Microneedling is a skin rejuvenation treatment that harnesses the power your body has to heal naturally when properly stimulated. The treatment involves very thin needles that puncture your skin. While you might question how pricking your skin multiple times could possibly improve it, the process really works. It could give you glowing, healthier skin with a more even skin tone, fewer wrinkles, and a less crepey appearance.
With the help of microneedling in Edmond, you can improve scars, including acne scaring, wrinkles, stretch marks, and other damaged areas of your skin. It is a powerful solution for many skin problems. Our Med Spa team could assess your skin and recommend treatments that reach your goals.
We tend to think of needles as being large enough to create an injury to your skin, but microneedling needles are so fine that they create tiny pricks in the skin. The micro-fine needles almost seem to slip in between cells without causing any appreciable damage.
One of the most important things microneedling can do is stimulate collagen and elastin production in your skin. As your body produces more collagen in the treatment area, fine lines and wrinkles can disappear. Areas heavily damaged by acne could lose some of the pock-marked effect as new collagen pushes the bottom of sunken scars up toward the level of the rest of your skin. Other types of scarring could remodel with the increased collagen, becoming much less noticeable. The new elastin helps your skin to tighten slightly, which could improve sagging skin.
Multiple microneedling devices are available. Each has its own advantages and may treat certain skin issues better than others. Some microneedling systems in Edmond add radio frequency (RF) energy to heat the needles. The heat generated may boost your skin’s collagen production while also helping tighten your skin. Microneedles could help deliver treatment serums deep into your skin. This can improve how well the treatment works.
The microneedling treatment can be done on many areas of skin, which makes it very versatile. You may only be thinking of your face and neck, but after you see what it can do for your skin, you may want to have microneedling done on your abdomen, hands, or arms.
This treatment can be done on most skin tones. The needling does not go deep enough to cause true skin trauma and rarely causes any darkening of the skin. Please be sure to discuss your concerns with our staff.
All your microneedling treatments will be in our Edmond office. A session usually lasts about 15 to 30 minutes, depending on how many areas you decide to treat.
We use a topical anesthetic on the treatment areas. This should keep you comfortable throughout the session. After a treatment session, you can return to your usual activities immediately. No downtime is a big advantage of this therapy.
The treated areas of skin will have a healthy, pink glow. You may notice this lasting up to four days, though it usually disappears over the first 24 hours after a session. You might also have mild swelling, but this, too, reduces quickly. As your skin starts to make more collagen, you will see further changes as troubled areas improve.
Some patients try the method of one and done. It will depend on what your aesthetic goals are. There will be appreciable changes, and you may be happy with what happens after just one treatment. You may decide that you want to have more treatments in order to reach your goals. Your skin will improve with each session. Our team can advise on the session amounts that could address your needs.
Whether you are concerned about the changes that are occurring due to aging or hoping to improve scars or repair sun-damaged skin, microneedling in Edmond could be a wonderful way to improve your skin. With natural-looking results, you will appreciate what microneedling can do to improve your appearance. Renewed, younger-looking skin is not far away after you make an appointment to get started. Call us to learn more.
