The FACE-Q appearance scales and adverse effects checklists can be useful in practice; plus, they are a way to see that patients’ perspectives are incorporated in outcome assessments, according to a psychometric study involving 783 individuals.

Investigators assessed patients undergoing facial procedures pre- and post-treatment, using FACE-Q scales to measure appearance of the skin, lips, and facial rhytids, as well as the FACE-Q adverse effects checklists for issues after treatment.

Among the results:

• Lower scores involving the lips and lip rhytids corresponded with the reporting of more skin- and lip-related adverse effects.

• Higher scores for the 8 appearance scales correlated with higher scores on the core 10-item FACE-Q scale.

• In the pretreatment group, older age correlated with lower scores on 5 of the 6 rhytids scales.

• Pretreatment, patients reported significantly lower scores on 7 of the 8 appearance scales compared with posttreatment patients (all but skin).

Citation: Klassen A, Cano S, Schwitzer, et al. Development and psychometric validation of the face-q skin, lips, and facial rhytids appearance scales and adverse effects checklists for cosmetic procedures. [Published online ahead of print March 2, 2016]. JAMA Dermatol. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.0018.