Finally, something that doesn’t reduce the appearance but completely removes scars and stretch marks, but there is pain involved. Any way no pain no gain.
They say that it is relaxing however let me give you a heads up… hundreds of needles will be inserted into your skin and no, it’s not acupuncture.
Microneedling, often referred to as dermarolling or collagen induction therapy, is a cosmetic procedure in which thousands of tiny little needles are inserted into the surface of the skin via a rolling or stamping device.
Dermarolling works by creating microscopic wounds which induce collagen and elastin production. If you didn’t know, collagen is the most abundant protein found in the human body and is responsible for holding together connective tissue like skin, muscles, tendons, cartilage, and bones.
This lovely protein is also what keeps us looking young and gorgeous. Unfortunately, it’s believed that collagen production slows down by about 1 percent per year after the age of 20, which translates to the big A word — aging.
Dermarolling or microneedling has a lot of benefits. by taking up this treatment you will have reduced wrinkles and stretch marks, reduced acne scarring and skin discolouration, increased skin thickness, facial rejuvenation enhanced product absorption.
How It Works
The technique is very important, you first split up your face into sections makes the whole process easier.
Avoid rolling in the shaded area, which represents the orbital (eye sockets) area.
Here is a guiding video:
Roll in one direction 6 to 8 times, depending on your skin tolerance and sensitivity, and make sure to lift the roller after each pass. So, roll in one direction. Lift up. Repeat.
Lifting the derma roller after each pass prevents the dreaded “track marks” that make you look like a cat clawed your face.
How often you derma roll also depends on the length of needles you’ll be using. Below is the maximum amount of times you can use a derma roller within a given time frame.
Rebuilding collagen is a slow process. Remember it takes the skin a fair amount of time to regenerate itself.
Results?
There’s very well documented research showing that people can achieve major improvement in acne scarring or wrinkling in as little as two to three sessions using 1.5 mm monotherapy. Of course, continued use delivers better results. But the researchers foundthat the results after three sessions remain permanent even six months after the last treatment was concluded.
To see how these results worked on others, watch the video below: