It can be surprising to learn that as your skin begins to suffer from signs of aging, it still retains the ability to renew itself. The problem is that this regenerative ability requires an injury to your skin to act as a trigger.
That’s the secret behind the miracles of microneedling, a minimally invasive procedure that produces controlled damage to stimulate the production of collagen, part of a healing response that refreshes youthful conditions in your skin.
The medical aesthetics professionals at South Central Family Practice Clinic in Soldotna, Alaska, proudly offer microneedling to patients looking for a refreshing update to their appearance. More than just a cosmetic process, microneedling can also treat some medical conditions. Here’s why everyone is raving about this surgery-free skin treatment.
Medically speaking, a matrix is a framework upon which various tissues in your body adhere. In your skin, collagen and elastin are two important parts of a matrix that supports and nourishes your skin.
As you get older, the renewal processes affecting the skin’s matrix begin to slow, though they can pick up speed in response to skin damage. Medical aesthetics has a wide range of treatments that produce controlled damage of various intensities with the express purpose of creating new matrix growth.
Microneedling uses a wand with a grid of tiny, sterile needles that selectively cause micro-punctures in your skin, to which healing responds. Microneedling penetrates more deeply than other procedures, including microdermabrasion or chemical peels, producing a more pronounced response.
You can expect a wide range of effects from microneedling. The procedure can improve the appearance of skin characteristics like:
We can even use microneedling to deliver topical nutrients below your skin’s surface. Each microneedling treatment can be customized to your skin’s needs.
Hundreds of punctures in your skin may sound like an aggressive and painful way to improve your appearance, but in fact, microneedling is well-tolerated when we use pretreatment topical anesthetics followed by hydrating gels afterward.
Microneedling can also offer treatment options for people with hair loss from an autoimmune disease called alopecia areata. Hyperhidrosis, an excessive sweating condition, can also be treated with microneedling.
Sometimes, microneedling becomes a delivery method for vaccines or other subdermal drug therapies.
Contact South Central Family Practice Clinic to learn more about microneedling and find out if you’re a candidate for this exciting treatment. Call or click to book your appointment.
