Broadband light treatment using static operation and constant motion techniques for skin tightening in Asian patients

ABSTRACT

Background: Broadband light (BBL) devices irradiate photons of different wavelength to induce photothermal reactions on various aging-related chromophores.

Objectives: To evaluate three BBL treatment settings for skin tightening in Asian patients.

Methods: A total of 27 patients underwent three sessions of BBL treatment via (1) an 800-nm cutoff filter using a static operation technique and a 695-nm cutoff filter using a constant motion technique (group 1, N = 9), (2) an 800-nm cutoff filter using a constant motion technique (group 2, N = 9), and (3) a 590-nm cutoff filter using a constant motion technique (group 3, N = 9).

Results: The patients in group 1 presented marked clinical improvements in zygomatic wrinkles, nasolabial folds, and marionette lines, with a median overall global aesthetic improvement scale (GAIS) score of 3. Meanwhile, patients in group 2 exhibited noticeable improvements in zygomatic wrinkles, nasolabial folds, perioral expression wrinkles at the cheek, and marionette lines, with a median GAIS score of 3. Patients in group 3 experienced improvement in skin tone and texture, zygomatic wrinkles, nasolabial folds, and marionette lines, with a median GAIS score of 2.

Conclusions: Our data demonstrated that BBL treatment for nonablative, noninvasive skin tightening elicits satisfactory clinical outcomes.

KEYWORDS:

• Broadband light
• skin tightening
• skin laxity
• cutoff filter
• static operation technique
• constant motion technique

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Duke Song (Consultant; Sciton, Palo Alto, CA, USA) for his assistance with technical support. We would also like to thank Anthony Thomas Milliken, ELS at Editing Synthase (https://editingsynthase.com) for his help with the editing of this manuscript.

Disclosure statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Funding

This work was supported by a research grant from International St. Mary’s Hospital, Catholic Kwandong University College of Medicine [CKURF-201406830001].