Table 2 Facial lines and folds length before and after the procedure of Case 1

	Before TEA(㎜)	after TEA(㎜)	difference(㎜)	Reduction rate(%)
Lt infraeye line	90	77	13	14.4
Rt infraeye line	76	60	16	21.1
Lt ML fold	104	78	28	26.9
Rt ML fold	88	65	23	26.1
Lt NL fold	177	94	83	46.9
Rt NL fold	97	63	34	35.1
Lt Marionette line	57	30	27	47.4
Rt Marionette line	25	12	13	52.0

Lt, left; Rt, right; ML, melolabial; NL, nasolabial; SD, standard deviation; TEA, thread embedding acupuncture.