Skin problems come in
many forms. The most common seem to be
wrinkles, stretch marks, and acne scarring.
If any of these is an issue for you, then you might have already looked
into laser treatments, chemical peels, or other skin care procedures to help
you. Each is well known and comes with
high risks and side effects. Have you
heard of microneedling or how it can help your skin issues?
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How Does
Microneedling Work?
Microneedling, also
called Collagen Induction Therapy, is a procedure in which clusters of micro
sized sterile needles are pressed into the skin to penetrate down into the
dermal layer of skin. The skin cells
react by generating new collagen to fill out and stimulate healing.
There are two main types
of microneedling - stamping and rollers.
Stamping is done with a cluster of needles that are pressed against the
skin in small areas that require more precision. A Dermaroller uses a barrel-like head with
the needles attached and is rolled across the area to be treated. Both are the same treatment, just different
delivery.
How the Dermaroller
Improves Your Skin
While the Dermaroller
stimulates healing in the skin, it is not all it can do. The needles create micro-channels in the skin
down to the dermal layer. Immediately
after using the Dermaroller, serums containing essential nutrients for your
skin are applied and will be entirely absorbed into the dermal layer. This increases the rejuvenating and healing
results in this treatment. What type of
serum is used depends on which issue you are being treated for such as
wrinkles, stretchmarks, or scars.
Low Risks and
Minimal Side Effects
Using a Dermaroller
does not damage the outermost layer of skin (epidermis). It penetrates through the surface to remodel
the cells in the next layer. Because it
leaves the surface intact, you don't need to worry about infections like you
would with abrasive skin resurfacing techniques.
Where other treatments
may leave you hiding from society for a bit until your skin stops looking like
a sunburn, at most your skin might be a bit red or swollen for a day or two.
Microneedling
Discomfort
The most frequent
question asked before any treatment is always how much pain is involved. The answer would depend on a couple
factors. If using the Dermaroller with
the shortest needles, it will only give an odd sensation as the needles brush
across the surface of your skin. A
deeper treatment requires longer needles and deeper penetration, which can
cause mild pain for some patients, especially those with a low tolerance for
pain. Your technician can easily apply a
numbing agent to the skin in advance of the procedure to make it less
uncomfortable.
The Dermaroller
Results
Chemical peels and
other abrasive treatments do provide effective results once they heal. Those of you who have used aesthetic equipment before know that the major drawbacks to those kinds of procedures are the
expense, the recovery time, the pain, and the high risks and side effects.
Using the Dermaroller provides wonderful results without all of the problems
and you can repeat the procedure until you reach the results you are looking
for. It's worth the results.
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