Skin Needling

What Is Skin Needling?


Skin needling is a term often used to refer to a cosmetic procedure also known as the “derma roller” treatment. This treatment involves a device covered in tiny needles that is used to make miniscule puncture holes in your skin. Thousands of punctures are created with every treatment, forcing the skin to regenerate and heal itself with the production of new skin cells and collagen.

The Value of Youthful Cells

Humans come out of the womb with smooth, soft skin that holds firmly in place. Children enjoy youthful skin that is tight and fresh. Their young skin is full of collagen, a substance that acts like scaffolding for your skin cells. Unfortunately for adults, the production of collagen slows down with age, leaving the skin with less structure. Most people start seeing looser skin and some wrinkles by the time they reach their late 30s. In your 40s and beyond, you can expect to see significant changes in the tightness and overall appearance of your skin.

These skin changes occur naturally with age, so it makes sense that the best way to turn back the skin’s clock is the generation of new skin cells. This is only possible through the body taps into its natural healing processes. When the skin begins to heal itself from the puncture injury, it starts producing more collagen and creating fresh cells. It then begins to look and feel more like it did when you were a teenager.

Beyond Anti-Ageing Benefits

Skin needling stimulates the production of collagen, but it is also used for the treatment of scarring. If you have significant scarring due to severe acne, you may feel self-conscious about the appearance of your skin. If you have tried many topical treatments without adequate results, this non-surgical procedure may be worth considering.

While skin needling may not completely eliminate all scarring, it can significantly reduce the prominence of scars. The mechanism is the same; the punctures from the treatment heal with fresh skin cells that replace the scarred cells.

What to Expect from a Skin Needling Treatment

Though this procedure is not the most comfortable option available today, it is one of the most effective for many people. You can expect to receive a numbing cream prior to the treatment that will reduce discomfort. Once your skin is sufficiently numb, your medical provider will use a unique handheld device to roll tiny needles over the surface of your skin.

These needles will penetrate your skin to a depth determined by your physician based on your goals. The needles are rolled over your skin, creating thousands of punctures in very little time. You can expect your treatment to last no more than an hour, though treatment times vary depending on the size of the area and the skin condition being treated.

Once the punctures have been made, your medical provider will remove the numbing cream. Most people can return to their normal daily activities without any obvious signs of their treatment. However, it is a good idea to clear your calendar for a few hours after your first skin needling treatment, just in case.

Results Develop over Time

You may notice that your skin looks refreshed immediately after this procedure, but the bulk of the results will come over several weeks following the treatment. Your skin will be generating more collagen and new skin cells in order to repair itself. As healing continues, the true results of skin needling will appear. The gradual change gives a subtle and natural shift from dull and lined to youthful and dewey.

23 replies
  1. Kristina
    Kristina says:

    This treatment is one of my favorites. When I went for it the first time, I was shocked and amazed at the results. Not to mention after some time, when the real skin needling results started showing on my face. It turned out that this new technology works for me, although as a middle-aged woman I was never a fan of modern treatments. But, my wrinkles reduced in just a short period of time!! It’s totally worth the time and money.

    Skin needling has many advantages besides removing crow’s feet. It sort of makes your skin more vibrant and less loose. And if you are middle-aged, this will mean the most to you. I was aiming to defy my age, and now needling is my go to treatment in the fight for better skin. Love the way my skin looks now! My best friend said I look five years younger, and that’s enough proof for me.

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  2. Martha H
    Martha H says:

    You cannot know if needling works for you, if you don’t try it. Let me share my story. I’ve used just about everything there is out there: antibiotics for acne, the best skin care products, the most expensive one’s as well, unfortunately. Nothing worked for me in a bigger sense. I had large pores, acne scarring, some mild wrinkles and my skin was not looking as tight as it did before. I took a suggestion, tried needling and so far I find the results good. It’s nothing too high-risk, and that’s why I loved it. My skin looks less droopy, my scars started fading away, and some of those pesky little wrinkles have started to become less noticeable. I’m all for aging gracefully, but this treatment is wonderful. If you do it for the first time, it might be a little uncomfortable, but the cream you put on your face to numb it a bit can really help. And once you do it the first time, you will get used to it. Plus, it’s the end result that counts. It’s totally worth it.

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  3. Young and Beautiful
    Young and Beautiful says:

    I am still young, but my skin started looking dreary and I was kind of unhappy with little scarring I had on my face. It started ageing, and I just needed something to give it a little bit more youth. Why deal with ageing skin if you can do something about it? Skin needling turned out fantastic. At first I was wondering does skin needling work? Why would it work anyways? Little needles penetrate your face and make it look younger… But it’s completely true. If I was asked to give the derma roller a review I would say it was the best thing that could happen to any woman, or man, as far as beauty treatments are concerned. It’s completely natural, and makes you look more radiant and youthful. And those little wrinkles I had from laughing all the time? Yes, all gone. And I will definitely resort to it in the future.

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  4. Bec
    Bec says:

    I’ve had problems with acne for as long as I can remember. I was always ashamed of my face, and all the creams in this world couldn’t help me. I’ve even undergone laser acne treatment, but nothing seemed to work for me. And then, I stumbled upon skin needling before and after pictures. Curiosity got the best of me, since I was amazed with the effects. I’ve gathered courage and went for it. At first I could see improvements in my skin, in the sense that, it was more radiant and less grey, to put it that way. Over time, with more treatments, my acne scars started fading away and my skin looked better with each and every day. This procedure has worked for me, and I think it’s pretty awesome! I would recommend it to anyone who has scars they want to erase and make their skin look more smooth and young!

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  5. Gina Robertoson
    Gina Robertoson says:

    I love that we live in such a modern world filled with treatments like this that really, really work! And this is excitement speaking from me, not exaggeration. After hearing first about this treatment, I immediately went online and googled skin needling reviews. They were more than positive, which pushed me into trying it out myself. And I think I can safely say that no scar removal creams or any kind of treatment helped, as much as this did. There are no unpleasant side effects, and it’s definitely worth it. The procedure itself seemed scary at first, since I don’t really like to be around needles. This wasn’t that painful, since the numbing cream that is applied first really has a good effect of numbing the areas that are going to be treated. It’s not that bad at all, it’s quite pleasant when you get up and look at yourself in the mirror and be satisfied with what you have done. My skin is glowing!

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  6. Lin
    Lin says:

    My friend recently told me about this technique, and ever since I heard about it I was wondering does skin needling work. I have wasted so much money on skincare products and treatments that never really worked for me. I have suffered from acne since puberty and I have severe acne scaring on my entire face. I have always been a bit shy about that… Then I gave this a shot, and I after a while I really started to see a difference. As it turns out, it doesn’t just remove scars. For me, there were many skin needling benefits. My skin became more radiant and youthful, removing the unwanted scars that have been haunting me all my life and that is something I could only wish for!

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  7. skin meedling reviews please
    skin meedling reviews please says:

    Can anyone recommend any other good skin needling reviews, so I can compare and get the most out of my research? Skin needling sounds appealing to me. I just want to get my facts straight, so I don’t make a fool of myself in front of somebody. Especially, if i schedule a consultation and I go there no knowing a single thing about it. That’s embarrassing! This was pretty informative anyways!

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  8. Verona
    Verona says:

    A doctor that I went to used the derma roller, but he didn’t refer to it as skin needling… Maybe he thought I was going to get scared or something. But it really gives great results. In the beginning, I was a sceptic, I have to admit it. I didn’t like the sound of it. Little punctures in your skin. I was so scared that I would have visible holes in my skin. But it doesn’t work like that, and thankfully, I don’t have big holes in my face! If you were to ask me does skin needling work, I would say, yes to an extent. You can’t expect your skin to look like you were 18. But it does kind of make it more radiant and bright, not so boring and full of dirt… That’s how I see my skin. I don’t know how it works, but it does, so I’ll not question it a lot.

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  9. Tatjana
    Tatjana says:

    I looked at some skin needling before and after pictures… The only fault that I find is the lack of results. It doesn’t seem dramatic enough for me, as long as you are putting up with the pain and needling. I also saw a review that said you could buy the derma roller yourself, and perform skin needling at home. That’s also something that puzzled me. If it is such a powerful tool, why can we use it at home? If anyone can do it, it’s not really something special, it’s just like any other skin care product out there. In addition, I don’t know how anyone can try this on their own, since there are little needles involved and you could really hurt yourself! Then you can cause even more damage.

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  10. Kenny
    Kenny says:

    I didn’t have any bad skin needling side effects. In fact, I went right back to my office and continued with work. One of my colleagues noticed that I was a bit red in the face, but I wasn’t wearing makeup so that contributed to my entire, out of the ordinary look. Otherwise, I went by unnoticed. That was one of the things that I was excited about the most. You don’t even feel like you’re doing something so significant, since you just walk in and out of there. But actually you are and it shows results.
    For skin needling Brisbane can be a little bit off beat, so I travelled to Sydney and found many doctors who wanted to do this, and had the best tools to do it.

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  11. Nicole Gitto
    Nicole Gitto says:

    My skin has felt great ever since I tried out skin-needling. Age does really affect it a lot, but also your skin care regimen is very important. If you don’t use the right skin care products, and you don’t take care of your skin, then you will need more treatments, because it will show off more on your skin. In the form of large pores and lines that are deeper. Of course, this is not a chemical peel, it doesn’t clean out your pores and stuff like that, but I’m happy with skin needling results. It made my skin feel fresh and sort of look younger. Especially the area around my mouth, the cheeks, and my forehead. Those are the areas I targeted the most, because they showed age more than other parts. I would really like to encourage anyone to try it, because it does rejuvenate you and replenishes your skin with collagen that it needs to stay healthy and beautiful.

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  12. Tanya
    Tanya says:

    If people read these skin needling reviews more carefully they would be more educated and informed. They would know exactly what to expect, and not expect anything more. Then, what happens? People don’t get informed, get a bad treatment, and then they complain and leave negative comments on skin needling. I’m not going to complain, because I prepared for it very well. I spoke to a trained professional with who I discussed my entire medical history. This was so important, because he knew exactly how to treat my skin, and how many treatments I needed.
    And after such careful research, and a good doctor, you can really see amazing results! I look at myself and I am so content with the way my skin is progressing into a better state. It just looks healthier overall. It looks kind of fresh and young, and it has that radiance that everyone speaks about. I love skin needling, I think it’s amazing! It really can work, so don’t listen to hard-core haters, because it’ probably their own fault anyways.

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  13. Casandra
    Casandra says:

    What made me do this was just those skin needling before and after photos! I thought that the results on some were marvellous, if you took the entire story in consideration. You know, not all people have the same issues, and if they do, they don’t have the same organisms. We don’t take things in the same way and that goes for health too.

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  14. Jimmy
    Jimmy says:

    So, I have this doubt. Is the derma roller treatment the same as skin needling? I might be wrong, but it seems so similar to me. I’ve read both of the articles, but somewhere I was left confused whether it’s the same thing or not the same thing. And if it is almost the same, why two different names for one procedure?

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  15. Sammy Fill
    Sammy Fill says:

    What’s the actual value of this treatment? I understand the value of youth and preservation of it. As well as the entire biology behind it. I use many skin care products and I am into beauty, but I’m not some superficial empty head. I ask a lot, I do the research, I don’t just do things that are not based on science, and rely more on propaganda… Is skin needling for can acne scars? Or just for scars, and tightening. What is the primary purpose of skin needling and how effective is it actually?

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  16. Sonya
    Sonya says:

    My friend mentioned the other day that she had many scars on her face. She had truly bad acne when she was a teenager. And she also tanned a lot so she had scars all over her face, for multiple different reasons. It didn’t look nice at all, it was kind of sad to see someone so young have such horrible skin. She tried the derma roller, but it didn’t really do much for her, since she really had a catastrophe going on, on her skin. After that she tried the laser scar removal, and to be honest, that helped a lot. It can’t even compare to derma roller. I’m guessing the derma roller doesn’t live up to all its claims.

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  17. Serenna
    Serenna says:

    I will sound sceptical… However, are there any unspoken of skin needling side effects? I’ve read many, many skin needling reviews in search of some comments or actual facts, and real dangers of skin needling. Can you get an infection from the tool they use? How is it disinfected? Those needles puncture the skin and then it gets all the germs and bacteria that are on your skin and beneath it. Which sounds horrifying especially if you think of those tools being used on people with severe acne problems…

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  18. Stacy
    Stacy says:

    I was wondering what is skin needling for… There are so many positive reviews on it, and on the lack of side effects and the actual results. It’s not that invasive and painful, so I can see why people would be interested in it. I was wondering about skin needling Sydney has, is it modern. Do you get what you pay for?

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  19. Purna
    Purna says:

    I had a laser acne treatment, and although I think it’s fantastic, skin needling seems great for removing scars. But before you act on anything, listen to advice people have been giving out for ages. The main thing is to visit a certified specialist who want screw up the treatment, therefore he won’t do anything bad to your face. If you visit a doctor, he will tell you if the procedure is for you or not. Real doctors do that, that’s what they are for. They are supposed to examine your skin and take into consideration your medical condition.
    That’s easy to do, you just find a clinic you’re interested in, and if you’re not sure whether it’s the right choice, just schedule an appointment. The staff will make a consultation, and when you arrive there, you can check out everything you wanted to see at first hand. They won’t be able to fool you once you actually walk in there and see for yourself what kind of a doctor is working. Usually they have degrees on their walls, so you’ll no he’s qualified. And the clinic itself should look clean and respectable, and that will tell you a lot. No matter which procedure you choose you should be on the look out!

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  20. Vanya S.
    Vanya S. says:

    To me, the photos speak the truth. You can write all the nicest or the worst things about something but what really count are the results, and you can only see it through pictures or in real life. Since I don’t have anyone close to me, I found skin needling before and after pics online, and I don’t see much of a difference. Doesn’t seem as effective and great as I was expecting it to be.

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  21. Arya
    Arya says:

    Hello. I have just one questions and I am hoping that one of the experts from this great website will answer me, since I am interested in a professional opinion. Does skin needling work compared to laser resurfacing. All around the world people have been spreading the word about laser resurfacing, and how it’s made for many thing, and can heal the skin and benefit it in many ways. I was just

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  22. Sharlota W.
    Sharlota W. says:

    If skin needling at home was a reality and healthy, we wouldn’t be doing it in clinics and it wouldn’t cost a lot. Skin needling results are great, and just because some of these people posted bad pictures of it, doesn’t really mean that it’s bad, it can be many factors.

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  23. Ri Yoma
    Ri Yoma says:

    Now I have great skin, but if I were to look at my skin a year ago that would, trust me, be a different story. I had many things done. I had chemical peels, I’ve used creams, expensive and cheap, less effective and more effective, but it all came down to the same, which is, useless. Nothing worked, whatever the claims were from these big companies, it’s not working. So I had an acne laser treatment, and I only had it once, but it turned out to give some results. The acne started drying up and calming down a bit. My face was really red in the beginning, but after two weeks, they all dried up. I still had acne on my cheeks and between my eyebrows, but what was remaining were the scars. Black and white spots, from the acne all over the face. It almost looks as if I have acne, but that’s not it. Then I wanted to try skin needling because I had nothing to lose. I had a treatment done with a skin needling roller, and I didn’t have any bad reactions. The results were phenomenal, and most of the things I didn’t like on my cheeks are gone, and I’m having a completely new start. A great treatment indeed. Maybe for me, it was a combination of the two, but who knows.

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