Document Type
DNP - Open Access
Award Date
2025
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Graduate Nursing
First Advisor
Brandi Pravecek
Abstract
Background: In 2022, more than nine million Americans sought facial aesthetic procedures involving injections. The number of individuals seeking anti-aging procedures is continuing to rise. Moderate to severe pain may be associated with the injections.
/="/">Local Problem: Pain is the most reported side effect with injections. Pharmacological pain relief is associated with many side effects. A non-invasive nonpharmacological option for pain relief was explored.
/="/">Intervention: One medical professional provided vibration anesthesia to clients seeking facial injection procedures at a medical spa. The vibration anesthesia device (VAD) topically vibrates and stimulates the neurons in a client's brain, reducing the ability to feel injection pain. The VAD’s Y-shaped curved plastic tip extends the vibratory sensation to the injection site.
/="/">Methods: This project took place in a rural medical spa providing aesthetic services. After injections with no vibration anesthesia and with vibration anesthesia, 80 clients were asked to rate their pain using the numeric rating scale (NRS) and to provide verbal feedback.
/="/">Results: Statistical analysis using the paired t-test evaluated the VAD was statistically significant in decreasing clients’ self-reported pain related to facial injections (p < .0001). Results were statistically significant in pain reduction for three anatomical regions of injection and new or returning client (p < .0001). There was no correlation between client age and reported pain (p =.467).
Conclusion: This project impacted the practice of facial injection procedures and the utilization of nonpharmacological methods for pain relief at a rural medical spa.
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Rights
Copyright © 2025
Recommended Citation
Dallager, Shaylee, "Implementation of Vibration Anesthesia for Pain Reduction in Clients Undergoing Facial Aesthetic Procedures" (2025). Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Practice Innovation Projects. 215.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/con_dnp/215
