If you understand me in any way, you know by now microneedling is just one of my all-time favorite treatments at our San Diego office.

What Is Microneedling?
Microneedling is as straightforward as it sounds: little needles are used to cause micro-injuries on the skin in order to boost the body's injury healing process as well as subsequently increase collagen and also elastin. The increase in collagen and also elastin is the perfect treatment for a lot of skin problems: whatever from acne scarring, great lines as well as creases, to loosened skin, skin appearance, pore dimensions and also hyperpigmentation.

I enjoy seeing my San Diego customers leave of microneedling therapies with plump, glowing skin that's recovered normally with the body's very own devices. This therapy truly is all about increasing as well as highlighting your natural ideal.

The History of Microneedling
While microneedling has recently hit the mainstream due to new innovation improvements, the therapy really dates back to the 1980s when dermatologist Dr. Phillippe Simonin located that renovation clients who had undertaken camouflage tattooing after surgical treatment to hide scars revealed considerable enhancement in how their scars showed up. In the 1990s, dermatologists additional showed the relationship in between the tattoo procedure making use of needles and also mark enhancement. It goes without saying, it's a tried-and-true approach.

A Failure of the Microneedling Refine
There are trivialities to the therapy and also the skin's recovery process, however in general the therapy is very straight forward. Microneedling entails using a pen-like device (we use the Collagen P.I.N., which has a 36-needle cartridge and also an adjustable needle depth of as much as 3.0 mm). The needles of the P.I.N. device develop small facial punctures that signify your body to repair the damaged skin. This signal kickstarts a recovery process that inevitably results in: cell turn over that develops brand-new capillaries and also minimizes the appearance of scarring, as well as increased collagen and elastin manufacturing in the dermal layer of skin. In easier terms, by turning on the body's natural recovery procedure, skin becomes a lot more firm, lifted, vivid, smooth, and younger.

The Advantages of Microneedling
Without getting too deep in the nitty gritty scientific research, the benefits of microneedling eventually breaks down to 2 major classifications:

1. Microneedling urges your body to produce collagen as well as elastin.
As we age, we naturally create much less elastin and also hyaluronic acid, and we begin to shed our collagen by approximately 50%. Hello, wrinkles as well as droopy skin.

When microneedles are placed right into the skin, the injury signals the skin to create even more collagen and elastin as a fixing and security system. A 2008 research disclosed that skin treated with four microneedling sessions, spaced one month apart, produced as much as a 400% boost in collagen as well as elastin 6 months after finishing the therapy. In addition, collagen growth can reverse sun damage, reduce discoloration, and plump up the skin around pores to ensure that they show up tightened up. As opposed to inviting in creases, greet to flexible, rejuvenated, even and plump skin. Since's aging-well!

2. Microneedling opens the skin to enable much better penetration of products.
Not only does microneedling increase collagen as well as elastin manufacturing, it additionally opens the skin to enable topical products, like Vitamin C and hyaluronic acid, to penetrate deeper as well as function more effectively. Products like these are important to keeping collagen production as well as targeting cells that affect skin pigmentation. This is just how microneedling ultimately can affect acne scarring and also hyperpigmentation in the future.

When your items work much better, your skin looks far better.

Exactly How Does Microneedling Work?
Microneedling can look and also sound terrifying (nobody enjoys needles!), but the process is really minimally intrusive and also practically painless.

Prior to Microneedling
As long as you do not have any previous issues with healing or any kind of energetic sores or infection, you can obtain this therapy. Simply make certain to make use of SPF as well as moisturizer in the days leading up to the solution (which I always advise!).

Throughout Microneedling
Before the treatment, you will certainly be offered with a topical numbing. Once the agent has actually been applied, the majority of people really feel little to no discomfort throughout the quick treatment. Lots of also locate it kicking back!

Microneedling is most popularly done on the skin of the face, neck, and décolletage. But, it can likewise be made use of on the hands, arms, legs, stretch marks, abdomen and also back for skin firm and also rejuvenation.

After Microneedling
A lot of clients experience a sunburn-like redness instantly adhering to the treatment for 1-2 days. Then some areas of "bronzing" where the skin can dim, completely dry as well as dismiss may happen for 1-2 days.

Once this all subsides, you'll see a dewy, glowing complexion. I call it the "day 10 glow."

After the treatment, you must avoid extreme sunlight exposure for 72 hours and any kind of workout for the first 12 hours to stop IV therapy added inflammation and discomfort.

What to put on skin after microneedling treatment?
I urge my clients to stick with the Post Treatment Schedule for the 4 days of 'recovery' following the treatment. This lineup contains clean, paraben-free, dimethicone-free, fragrance/dye-free items that will certainly ensure fast recovery with excellent outcomes.

Post Therapy Skin Care

On day 5, normal makeup as well as skin care regimens can be returned to. Mineral make-up can be utilized if needed before this time. Our Perfect Powder is a wonderful pairing!

Just how frequently should I get microneedling?
If you're piling a series of therapies, the optimal timing is 4 weeks apart.

If you're between ages 25-35, skin doctors advise 2-3 treatments annually. Following this age array, skin doctors advise 3-4 treatments annually.

Increase Your Microneedling
On it's own, microneedling can create attractive, skin-transforming outcomes. There are additionally a number of additions to the therapy that can additionally increase results as well as treat more particular skin problems.

Microneedling with Healthy Protein Rich Retinol (PRR) Peel
Following microneedling, a protein abundant retinol peel can be applied to boost skin and support continued collagen manufacturing for enduring outcomes. The peel aids to expose fresh, smooth, glowy skin while the rich protein base of the peel increases collagen and also repair services damages at a cellular level.

Microneedling with Melanostop Depigmentation Peel
This minimally invasive add-on attacks pigment from several paths using tranexamic acid as well as L-ascoribic acid, making it an effective therapy for melasma and staining. This solution to hyperpigmentation reduces the extreme vascularization that identifies melasma, acts upon the inflammatory procedure that occurs after acne as well as scarring, and manages the manufacturing of tyrosinase which assists create melanin.

Microneedling with Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) also known as Vampire Facial
PRP treatments utilize your blood's platelets, which are packed with development variables that launch the healing process in the body. By integrating microneedling with PRP, we are boosting the body's recovery process and also providing the skin with among the most reliable healing agents in the body. One of the development elements launched from platelets has been shown to have a dosage dependent effect on hindering the enzyme that creates melanin, therefore lowering melasma as well as making Vampire Facials enjoyed for their effect on discoloration. Microneedling with PRP treatments can likewise increase skin quantity as well as tone, causing more 'glowing skin' message therapy as well as beyond.

Radiofrequency Microneedling
The modern technology around this therapy just gets better and much better. Brand-new state of the art gadgets now couple micro-injuries with the targeted shipment of radiofrequency power for obvious tightening and also refined structure of the skin. Radiofrequency microneedling involves less downtime than traditional devices with boosted performance treating great lines, wrinkles, marks, stretch marks and also pores.

The Factor of Everything: Microneedling Benefits
Eventually, absolutely nothing defeats #PFAMmicroneedling. The mix of recurring injury healing and new item infiltration regenerates the skin as well as ultimately produces a fresher, smoother face like no other therapy can. So, if you're out the microneedling train, hop on!