How to Treat Skin Quality: A Consensus-Based Treatment Algorithm and Expert Guidance.

ABSTRACT: Skin quality can be described using four emergent perceptual categories (EPCs): skin tone evenness, skin surface evenness, skin firmness, and skin glow. While the publication in which the EPCs were originally described by Goldie et al. notes possible treatments for each EPC, there remains a need for a resource to guide clinicians in treatment selection when addressing EPCs in clinical practice. Twelve expert aesthetic physicians from across the globe participated in this EPC working group. A modified Delphi method was used to develop a treatment algorithm. First, panelists ranked a range of aesthetic treatments based on their ability to directly improve a given EPC. A draft algorithm was developed and evaluated during a moderated discussion. The treatment algorithm was then updated and rev

SUBMITTER: Kerscher M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12374567 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature