- So, I'm just about to start a skin needling treatment
on Shiobhan's skin.
Her concerns are acne scarring
so this is a really great treatment
to address that concern.
It's the use of a skin needling device
with 12 micro-needles at the end of the pen
which penetrate the skin and
we use a hyaluronic acid
so that helps with the induction
of collagen and elastin.
It is particularly useful on scars
because it does penetrate down
to the deeper layers of the skin
and that will help Siobhan's skin to the heal itself
and in turn have lifting of the scars.
So, I'm just gonna apply some
of the hyaluronic acid serum to your forehead.
We just do one area at a time
just for your comfort levels
and just to make sure the skin
doesn't absorb the hyaluronic acid as we go.
I'm just gonna apply that to your forehead.
This can generally be a little bit more scratchy
than other areas of the face
because there's not a lot of padding underneath.
Your skin should feel nice and numb
because we applied the numbing cream
an hour before your treatment.
(rhythymic buzzing) Now to start the treatment
we just do circular motions across the forehead
and that helps to open the skin up.
This is a really good way just
to open the skin before going
up to a deeper length of needle.
I usually do this in tight corkscrew motions
across the skin.
Once we've opened the skin and infused the hyaluronic acid
we're able to move the needle length up slightly
to a deeper length.
I'm just moving mine up by .25
and we do a cross-hatch motion across the skin
so that then we know
that we're definitely covering every area of the skin
and the patient is getting a really thorough treatment.
So not only does this treat Siobhan's scarring
because it does promote the production
of collagen and elastin,
she's also getting
a rejuvenation treatment as well
as an anti-aging treatment as well.
So the majority of Siobhan's concerns
are the scars on her cheeks.
So I'm just cross-hatching over the area
like I did the forehead
just to make sure the hyaluronic acid is infused
and her skin's nice and soft and supple
before going in and stamping the scars.
Okay, now what I'm gonna do is just
lengthen the length of the needle.
Because we are gonna go in
and do some stamping action on Siobhan's scars.
I'm gonna move up to a .5.
We match the needle to the patient's scars.
I'm gonna be stamping into them
which will penetrate the area of concern.
So the pinprick bleeding that we can see here
on Siobhan's chin is really normal
to this type of treatment.
It's a microchannels that we've made into the skin
usually close over within 30 seconds
but I just wanted to show this before I give her a clean
that this is really normal.
She's not gonna leave here
with any type of blood on her face.
But his just means her skin's now forced to heal itself
and in turn releasing healing properties to lift
collagen and elastin to make her scars appear better.
You can see there that there isn't any type of beading
and she doesn't continue to bleed.
And you can also see that the area here
that has been treated is slightly red and slightly raised
and that is completely normal as well.
This too will calm down within
an hour or so of post-treatment.
Skin needling is a really great treatment
for rejuvenation and for acne scarring.
The good thing about it is the down time is minimal.
With rejuvenation you're able to put mineral makeup
on 24 hours after the treatment itself.
And with acne scarring you're looking
about 24 to 48 hours.
Apart from the redness and the swelling
Siobhan's able to go back to her daily duties as normal.
She could go to work this afternoon if she wanted to.
The results from skin needling are best met
with the amount of treatments needed
for your particular concern.
Generally speaking, it is six to eight treatments
spaced about six to eight weeks apart.
It is really important for the skin
to be prepped properly before having
any type of treatment especially the skin needling.
So, Siobhan has been prepped on the appropriate serums
for four to six weeks before having her treatment today.