I'm Dr. Jenni Holman board
certified dermatologist.
I'm Tori Burns the physician
assistant here at the Center for
aesthetic and laser medicine.
We are going to talk about one of our
favorite treatments something that
we've done for years.
Microneedling specifically skin
pen microneedling we utilize the
first FDA approved microneedling
device the skin pen
to see something called Collagen
induction therapy.
There is truly not one patient
that I do not recommend microneedling to.
I think it is fabulous
not just for my acne scarring
patients for but for my women that
want to see an improvement in their
fine lines and wrinkles large
pore size just their texture
and overall tone.
And I do treat myself at least
once a month.
So I really do believe in the power
of microneedling and especially with
the skin pen. So what's the science
behind microneedling?
Well like I said collagen induction
therapy so you come in we put some
numbing on your face it sits for
about 10 minutes because it's really
not a painful very procedure.
And then we use this device the skin
which has all of these needles that
create micro channels thousands
of micro channels into your skin and
then what happens with these tiny
controlled micro injuries.
As your body heals everything
tightens You get this new collagen
and that's formed and that's why you
see the improvement and texture tone
fine lines wrinkles and definitely
in acne scarring as well we see some
great improvements in scars and
stretch marks.
Also we do treat that often
micro needling treatments are
definitely cumulative.
So one treatment is great.
Two treatments is better.
Three treatments is even better.
And you just can kind of build
upon the college that you're
creating. So we usually
have patients come every about two
months to have microneedling and
microneedling is also a great way to
incorporate platelet rich plasma.
So when you think about microneedling
you can also think about it as
delivering a drug into the dermis
of your skin. And so when I rub
something on the surface of my skin
it sits there.
We have that upper layer of stratum corning
With micro needle creating its
channels. I can actually deliver
the power of something down into the
skin. Really low invasive
procedure so platelet rich plasma
is a great way.
So essentially that micro needle is
the airater and then you take your
own stem cells the fertilizer
drive that into your.
Skin's.
Fantastic bone which you patients
have very very natural light.
We've also found that the micro
needling device is great for
treating malasma.
So just like Dr. Holman was talking
about driving that drug into the
skin we use certain
medications to really combat
melasma and we have seen amazing
improvements.
We also micro needle botox into the
skin as well. It's fantastic for
tightening pores for oily skin
and for rosacea it's one of my
favorite treatments for rosacea
because again very very natural
but to decrease that flushing
without having any other typical
kind of things that you think about
with Botox effecting kind of muscle
movement but driving that
into the skin really creates a
glow and is fantastic for rosacea
and other conditions.
And as Dr. Homan touched on we
do use a numbing cream that is
really powerful.
So as you'll see it is very
comfortable. It is not very
uncomfortable procedure for our patients
There is no downtime you are red
maybe the next couple days.
But besides that I mean I don't
think there's really any downtime
with microneedling. There's not
which is one of the fantastic things
about using the skin pen is
that your cost of treatment is
significantly lower than compared to
laser treatments but the
effectiveness
is definitely comparable.
And your downtime is minimal.
Most of the time I tell folks they
look like a hot mess for about four
hours afterwards but you're back out
the next day. Typically with makeup
and maybe a little bit of swelling
but it's not something that socially
is really going to impact you like a
lot of my laser treatments that I
perform.
In three days later you get this
beautiful micro needling glow.
I mean I don't know what's happening
the collagen is starting to kick in
and I mean you just get this glowy skin, beautiful skin.
It's absolutely beautiful.
So I love microneedling.
There's no limit on microneedling
either I get that talk like how many
times do I have to do this how long
is it going to last?
You don't have to stop inducing your
own college you don't have to stop
telling your body
to tighten things up through there and
micro noodling is something that can
be done. And looking at the FDA
studies as often as every
30 days if it's something that works
for you and you find that this is
what is really helping you
rejuvenate.
So if you're someone who suffers
with acne scarring if you're someone
who's interested in rejuvenating
seeing an improvement in fine
lines and wrinkling especially in
texture and tone of your skin
call, come in and see if micro
needling is right for you.
It definitely is right for you.