Assessment of nano fat grafting combined with carbon dioxide laser resurfacing versus nano fat grafting alone in treating facial atrophic acne scars
Acne scars is a world wide problem .though lots of treatment exists still mo gold standard for treatment of acne scars in this study. Assessment of nano fat grafting combined with carbon dioxide laser resurfacing versus nano fat grafting alone in treating facial atrophic acne scars
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
Nano fat grafting followed by fractional carbon dioxide laser resurfacing
Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
Clinical assessment of acne scar severity
as assessed using the Goodman and Baron Qualitative scar grading system before and after treatment on both sides of face, to determine the number of patients achieving two grades improvement vs one grade or no improvement
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Physician global assessment
two blinded observers will compare the before and after photographs separately on each facial side and will evaluate the improvement on a quartile grading scale as: poor,\<25% improvement; fair, 25%-50% improvement; good, 51%-75% improvement; and excellent, \>75% improvement.
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
percent of reduction in scar count
count of the total and different types of acne scars was performed, before and after treatment on both sides of the face, and the percent of reduction was calculated
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Patient satisfaction
Patients will rate their overall satisfaction on a quartile grading system: 0, unsatisfied; 1, slightly satisfied; 2, satisfied; and 3, very satisfied
Time frame: 1 year
Adverse events
erythema, edema, crusting, pigmentary changes, ecchymosis, and scarring, will be recorded
Time frame: 1 year
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