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Instrumental, clinical and subjective evaluation of the efficacy of a cosmetic treatment for home use
No full textBACKGROUND:
In the last few years, there has been increasing demand for aesthetic procedures to improve the effects of skin aging.
AIM:
To evaluate the anti-aging efficacy, tolerability and skin changes induced by the topical products containing hyaluronic acid, N-acetyl glucosamine and gamma-amino butyric acid through instrumental techniques, clinical and subjective evaluation.
PATIENTS/METHOD:
Twenty female enrolled applied a day and night cream after applying a serum, once week applied a mask, for 2 months. A clinical assessment of smoothness, expression wrinkles, fine wrinkles and measurements of the parameters using Reveal Imager, X-Rite, Corneometer, Dermalab, Moisture Meter EpiD were taken at day 0, 15, 30 and 60 of study period. A final assessment questionnaire was submitted.
RESULTS:
The products were accepted by all the volunteers. The hydration (Corneometer: T0 49.17 vs T60 61.11, average variation 24.28%) (Moisture Meter EpiD: T0 45.73 vs T60 61.10, average variation 33.60%), elasticity (Dermalab: T0 56.06 vs T60 62.78, average variation 11.98%) and lightening of the skin (X-Rite: T0 60.23 vs T60 63.36, average variation 5.26%) improved. All changes were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION:
The efficacy of the topical products is confirmed by subjective, clinical and instrumental assessment. This should be a routine approach in dermatologic practice
An Undetected Case of Tinea Capitis in an Elderly Woman Affected by Dermatomyositis: How Trichoscopy Can Guide to the Right Diagnosis
No full textErythrasmoid pityriasis versicolor with exclusive involvement of the pubis and inguinal region: report of two cases.
No full textAn oral supplementation based on myo-inositol, folic acid and liposomal magnesium may act synergistically with antibiotic therapy and can improve metabolic profile in patients affected by Hidradenitis Suppurativa: our experience
No full textOver recent years, the link between obesity, metabolic syndrome and Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) has been explored. It has been demonstrated that HS patients have a high prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and an increased frequency of insulin resistance. The objective of our study is to estimate the effectiveness of an oral supplementation based on myo- inositol (MI), folic acid and liposomal magnesium (LEVIGON®) on the clinical and metabolic profile of patients affected by HS
Hereditary Angioedema Type III, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss and Heterozygous MTHFR Mutation
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Obesity may impair response to ovarian stimulation. A retrospective observational study on oocyte quality
No full textChemotherapy-induced periungual pyogenic granuloma: epidemiology and recurrence rates in our experience
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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