Assessment of Microneedling Devices as Transepidermal Drug Delivering System for Corticosteroid in Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars

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Table (1): Mean VSS scores during therapy and follow-up.
VSS Time
parameter
Height
Pliability
Vascularity
Pigmentation
VSS
Week 0
2.63±0.41
3.90±0.78
2.44±0.50
2.74±0.37
11.98±1.36
Week 3
1.96±0.49
2.88±0.65
2.22±0.54
2.62±0.45
9.66±1.29
Week 6
1.18±0.62
1.88±0.79
1.7±0.54
2.40±0.49
7.18±1.75
Week 9
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0.94±0.76
1.36±0.45
2.32±0.50
5.18±1.75
Month 3
0.22±0.50
0.32±0.62
1.22±0.41
2.28±0.49
4.06±1.27
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<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
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10
3
Number of patients
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