Evaluating Micro Needling: Benefits, Risks, and Treatment Efficacy

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of micro needling, a cosmetic procedure involving pricking the skin with tiny needles to stimulate collagen and elastin production. It delves into the benefits of micro needling, such as reducing wrinkles, acne scars, and stretch marks, as well as improving skin tone and elasticity. The essay also addresses the potential risks and side effects, including redness, swelling, breakouts, and the possibility of infection. It highlights the importance of consulting with a dermatologist to determine if micro needling is a suitable treatment option, weighing the advantages and disadvantages before proceeding with the procedure. The report concludes that while micro-needling is a procedure considered by people for facing many issues related to skin, one must consider the pros and cons of the procedure.

RESEARCHED
ESSAY ON
MICRONEEDLING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
ESSAY BODY.................................................................................................................................4
RESEARCH QUESTION...........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Micro needling is the term that defines cosmetic process or procedure. It includes
pricking the skin with tiny or small sterilized needles. It causes small wounds to the body for
making more elastin and collagen. The collagen and elastin helps in healing healing skin and
assists people to look younger. It is also known as collagen induction therapy. This is the process
that is less expensive in comparison to laser treatments. It affects the pigmentation of skin and
colour according to the need of person. The current report focuses on information about micro
needling procedure. This report covers the various risks and benefits related to the micro
needling procedure (Starace and et. al. 2020). It has used secondary sources to gather
information about the process of micro needling. Micro needling is a procedure of minimally
invasive cosmetic process that is used for treating skin problems or concerns through collagen
production. It is also called collagen induction therapy as this treatment assists those people who
are looking forward to decrease the appearance of stretch marks and acne scars. It is also
considered in particular procedures of anti-ageing like sun spots and eyelid surgery. The micro
needling procedure is not helpful in hair loss despite the possible collagen role in the growth of
hair. The person who looks for micro needling procedure must be in good health and have
particular skin concerns that have not responded to home remedies or any other kinds of
dermatologic processes like peels (Bonati, Epstein and Strugar, 2017). Micro needling works by
encouraging person's skin by making more collagen. The idea is that pinpricks from the process
make small injury to the skin and that the skin responds by forming new collagen-rich tissue.
The new skin tissue turns more even in texture and tone.

ESSAY BODY
RESEARCH QUESTION
Develop a clear argument for or against the micro needling procedure as a treatment modality
exploring the benefits and risk of micro needling procedure.
It is being identified that it is quite normal for the skin to lose collagen through injury or
age. By encouraging the skin to form new tissues, there is more collagen to assist form the skin
firmer too. Micro needling is most often considered use on the face of person to target: age spots,
acne scars, wrinkles and fine lines, other kinds of scars, large pores, uneven skin tone and
reduced skin elasticity. In relation to facial concerns, micro needling is generally used to treat
stretch marks in different areas of the body. One of the studies has founded that micro needling is
very effective for stretch marks on the abdominal area and thighs when combined with fillers.
Scarring on different parts of the body could also be treated with this particular process.
Therefore, micro needling is mostly used on the face. It is identified that no one wants to look
older than their age is. But premature aging that shows as wrinkles and fine lines does just that.
The small injuries from session of micro needling boost elastin and collagen production for
fighting wrinkles and fine lines (El‐Domyati, Abdel‐Wahab and Hossam, 2018). Elastin and
collagen are compounds in the skin that add strength and structure, increasing a youthful quality.
The mechanism of wound healing also stimulates body to produce new cell of skin, forming fine
lines and wrinkles of forehead become less apparent. Basically the process of micro needling
stimulates elastin and collagen production. It is very effective in addressing scars and acne on
skin. The only kind of scar not possible to treat is raised, scars and keloid. Aging does not show
up as discolouration and wrinkles. As the person gets older, the skin loses the elasticity so it
shows lax. The person's aged skin also look low, dull and do not have a lustrous glow. Micro
needling helps in changing this. The boost up of collagen that forms in response to the small
wounds could improve the structure of skin to fight sagging.
Micro-needling quite effective in decreasing the appearance of age spots,
hyperpigmentation and sun damage. If the person has a brown complexion, blotchy which is
probably outcome of too many days of sunning micro needling and its ability to boost new skin
cells and collagen could reinvigorate the person's look and even out the tone. Despite the fact
micro needling includes punching holes in the skin and it does not increase the size of the pores.

It assists pores to look much smaller. When the collagen around person's pores is boost up, the
area covered around every pore plumps, forming the pores almost disappear. Post micro needling
is known as the prime time for applying treatments of anti aging, topical treatments and
moisturisers that stimulates and boost the appearance and health of skin. The micro-holes receive
gels, serums and creams more readily and deliver them deeper into dermis than when applied
regularly (Gold, Sensing and Biron, 2019).
Micro needling operates just about anywhere on the body. It could be effective in
reducing the stretch marks appearance that generally show up after periods of rapid growth like
pregnancy. It is the procedure that is very effective and helpful in fighting with stretch marks.
The skin thickening and ruddiness of rosacea could be addressed with the assistance of micro
needling. If person suffers from the skin condition, the person experiences a hastened collagen
breakdown. The procedure of micro needling boost the collagen growth to to replace and offset
this particular breakdown so skin looks less irritated and inflamed. Due to the improved delivery
of topical applications, the person could easily use micro needling to assist improve the
effectiveness of topical acne treatments. It boosts up the growth of collagen to replace and offset
the breakdown so that skin looks irritated and inflamed. Effects of micro needling are
comparable to chemical peel and laser treatments but without the long time period. The person
could easily glow-up complexion 24-72 hours after the procedure of micro-needling but with the
assistance of laser resurfacing, the person may take 3 to 10 days for recovery. The complexion
requires fourteen to twenty one days for bouncing back after a intensive and medium peel. The
treatment of micro needling helps person to look more radiant and smoother. After a particular
month the person notices that skin is importantly tighter (Bandral and et. al. 2019).
Generally, micro needling is the way for treating variety of different skin conditions that
cause depression in the skin of people such as surgical scars, burns, enlarged pores, acne
scarring, stretch marks and wrinkles. The process of micro needling is less effective on narrow,
deep ice pick scars of acne than on broader ones. There are many temporary side effects to be
aware with the procedure of micro needling. The process of micro needling causes short-term
skin flaking, swelling and redness that can last for many days. Most people could return to
wearing make-up within a treatment day. Skin becomes more sun-sensitive after treatment, so
after the procedure of micro needling sunscreen is advised. This is the process that could worsen
the active breakouts so people with oral herpes and inflammatory can not be treated with the

procedure of micro needling until the lesions have cleared. People who have history of oral
herpes are prescribed with an oral antiviral medication for the time duration of one week. The
process of micro needling stimulates new cold sore (Ablon, 2018).
Micro needling is known as the popular skin rejuvenating treatments in the present time.
It generally improves the feel and look of the skin but it could also operate wonders on
decreasing wrinkles, acne scars and lines. With the treatment of micro needling it is very normal
for skin to appear red but is also recorded that redness should decrease within 24 hours. There
are times when aggressive treatment is done then the redness remains for a longer time duration.
After the direct procedure of micro needling, the skin of the person looks bright red from the
heat and it clearly looks like and feel sunburn (Gupta, Barman and Sarkar, 2021). The procedure
of micro needling is super safe if is treated correctly. The most common side effect includes:
redness and skin irritation for some days afterwards. But all cosmetic treatments micro needling
comes with many risks. There are many serious possible side-effects are: bruising, bleeding,
infection and peeling.
The procedure of micro needling is not for everyone because there are certain
requirements that need to be fulfilled otherwise the person who is taking the treatment has to face
particular side-effects. This treatment is not suitable for the people who are in following
conditions: have open wounds, take blood thinners regularly, scar easily, have a disorder of
bleeding like Von Willebrand disease and have a skin conditions such as psoriasis or eczema.
When the post procedure of micro needling and directly after this treatment, the skin of the
person may feel very different than normal. It is generally rough when the person touches it.
There are many times when person has to suffer bruises and swells. The condition of swelling
could range anywhere from being mild to very severe. Although, it is recorded that that swells
and bruises are generally mild. It is generally recorded that it depends on the kind of micro
needling done (Gentile and et. al. 2020).
Micro needling makes hundreds of small safe yet controlled micro injuries on the skin's
surface. It is quite common to see some quite tiny marks on the skin after the process has been
performed. But the person does not need to be scared because these micro-injuries are very short
lived. As soon as skin starts recovering and healing, any marks caused by micro injury would
slowly fade away. If the person is prone to break out then the person must inform before starting
the procedure because the procedure of micro needling cause breakouts. This is especially the

case when there are active lesions on the surface-this particular procedure of micro needling
make breakouts worse. The process of micro-needling wonders at improving breakouts and acne
scars. The process could actually spread bacteria in the skin and this ultimately makes the skin
worse. It is quite normal for the person who has taken treatment of micro-needling that there are
chances of pinpoint bleeding on the skin because needles are inserted into the skin of person. It
has been determined that the treatments of micro-needling are more invasive such as Infini. For
this local anesthetic with mesoneedles, topical numbing and oral sedation (Khan, Ghafoor and
Kaleem, 2020).
Another disadvantage of micro-needling is it is very complex treatments so it is always
suggested to the person that the person must always consider professionals for particular
treatment. It is suggested to save person from the possibility of procedure going wrong. The
single session of the micro-needling cost person a lot of money if person has chosen a reputable
clinic which ultimately put this procedure at the expensive end of the spectrum. This ultimately
makes inaccessible for people who do not have sound financial position Yamada and Prow,
2020). The cost per session is very expensive because it also includes expensive and costly
aftercare products. Hence, this has been recorded that every person needs more than three
sessions for to see visible outcomes.

CONCLUSION
From the above accumulated information it is recorded that micro-needling is the
procedure that generally considered by the people for facing many issues related to skin. In this
present research report, the different advantages of micro needling as well as the many
disadvantages and risks it has. Hence, it could be said that every person who is interested in
taking treatment of micro-needling must weigh the different prons and cons of this particular
procedure. It is advised to people that they must take recommendations and suggestions from the
dermatologists to make sure that if it is appropriate choice for the person or not. It is also
recorded that the side-effects of micro-needling do remain for the longer time duration. It
vanishes away with the proper care by the person who has taken the treatment of micro-needling.
Hence, it is summarised that a person could easily approach this treatment if they do not have
very sensitive skin.

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