How Does Microneedling Work?
Microneedling works by stimulating improvement in the skin’s texture, firmness and hydration. It also creates a reduction in wrinkles, pigmentation, scars, pore size, and stretch marks.
The procedure utilizes a needling pen with 12 (33 gauge) medical grade needles. The mechanical action of the pen allows the needles to puncture the skin and create fine holes (micro wounds that are controlled) at a specific depth. Each puncture creates a channel that triggers the body’s natural healing process to fill these micro wounds by producing new collagen and elastin.
Microneedling treatments do not burn the skin (like a laser), or abrade and scrape it (like dermabrasion), or dissolve it (like chemical peels). It uses a precise needle depth with a small diameter to treat small areas using a sterile single use tip.
Microneedling Can Treat:
- acne scars
- fine lines and wrinkles
- skin laxity
- pore size
- texture, tone, color
- stretch marks
- traumatic scars
- photo-aging and sun damage
- hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation
- hair loss
Contraindications for Microneedling
- Accutane within the last 6 months
- open cuts, wounds or abrasions in the area being treated
- radiation treatments within the last year
- current skin infectins or herpes simplex in area being treated
- (microneedling can trigger outbreaks)
- pregnant or breastfeeding
- history of keloid scars
- poor wound healing
- eczema, psoriasis, active acne, inflamed rosacea, or other chronic skin conditions
- diabetes
- have received microneedling within the last 4 weeks
- Botox within 2 weeks or dermal fillers within the last 4 weeks
- scleroderma
- blood clotting problems
- collagen vascular disease
- cardiac abnormalities
- immunosuppression
- active bacteria or fungal infections
- scars less than 3 months old in area being treated
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