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Table 1 Clinical, quality of life and colorimetric measures of melasma before and after two sessions of microneedling (n = 6)

From: Assessment of the effects of skin microneedling as adjuvant therapy for facial melasma: a pilot study

 

Pre-treatment (T0)

Post-treatment (T45)

p-value

MASI

37.1 (8.2)

11.0 (2.9)

0.001

Colorimetry

 L*

43.5 (3.4)

49.2 (2.5)

0.015

 a*

20.7 (6.6)

15.5 (4.3)

0.237

 b*

32.0 (3.5)

28.2 (2.6)

0.040

 ITAo

−11.5 (6.3)

−1.7 (4.4)

0.028

MELASQoL

70 (68–70)

32 (22–41)

0.027

  1. MASI Melasma Severity Index, ITA o Individual Typology Angle, MELASQoL Melasma Quality of Life Scale