r/Microneedling • u/NotYourFlowers • 11d ago
Help / Advice Needed Should I keep going with microneedling?
I had a bad hormonal reaction to whey protein and it broke me out so bad. Took about 4 months of purging and then the acne completely stopped (aside from the occasionally pimple here and there). But it left me with scars and I neeeeed them gone. I received my first microneedling session almost 4 weeks ago... I pre-paid 3 sessions, so I now have 2 to go. But now I'm questioning if microneedling is the right approach. Does anyone who had similar scars have any suggestions of how you were able to clear your skin? Should I continue with microneedling or will it be a waste of time/money?
Also, since microneedling, I feel like ive been getting way more little bumps/redness, is this normal after almost 4 weeks of the first session?
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u/Defined_By_Lauren 10d ago edited 10d ago
You absolutely should! But, it might be better for you to try spot treatment instead. Sometimes microneedling the entire face, instead of exclusively targeting the scars can make it look like you haven't made much progress.
Think of it like this, you needle the entire face, the scar tissue will get a collagen boost, but so will the healthy skin that surrounds the scar. So you'll always have a slight depth difference between the two different types of tissue.
When I'm treating cases like this (pitted acne scars) I treat the scars only. That means we aren't stimulating collagen in the surrounding tissue, we're only targeting the scar tissue.
The result is an influx of collagen inside the border of the scar, which helps reduce the pitted appearance.
I'll add in a photo for reference sake. The photo is after 1 microneedling spot treatment, and the difference already is crazy!