Table 3 Facial lines and folds length before and after the procedure of Case 2

	Before TEA(㎜)	after TEA(㎜)	difference(㎜)	Reduction rate(%)
Lt infraeye line	0	0	0	0
Rt infraeye line	0	0	0	0
Lt ML fold	120	40	80	66.7
Rt ML fold	116	55	61	52.6
Lt NL fold	155	0	155	100.0
Rt NL fold	155	70	85	54.8
Lt Marionette line	0	0	0	0
Rt Marionette line	0	0	0	0

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