Also known as Collagen Induction Therapy
The only takes about 45 minutes and involves minimal downtime. We begin by applying a topical numbing cream to your skin. It takes about 30 minutes for this to take effect, and this is actually the most time-consuming portion of your treatment! Just like PRP, we use an FDA Approved, German Manufactured Microneedling. Small needles make microscopic punctures in your skin (up to1200 per second) and we can adjust the needles so they work at the right depth for each area of the face, depending on skin thickness. We can also adjust for varying skin tones and textures. Once we’re finished, we’ll apply a soothing and rejuvenating moisturizer featuring vitamin C and hyaluronic acid. Once treatment is over, you just need to pamper your skin for a few days by keeping it out of treatment the sun and giving it plenty of moisturizer. Most people return to their regular activities in the following day or two.
How It Works
While the microscopic injuries are too small to injure you, they are just large enough to signal to your body to ramp up the production of collagen and elastin, as well as other healing factors, and rejuvenate your skin.
Most of our skin issues start to show as our body naturally stops producing collagen at the levels it did when we were young. Since collagen serves as a foundation to keep skin strong, with elastin chipping in to keep our skin elastic and responsive, lowered collagen levels allow the skin to fall into wrinkles and start sagging.
As we get older, the only time our bodies produce collagen at youthful levels is when they sense an injury. Skin Microneedling is about tricking the body into returning to those youthful levels of production without causing any actual injury.
About Results
It takes about five to seven days for you to start seeing a difference in your looks, and you’ll see far more about a month after treatment. It takes time to see the effects, and that’s simply because your body is naturally repairing everything at the cellular level. It needs time to do its work!
A few weeks in, you will start to see brand new, strong, and youthful skin developing. This treatment is perfect for addressing:
- Acne scars
- Dark spots
- Sun damage
- Wrinkles
- Hyperpigmentation
- Enlarged pores
- Uneven skin texture
For most people, the best results come from three treatments spaced a couple of weeks apart. Once your skin is looking radiant and youthful, occasional maintenance treatments will keep it that way!