Aging is a fact of life.  As we get older, our skin starts to lose volume, and our collagen and elastin become weaker.  This results in skin laxity wrinkles, large pores, age spots and rosacea, but microneedling  is an FDA approved treatment that stimulates collagen and elastin production in the skin.  The procedure involves numbing the skin then utilizing super fine needles to create hundreds of tiny puncture wounds in the upper layer of the skin that initiates your own healing instinct.  It is your skin’s healing instinct that works to create new collage and elastin that fills in the wounded tissues, thereby thickening and tightening the skin, shrinking pore size, minimizing fine lines and improving acne scarring.

Research has shown that one microneedling treatment can product as much collagen as we lose in a year’s time.  However, doing as few as four treatments – once a month for four consecutive months – has been shown to stimulate the skin’s healing response for as long as 18 months.  The amount of collagen that is produced in this time frame has been linked to gently “rolling the clock back” 5-10 years.  Of course, we cannot stop the aging process, but it is definitely better to look amazing for our age than to look older than our years!

Microneedling can be done at any time of year and is perfectly safe for all skin types.