Methods of evaluating normalcy of lips and safety of lip treatments
AssigneeMedicis Pharmaceutical Corporation
InventorsXiaoming Lin, Mary Sanstead, Heather Vander Ploeg
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to evaluating and objectively determining the relative normalcy of a human patient's lips, whether before or after a lip treatment, or independent from any lip treatment. The normalcy of a patient's lips is evaluated by examining a number of indicia and comparing the results to corresponding lip scales or reference descriptions. The normalcy may be evaluated before and after a lip treatment to determine the safety of the lip treatment.
Claims18
A method for evaluating a human patient's lips comprising:
- selecting at least one lip indicium;
- visually evaluating each of the selected lip indicia of at least one of an upper lip and a lower lip;
- comparing each of the selected lip indicia to a lip scale, the lip scale comprising classifications defining the relative normalcy of each of the selected lip indicia;
- and
- determining the overall normalcy of the at least one of an upper lip and a lower lip based on the comparison of each of the selected lip indicia to the lip scale.
A method for evaluating a lip treatment comprising:
- selecting at least one lip indicium;
- visually evaluating each of the selected lip indicia of at least one of an upper lip and a lower lip prior to performing a treatment;
- comparing each of the selected lip indicia to a lip scale prior to performing the treatment;
- wherein the lip scale comprises classifications defining the relative normalcy of each of the selected lip indicia;
- performing a treatment;
- visually evaluating each of the selected lip indicia of the at least one of an upper lip and a lower lip after performing the treatment;
- and
- comparing each of the selected lip indicia to the lip scale after performing the treatment.
A lip scale comprising:
- at least one normal grade and at least one abnormal grade,
- the at least one normal grade comprising at least one indicator demonstrating normal lip attributes;
- and
- the at least one abnormal grade comprising at least one indicator demonstrating abnormal lip attributes.
The lip scale of claim 20, wherein the abnormal grade further comprises grades of mild, moderate and severe.
The lip scale of claim 20, wherein the lip scale comprises classifications defining the relative normalcy of at least one lip indicium selected from the group of firmness, texture, symmetry, movement, function, sensation, and mass formation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.