A Study of the Lifting Capacity of Fillers

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Conditions studied: Esthetic & Topographic Shifts From Facial Fillers

In brief

Hyaluronic acid (HA) fillers are tested in-vitro to measure their lifting capacity, viscosity, cohesivity, and rheologic properties, and their lifting capacity has been tested in animal models. To date, there are no studies that measure the lifting capacity of fillers in an in-vivo human model. The intention is to study the lifting capacity of fillers in a group of patients by comparing pre and post-procedure two and three-dimensional photographs using analytic software. Specifically, the PI is interested in determining the amount of tissue elevation created by injecting HAs Restylane-Lyft®, and Restylane-L® (Galderma Laboratories, L.P., Fort Worth, TX) to the midface and to the lower face, both in the anterior-posterior direction and in the vertical direction by using analytic software. The research group has identified a reliable and reproducible quantitative assessment of midfacial position called WIZDOM (Width of the InterZygomatic Distance Of the Midface) to quantitatively evaluate the midface. It can be used as an objective tool to assess midfacial rejuvenation, whether with fat, fillers, or midface or facelift surgery. The Distance from WIZDOM to inner canthus, the WIZDOM -IC measurement increases with aging as the face deflates and descends, and, in the practice, is also a means of assessing the midface in youth and in aging. The PI's findings have been published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. The practice will also attempt to utilize this metric as a measure of midface aesthetic lifting capacity. The practice will also employ 3 D photography and analytic software to determine degree of lift in mm in the y and z axis. (vertical and AP increase in dimension) pre and post- injection. (Vectra, Canfield, Fairfield, NJ) We will recruit patients from a population of subjects that generally would receive fillers to improve changes associated with facial volume loss and divide them in to two groups based on chronologic age.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02974985
Run by
Abington Memorial Hospital
People needed
20
Starts
2016-04-01
Expected to finish
2020-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2018-07-10

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

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Where it is running

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