What is Micro-Needling?
Micro-Needling is a quick and effective treatment that creates micro-injuries to the skin that stimulates elastin and collagen to repair and reproduce itself improving the overall appearance of your skin. These micro-injuries also create micro-channels that allow topical products to penetrate the skin more effectively.
What will Micro-Needling improve?
The beauty of this treatment is that it helps a wide range of skin problems such as fine lines, wrinkles, texture, pore size, small blemishes, hyper and hypo-pigmentation, scarring, and even stretch marks. Results can be seen in as little as a single treatment, but for more dramatic results series of 3-6 treatments are best.
Why at-home devices aren’t as good:
When you try doing a medical treatment like this at home, you are risking damage to the skin, infection, and causing discomfort/pain. You need to make sure you go to a provider who can completely sterilize the treatment room and device, make you comfortable with a numbing agent, and control the depth of the needles so there is no further damage done- just great results!
[primary_practice] uses the Eclipse MicroPen which is the most advanced Micro-Needling device on the market!
Is there down-time?
Unlike a deep chemical peel or ablative/resurfacing laser that can cause days of down-time, Micro-Needling is minimal. You can expect to have moderate to severe redness, warmth, and tightness immediately following the treatment, but this will subside after a couple hours and diminish within about 24 hours.
Post-treatment care TO DO:
- Clean the area with a gentle cleanser and mild water for about 72 hours after procedure
- Hyaluronic Acid is recommended to restore your skin as it may feel drier than normal
- Serum antioxidants and peptides are recommended to help heal and soothe the skin, while peptides are great to continue stimulation and regeneration
- Use a mineral broad-spectrum UVA/UVB sunscreen such as ZO Oclipse SPF 30
Post-treatment care NOT TO DO:
For the first 24 hours do NOT wear makeup, go swimming, get intentional and direct sunlight, and exercise or perform strenuous activity.
For the first 3-5 days post treatment do NOT use, Alpha or Beta Hydroxy Acids, Retinols, Vitamin C’s, or any other “active” skincare products. Contact the professionals at [primary_practice] to learn more about micro-needling!
