Therapeutic effect observation on warm needling for keloidal acne

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of warm needling therapy for keloidal acne. Methods The 66 cases with keloidal acne were randomly allocated into a treatment group and a control group, 36 in the treatment group and 30 in the control group. The cases in the treatment group were treated with warm needling therapy upon qi arrival, whereas those in the control group were treated with acupuncture alone. Then the skin lesion, inflammation and improvement of the constitution were compared before and after treatment. The clinical efficacies in the two groups were also compared. Results The skin lesion, inflammation and constitutional improvement in the treatment group were superior to the control group ( P