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The Korean Society of Medical and Biological Engineering (대한의용생체공학회)
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Clinical Test for Evaluation of Effectiveness of the Micro-current Stimulation in Facial Skin Care

미세전류 자극이 얼굴 피부개선에 미치는 영향에 관한 임상시험 연구

  • 조승관 ((주) 셀로긴) ;
  • 김성국 (연세대학교 의공학부) ;
  • 김용민 (세명대학교 한방화장품과학과) ;
  • 박세근 (세명대학교 한방바이오산업 임상지원센터) ;
  • 이지환 (인하대 신소재 공학과) ;
  • 김한성 (연세-프라운호퍼 의료기기 공동연구센터)
  • Received : 2016.10.20
  • Accepted : 2016.10.26
  • Published : 2016.10.31
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Abstract

This study examined the effectiveness of micro-current stimulation (MCS) to improve the facial skin qualities by performing clinical test. The MCS is generally known that provide healing response in the damaged tissue and pain relief through activating the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and protein synthesis. In here, we can hypothesize that the improvement of facial skin qualities may occur due to MCS, since the induction of micro-current from outside may enhance the cellular activity according to ATP activation. From the clinical test, our results showed that a variety of evaluating categories, which is able to assess the skin qualities, significantly enhanced due to stimulation of micro-current after 7 and 14 days. Therefore, we can estimate that MCS in human facial skin may be effective to improve the skin qualities.

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