We specialise in skin whether we're treating the face or body. Trends come and go when it's skin care but the trend of needling with small rollers seems to be increasing.
Have you tried use a needling roller at home?
Most women have one in the bedside drawer. The fact is micro needling really does encourage renewal of collagen in the dermis. They mimic the results of a medical grade device and procedures. The needle lengths on these devices vary a lot. They come in different needle sizes from .15mm to 2mm.
What Do The Professionals Say?
1. Microneedling with a roller can cause damage to the skin. A home needling roller goes in to the skin at one angle and retracts from the skin at a different one. This can tear the skin and leave a lot of scar tissue as it heals.
A professional medical grade derma pen enters the skin at a 90 degree angle and leaves in the same channel in the skin.
2. A home used roller needler can only go to shallow depths of the skin. If treating scars or stretch marks and broken capillaries, the needles need to reach 2.5 - 3mm to ensure a more effective result without more scar tissue building.
3. Cross contamination is difficult to prevent as many home users will not be able to keep the device as clean as a medical grade one.
Professional micro needling machines and pens discard used needles and also it prevents flowback of fluids into the main device.
4. The results are often not as expected as the depth of the needles on the home roller cannot be changed.
A professional device can change the needles as they are in a cartridge that can be removed. Each time a new client comes in, the needles are changed to suit the skin depth and the treatment needed.
5. Many of the home devices have been reported as having blunt needles and being cheaply made whereas all the professional medical grade devices have conformity from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to meet standards of safety, quality and efficacy. There have been reports of needling from home use devices breaking away from the device itself and sticking into the skin.
Is It Another TikTok Trend?
TikTok is full of fun and easy to follow instructions on how to use roller needlers. Unfortunately the information is low on sanitising and preventing infections in the skin. If a person has active spots, the pus of the spots could spread infection and some clients can be left with pigmentation as they cause too much trauma to the skin surface and the skin will produce melanin leaving more colour.
We use a DermaPen4 because it has been through a lot of research and development as well as the rigorous regulations imposed on microneedling in the UK.
If you'd like to know more about derma rollers and micro needling DermaPen4 get in touch or book a free consultation on the website.
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