Microneedling New York, NY

Microneedling represents a combination of technical innovation and a deep understanding of our body’s structure. This non-surgical cosmetic treatment can boost collagen and elastin while also healing your skin. When performed by an experienced dermatologist, it can provide a rejuvenated look and feel to skin on the face or other parts of your body.

About Microneedling

Age, sun exposure, and genetics might try to harm your skin, but modern medicine is prepared to help you fight back. With minimally-invasive procedures like microneedling in NYC, you can refresh your skin without the need for a single incision. Where surgery cuts and reorients your body, microneedling works with its natural functions to boost your appearance and self-confidence.

How Can Microneedling Improve Your Skin?

Microneedling takes advantage of your body’s natural collagen-producing mechanisms. Using a special eclipse micropen evo at the tip of which is a disposable applicator with its tiny needles which more in and out 1000 times per minute. This treatment creates a large number of small punctures across the treatment area. While this might sound intimidating, it actually causes your body to react in a positive way. In response to these small punctures, your body begins producing more collagen and elastin. Both of these materials are vital for keeping skin tight and healthy. As we age, the production of these proteins drops off, but microneedling can kick start it back up. The treatment also allows us to introduce beneficial agents into the skin, such as hyaluronic acid, Botulinum Toxin and Vitamin C or Tranexamic acid.

What Problems & Areas Can Microneedling Treat?

Though microneedling is used on the face most often, it can treat skin concerns around the body as well. Common concerns that microneedling can improve include:

• Acne and acne scarring.
• Dark spots or uneven skin tone, including sunspots and melasma, especially when used with tranexamic acid
• Large pores
• Minor scars
• Damaged skin, including sun damage
• Wrinkles and fine lines
• Stretch marks, especially when used with biostimulatory, dermal fillers like Sculptra.

Other popular treatment areas include the neck, chest, stomach and thighs.

What Is the Treatment Like?

Though the treatment involves needles, it actually is both fast and quite tolerable for most patients. In fact, treatments typically take under half an hour, depending on your unique plan. To start, we apply a numbing cream to the treatment area to keep you comfortable from start to finish. During your treatment, you may notice a slight stinging sensation, but rarely more than that.

Your physician glides the microneedling tool carefully across the treatment area. There may be minor splotches of blood as the pen does make small punctures. However, any bleeding stops quite quickly in all cases.

After your treatment, you are free to return to your daily routine. However, since there can be redness, minor swelling, and minor spots of bleeding, many patients prefer to take at least the first day off. Everyone heals at their own rate, but most patients return to work in 24-36 hours and should be fully healed within about one week of their treatment session.

Is Microneedling Right for Me?

Microneedling is an excellent way for a wide range of patients to improve their skin’s look and texture. For patients who want to treat a range of skin concerns, this treatment can help you achieve your goals without the need for invasive surgery. The first step to see if microneedling is right for you is to schedule your consultation with Dr. Clark. Based on your goals, Dr. Clark can provide you with a personalized treatment plan that is built around helping you reach them.

Patients who have developed keloid scars in the past might benefit from a different rejuvenation treatment, such as laser skin resurfacing. However, this treatment can actually benefit patients who have minor scarring of other types.

When Can I See Results?

Microneedling is a gradual process, so the time it takes to see results can vary. While many patients will see significant improvement after even one treatment, most patients require between 4-6 sessions to fully reach their goals. With each additional treatment, pigment become more even pores become tighten and your body’s collagen and elastin levels continue to increase, resulting in skin that bost looks and feels years younger. It is important to keep in mind that while microneedling provides impressive results, it takes time for them to arrive. As your body continues to produce more collagen after each treatment, you should see additional improvements in the weeks to come.

Unfortunately, the aging process never stops, and the sun is always at war with our skin. For these reasons, we recommend patients come in at regular intervals for touchup treatments to maintain their results and keep their skin vibrant. As part of your treatment plan, Dr. Clark can let you know what your ideal touchup schedule would look like.

Schedule Your Consultation

Take the first step to clearer and brighter skin today when you schedule your consultation for microneedling. Dr. Clark has years of experience and has developed advanced methods to improve upon previous treatments for a range of dermatological concerns. Call us today to learn more about microneedling and get started on your path to a refreshed look.