Table 4 Facial lines and folds length before and after the procedure of Case 3

	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	90	30	25.0
Rt ML fold	90	66	24	26.7
Lt NL fold	170	38	132	77.65
Rt NL fold	55	37	18	32.73
Lt Marionette line	50	17	33	66.0
Rt Marionette line	50	26	24	48.0

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