Injectable fillers vs placebo or no treatment: Participant‐reported scar improvement (short‐term) N of participants with > 50% improvement in acne scars
Injectable fillers probably leads to higher participant‐reported scar improvement (short‐term) N of participants… compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Injectable fillers vs placebo or no treatment Participant‐reported scar improvement (short‐term) N of participants with > 50% improvement in acne scars · people with acne scars Injectable fillers probably leads to higher participant‐reported scar improvement (short‐term) N of participants… compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty). Interventions for acne scars (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.84 [1.31, 2.59] | 1 study · 147 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for acne scars 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.