TABLE 1.

Pain perception during microfocused ultrasound procedure and duration of redness between each anesthetic technique

	Combined capsaicin gel with topical anesthesia	Topical anesthesia monotherapy	p‐Value
Pain score (10‐cm visual analogue scale); mean (SD)
T1, after removing cream	0.00	0.00	1.000
T2a, after MFU 4.5	5.19 (2.26)	6.91 (1.72)	<0.001*
T2b, after MFU 3.0	4.18 (1.63)	5.69 (1.71)	<0.001*
T3, over all pain experience	4.94 (1.91)	6.13 (1.64)	<0.001*
Duration of skin redness, minutes; mean (SD)
From the first appearance	112.67 (33.48)	10.38 (9.27)	<0.001*