5 Reasons Microneedling Is So Beneficial for Your Skin

Your skin serves as a protective barrier for your body and plays a crucial role in your overall health. It regulates temperature, supports hair growth, enables sensation, and helps guard against infection and disease. Still, with scrapes, bruises, acne outbreaks, skin tags, and countless other issues, maintaining a firm and smooth appearance can feel like a constant battle. 

To address these issues and support your skin’s health, various treatments offer promising results. Among them, microneedling stands out for its targeted, collagen-boosting approach. 

Drs. Michele Hakimian, Kate D. Nash, Matthew King, and the dedicated staff at Progressive Care For Women, S.C., in Chicago offer microneedling and other treatments to enhance your skin. To understand the benefits of microneedling, let’s explore what it is and how it works.

Understanding microneedling and your skin

Proteins in your skin support strength, firmness, and elasticity. They also replace dead skin cells and assist with clotting. Collagen, in particular — present in 28 different types — makes up approximately 30% of your body’s total protein. 

Microneedling, also known as collagen induction therapy, is a minimally invasive procedure that creates tiny punctures in damaged skin. This technique stimulates the growth of collagen, resulting in the formation of healthy new skin cells. 

While often used on the face, microneedling can also treat your neck, back, legs, and other areas. Most people undergo multiple sessions to get the desired results.

How the microneedling process works

Before treatment, we cleanse, dry, and cover your skin with a topical anesthetic. Our device uses a series of needles that penetrate at various depths, creating numerous microinjuries that stimulate collagen and other healing proteins. This causes new, healthy tissue to form.

Benefits of microneedling

Microneedling offers gentle, effective support for a range of skin concerns. Its advantages include:

1. Improves skin tone and texture

Microneedling reduces fine lines, wrinkles, enlarged pores, stretch marks, uneven skin tone, and dark spots. It also minimizes acne scars, cuts, burns, and lost elasticity.

2. Requires little downtime

This quick procedure typically takes 15-30 minutes and requires minimal recovery.

3. Treats other skin conditions

Microneedling stimulates hair growth for people with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease.

4. Pairs well with medications

Microneedling helps your skin absorb topical treatments. It also allows for direct application of medication during the treatment session to maximize results.

5. Suitable for all skin types

Unlike certain treatments that work best on specific skin types, microneedling benefits anyone seeking to improve blemishes and scars.

Experience the benefits of microneedling for yourself

Helping your skin produce the proteins it needs offers a powerful path to healthier, more radiant skin, and microneedling delivers those results. Make an appointment with Drs. Hakimian, Nash, King, and Progressive Care For Women, S.C., today to learn how microneedling can help you.