Did you know that the skin is your body’s largest organ? It is built from three main layers, the epidermis, dermis and subcutis. Your skin is a flexible outer covering that keeps your body safe from the harmful effects of the outside world, like temperature extremes, moisture, solar radiation, bacteria, and the toxic substances in pollution that are harmful to us. The skin works hard to protect us which can put a lot of wear and tear on it! Regular exposure to the sun and wind leads to discolouration, drying, and chafing. A lot of effort has gone into preserving healthy skin throughout our lives, creams and lotions, diets, and in some cases, surgical procedures.
In recent years some really wonderful technological advances in skin care and restoration have been achieved! One of the best new techniques for maintaining young and healthy skin is called skin needling, a non-invasive procedure that can be applied to address a wide range of skin conditions such as wrinkles, fine lines, acne scars, and enlarged pores! If you think your skin could use a bit of help to make it look its best, then skin needling is for you!
Let’s learn a bit more about how this amazing process works!
Skin needling can be used on all skin types and skin tones, it is a key component of collagen induction therapy. Skin needling encourages your skin’s natural collagen production by making tiny pricks with the needles to urge new skin growth to take place. Even deep, unsightly scars and uneven skin textures can be enhanced with regular treatments, promoting the new generation of firmer, smoother skin.
The skin needling device is held in the hand to direct an array of tiny needles to make pricks in the skin’s epidermis, the top layer. The procedure makes tiny micro-injuries that the body responds to by making repairs that include new collagen production, skin regeneration, hair growth, and the increased regrowth of skin cells. By undergoing regular treatments, skin needling can make long lasting improvements to undesirable skin problems like blotchy, uneven skin tones, the formation of wrinkles, dry, chafed skin, and the other ravaging effects that ageing brings!
It can seem a bit counter-intuitive that causing light damage to the skin is the best path to achieving smoother, healthier skin! Skin needling is the perfect solution for those who are faced with managing difficult skin conditions like scarring. The needling process fosters amazing improvements to their skin without the need to undergo major invasive cosmetic procedures such as plastic surgery.
Surprisingly, the cost of skin needling is quite low when compared to other methods. Some people opt for a do it yourself procedure, it carries very little risk, but having the treatment performed in a clinic by trained cosmetic medicine professionals is recommended for the most comfortable experience, and the aftercare is all taken care of for you! Skin needling can make you look and feel so much younger and fresher, rejuvenating your skin so it has a healthy glow everyone will notice!
