Merz-Carruthers Facial Aging Photoscalesa.
Validated Assessment Scale | Mean (SD) | P Valueb | ||
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Baseline | Week 8 | Week 20 | ||
Upper face | ||||
Forehead lines at rest | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.7 (0.6) | 0.8 (0.7) | .38 |
Forehead lines dynamic | 1.7 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.0) | 2.2 (1.1) | .20 |
Glabellar lines at rest | 0.9 (0.7) | 0.8 (0.6) | 0.8 (0.7) | .50 |
Glabellar lines dynamic | 1.9 (1.3) | 1.6 (1.3) | 1.9 (1.4) | >.99 |
Crow’s feet at rest | 1.1 (0.9) | 1.1 (0.9) | 1.2 (0.8) | >.99 |
Crow’s feet dynamic | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.3 (1.1) | 2.5 (1.2) | .78 |
Female brow at rest | 1.9 (1.1) | 1.9 (0.9) | 1.9 (0.8) | >.99 |
Mid-face | ||||
Infraorbital hollow | 1.3 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.7 (0.7) | .11 |
Upper cheek fullness | 1.8 (0.7) | 1.9 (0.9) | 1.1 (0.6) | .003 |
Lower cheek fullness | 1.6 (0.9) | 1.3 (0.7) | 0.9 (0.7) | .003 |
Lower face | ||||
Nasolabial folds at rest | 1.1 (0.8) | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.1 (0.8) | >.99 |
Marionette lines at rest | 1.4 (0.8) | 1.6 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.8) | .22 |
Upper lip fullness at rest | 2.9 (1.0) | 2.9 (0.9) | 3.2 (0.8) | .29 |
Lower lip fullness at rest | 1.8 (0.8) | 2.3 (0.7) | 2.3 (0.9) | .11 |
Lip wrinkles at rest | 0.9 (0.8) | 0.8 (0.8) | 0.8 (0.5) | .62 |
Lip wrinkles dynamic | 1.4 (1.0) | 1.5 (1.2) | 1.9 (1.0) | .056 |
Oral commissures at rest | 1.2 (0.8) | 0.9 (0.8) | 1.1 (0.7) | .69 |
Jawline at rest | 1.8 (1.2) | 1.4 (1.2) | 1.4 (1.1) | .31 |
Neck | ||||
Neck volume scale | 1.9 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.0) | 1.4 (0.8) | .11 |
Five-point scale (0-4) with 0 being the best outcome and 4 being the worst outcome.
Wilcoxon signed-rank test performed comparing baseline (preexercise) with week 20 (postexercise) scores only.