8 Amazing Ways Skin Needling Benefits Your Skin
As the beauty industry grows and adapts, we see hundreds of new treatments that claim to do anything from removing scars to reversing signs of aging. With so many options, it’s hard to know what treatment will give you the results you’re looking for.
Microneedling, a minimally invasive form of collagen induction therapy, has taken the world by storm with its reliable (and breath-taking) results.
If you’re unsure whether microneedling is worth investing in, here are 8 benefits of skin needling that might sway your decision.
1. Reduces Fine Lines and Wrinkles
As you age, your body produces less collagen. Since collagen is responsible for your skin’s elasticity, lower levels mean fine lines and wrinkles.
A microneedling pen stimulates wound-healing mechanisms and increases your collagen levels. These work together to produce new skins cells that replace the old ones – reducing the appearance of crow’s feet, wrinkles, and fine lines.
2. Prevents Skin Sagging
They say that prevention is better than cure, and skin needling does both! Microneedling encourages elastin and collagen production in your skin. This prevents your skin from sagging because its collagen production continues as usual, instead of slowing down as you age.
3. Evens Skintone and Reduces Scars
Uneven skin tone and discoloration don’t do any harm, but they can be frustrating to deal with. Microneedling stimulates and rejuvenates your skin to even out your skin tone.
You can use a derma pen to reduce hyperpigmentation, age spots, melasma, and discoloration caused by sun damage.
And since it breaks down old tissue and stimulates new tissue production. This smoothes the tissue to fill in dents left behind by acne scars, burn scars, surgery scars, and other skin injuries.
4. Reduces Stretch Marks
Stretch marks are caused by numerous factors, and they affect both men and women. Skin needling encourages skin regeneration which helps reduce the marks.
This is especially effective when combined with topical creams.
Why, you ask? Let’s look at it…
5. Improves Potency of Skin Products
Microneedling creates porations in the skin – tiny holes that stimulate your skin’s healing mechanism. These porations help your skin absorb topical products more effectively, including serums, gels, acne treatments, and moisturizers.
6. Treats Rosacea
Common symptoms of rosacea include swelling, redness, thickened skin, flushing, and extreme acne breakouts. It is caused by a breakdown of collagen – the very thing that microneedling increases in your body!
This means that microneedling can address the symptoms of rosacea by replacing collagen in your skin.
7. Treats Alopecia
The skin on your scalp also loses collagen as you age, sometimes resulting in hair loss (alopecia). But since collagen and hair follicles sit within the same skin layer, the scalp can benefit as much from microneedling as your face does!
Microneedling can encourage hair growth and thicken hair that’s thinned due to alopecia or male pattern baldness. And since it helps your skin absorb topical products, it can help your scalp absorb products that treat hair loss such as steroids and platelet-rich plasma.
8. Safer Than Other Skin Treatments
One of the best parts of microneedling treatment is the limited side effects. Chemical peels and laser skin care treatments have side effects that can last for several weeks following the procedure.
Microneedling, on the other hand, has a relatively short downtime following treatment. You’ll be back to business as usual (plus glowing, healthy skin) in as little as 1 to 3 days! Visit your local new med spa and salon to enjoy the almost-immediate benefits of skin needling.
Experience the Benefits of Skin Needling Today
With all its benefits, it’s easy to see why skin needling is considered a miracle treatment.
Whether it’s the reduction of fine lines you’re most excited about, or some hope while battling with alopecia, you can experience all the benefits of microneedling for yourself today.
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