Microneedling for surgical scars
A surgical scar is different tissue from the skin around it: the connective tissue lies in one direction instead of criss-cross. So it is tighter, shinier and often somewhat raised or, conversely, drawn in. Needling reorders that tissue. We do the same treatment with the Dermapen 4 as well; which pen it becomes is chosen by the therapist per area.
Why this here does about it
In normal skin the collagen fibres lie criss-cross, and that makes the skin supple in every direction. In a scar they lie parallel, because that is how the wound was pulled shut. That tissue is strong but stiff, and it reflects light differently.
Microneedling makes thousands of tiny wounds in that stiff tissue that heal again. In that second healing the new collagen lies less tightly in one direction, and the scar becomes more supple and less sharply bordered.
That works best once the scar has matured and is no longer changing: usually from six months after the operation, sometimes later.
What is goes differently than usual
Not before it is ready
A scar that is still red is changing on its own, and prompting it can disturb that. We wait until at least six months after the procedure.
Only on and just beside the scar
Work is done on the tissue itself and a little around it, so that the transition to ordinary skin becomes smoother.
More sessions than on ordinary skin
Scar tissue responds more slowly. Count on six to eight sessions, with four to six weeks in between.
What it gives you
A scar that feels more supple, shines less and stands out less sharply against the skin around it. The line stays visible; what changes is how much it draws the eye.
- How often
- A series of three to six, with four to six weeks in between.
- Recovery time
- One to three days red, like a strong sun flush.
- From
- € 180
When you would choose something else
- With a keloid or a tendency towards one, nothing is prompted before a doctor or dermatologist has taken a look: too strong a prompt makes a keloid bigger.
- With a scar less than six months old we wait.
- With a scar that opens, itches or changes colour, a doctor should look first.
What people asked about this.
Often yes, if the scar has matured and is calm. The therapist assesses it first; if there is doubt about the type of scar we consult your doctor.
Usually not before six months. Before that the scar is still changing on its own and there is nothing to gain by prompting it.
What we Microneedling with the SkinPen use it for
SkinPen for acne scars
Acne scars are not marks but shapes: the skin is missing connective tissue there, and so it catches the light differently.
SkinPen for coarse pores
A pore cannot close; oil has to get out.
SkinPen for fine lines
There are two kinds of line and they ask for different things.
Microneedling for stretch marks
Stretch marks are tears in the dermis formed from within because the skin was stretched faster than it could grow with.
Whether this suits you,
your skin will show.
Everything above applies to this concern in general. What is going on with you and whether this is the right route is established by the therapist at the skin consultation. If the answer is no, you hear that too.