I experimented on myself…. with microneedling!

It’s Phoebe right here 🙂 And I’ve a confession: I’m a bit obsessive about skincare. 

You bought me. I’m a LOT obsessive about skincare.

I really like attempting all kinds of various merchandise and experimenting with them – in spite of everything, it helps make sure that our Completely happy creations are the very best of the very best 😉

Up until now I’ve performed it secure however earlier than we went into isolation I used to be a bit braver than regular and tried one thing fully out of my consolation zone… microneedling!

Microneedling is a process that makes use of a bunch of tiny needles to puncture the primary layer of your pores and skin, creating numerous little micro-injuries, and the concept is that your pores and skin will create collagen to heal these accidents, lowering the looks of advantageous traces, wrinkles, and scars, and improves the general texture of your pores and skin.

Since I’ve had hormonal zits for so long as I can keep in mind, the concept microneedling may assist with my zits scarring was sufficient motivation for me to present it a go. 

Within the title of analysis I saved a bit video journal of the entire expertise so I may share it with you however please word that there’s a little bit of bleeding within the video, so if you happen to’re delicate then it is best to give this one a miss! 

After I arrived we had a beautiful chat with the women within the salon (I am unable to assist myself!) then we went into the remedy room and I had some refreshing gel smoothed over my face. I used to be left to calm down for about 15 minutes whereas the gel went to work numbing my face, then it was showtime.

The needling a part of the process lasted lower than 20 minutes and straight after that I had some hyaluronic acid serum utilized and wore a LED masks for 10 minutes to hurry up restoration. All up I used to be out and in in beneath an hour, however what an hour it was 🙂 

You is likely to be questioning about the price of the process, and I feel it varies fairly a bit. My salon normally prices $400 per remedy however that they had a half worth particular and I could not resist the discount so I bought 2 remedies upfront.

Listed here are my massive takeaways from the entire expertise… 

It hurts (however not an excessive amount of)

Earlier than I had the microneedling remedy my beautician was fully upfront with me and gave me the exhausting reality – the process could be fairly uncomfortable. For me solely the primary half was a bit painful (that was my brow) as a result of there’s no fats there – it’s simply pores and skin and bone, so the needles get a bit ouchie, even after the numbing gel. The excellent news is that after you’ve performed your brow, the remainder of it’s a bit of cake 🙂 

You’ll in all probability bleed

I didn’t actually anticipate to see the bleeding and I feel most individuals having the remedy won’t even realise they’re bleeding – it’s simply that I whipped out my cellphone and began taking selfies, hehehe.

Be sure to’re in secure fingers

I feel it’s actually necessary that if you happen to’re going to have procedures performed that contain needles or lasers, please ensure you’re visiting a salon or medical facility that you just belief to do issues proper. The salon I visited was owned by medical professionals and the employees had been extremely educated, so I felt fully secure the entire time.

Comply with the aftercare directions

Be sure to deal with your pores and skin extremely gently for the times (and weeks) following your process. It’s exhausting to keep away from touching your face, and even tougher to not cleanse and moisturise for three days! 

However if you happen to’re affected person and also you look ahead to that preliminary therapeutic to happen earlier than you employ a delicate exfoliator on day 5, you’ll be rewarded with outcomes. Keep in mind to remain out of the solar too. 

When you’re allowed to make use of merchandise on day 4, go for good high quality, mild (!!), pure skincare merchandise as your pores and skin will nonetheless be therapeutic for the subsequent few weeks. Hopefully you’ll share my expertise of noticing how effectively my serums labored submit microneedling!

You might want multiple remedy

Initially I used to be fairly sceptical, however a couple of weeks after my remedy I began to note that my pores and skin texture had improved. And now penning this and looking out again on the photographs I can inform there has undoubtedly been an enchancment in my pigmentation, and presumably a slight enchancment to my zits scarring. 

My scarring was the primary concern I used to be attempting to deal with with the remedy and my beautician did inform me beforehand that it might take multiple remedy to note a distinction, so I’m planning on going again to do a 2nd remedy as soon as we’re out of isolation as I truly bought two remedies upfront initially (however I feel I’ll be performed after that!!).

In the event you’re focused on microneedling and you’ve got some questions, be at liberty to ship me a message and I’d be very happy to share my expertise with you.  x Phoebe