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http://dx.doi.org/10.9718/JBER.2016.37.5.195

Clinical Test for Evaluation of Effectiveness of the Micro-current Stimulation in Facial Skin Care  

Cho, Seungkwan (Cellogin Inc.)
Kim, Seong Guk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim, Yong-Min (Department of Oriental Cosmetic Science, Semyung University)
Park, Se-Keun (The Clinical Trial Center for Bio-Industry at Semyung University)
Lee, Chi Hwan (Department of Material Science and Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Hansung (Yonsei-Fraunhofer IZFP Medical Device Lab)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.37, no.5, 2016 , pp. 195-207 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
micro-current stimulation; skin care; clinical test; cellular activity;
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