We all want to turn back the clock. Needling has been around for years, Environ has has offered rollers to compliment the C-quence range since the early 2000’s. There are a few different ways to needle the skin, including in salon treatment, medical needling with a much longer needle or needling grouped with another treatment as well as rolling at home.
What are the benefits?
- Collagen production
- Skin healing
- Scar improvement
- Improved elasticity
- Overall improved skin tone
- Better product penetration
In Salon Needling
The treatment involves using a roller with needles, tiny needles (0.2mm) that roll over the face and perferoate the skin. This creates little injuries basically, that create wells for product to reach closer to the dermis; which offers a better skin coming through. The second benefit is collagen production and skin healing, with small injuries the skin begins the regeneration process givning it a boost which improves the elasticy of the skin as it produces collagen.
Does it hurt? Not terribly, you do feel it. The skin is numbed before the treatment so you should not feel too much but some spots are always just sensitive. After the treament the skin looks red, so plan to head home afterwards, wearing a mask is not comfortable for a few hours, the skin recovers for around 3 hours and feels a little sun burnt. This is a great time to apply serums to the skin as it is so perceptive to active ingredients and additional collagen. The next day, the skin looks amazing, reduces pore size and an even skin tone is visible.
When needling, you can combine this with peeling and laser over a course of treatments. We recommend needling every 4 weeks for a course of 4-6 treatments per roller.
Other in Salon Options
At Rene’s, we also offer a treatment called BDR, this is a German-engineered machine that begins with a peel, which exfoliates the skin and softens the epidermis which we intensify over the course of treatments. The peel is not terribly uncomfortable and takes about 10 minutes from start to finish. Next, we use a little mechanical needle system and an exfoliator to manually exfoliate and perforate the skin. Once this is done, we apply a hyaluronic-acid gel mask, this mimics the skins natural moisturising factor (NMF) and plumps out any small lines and wrinkles and leaves the skin looking soft and supple. We complete the treatment with a micro massage, or a neck and shoulder massage while the mask works its magic. We would recommend that this treatment is done every 4 days and a course of 4-6 is recommended depending on your goals for the skin.
Rolling at Home
Rolling at home is a softer, longer game to improve scaring, work on keloid or general anti-aging. Needles in this case would be much smaller (0.1mm) and you would roll the entire face daily before applying product, this is a very comfortable process and feels only slightly prickly. If you are treating scarring then you will use a vitamin A serum to assist in skin regeneration, but please consult with a professional before working with vitamin A (Retin A) as this can cause a retinoid reaction and breakouts on the skin.
Medical Rolling
This would be a much deeper kit used to roll the skin, there is blood and a local anesthetic is used to numb the skin. You would need to give the skin 7 full days to recover and avoid all video calls during this time as the skin is scabbing, red, and looks inflamed. But once the treatment settles and is complete, you can expect a long-lasting result very similar to the benefits listed above.
So is skin needling for you? You need to test this and decide. Combining the treatment with other treatments can help to boost the skin and delay more invasive treatments. Using a good skin regimen coupled with suggested treatments is the best way to cultivate a long-lasting youthful appearance with healthy and well-functioning skin.
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