Microchanneling - Microneedling
We are excited to announce that we carry both devices, Microneedling and Microchanneling, which are FDA and Health Canada approved.
Gone are the days when correcting cosmetic concerns meant harsh needles tearing at your skin. Thanks to advancements in dermatological technology, two of the most popular treatments, microchanneling and microneedling use the same basic principle to improve your skin’s appearance.
Micro-needling and Microchanneling are advanced skin treatment techniques designed to rejuvenate and enhance the appearance of the skin. Both methods involve creating tiny channels in the skin to stimulate healing and promote the development of new skin cells.
Benefits :
Enhances Product Absorption: By creating microchannels, the skin increases its absorption of topical treatments, allowing for more effective delivery of serums and nutrients.
Stimulates Collagen Production: The procedure encourages the body to produce collagen and elastin, essential proteins for maintaining skin elasticity and firmness.
Reduces Pore Size: Micro-needling can help minimize enlarged pores, leading to a more refined and even skin texture.
Overall Skin Rejuvenation: The treatment can address multiple skin concerns such as pigmentation, sun damage, and uneven skin tone.
Non-Invasive: Microchanneling and microneedling are gentler, non-invasive alternative to traditional micro-needling, making it suitable for a wider range of skin types.
Quicker Recovery: This method typically involves less downtime, with minimal redness and discomfort.
Immediate Results:
Hydration Boost: The technique effectively infuses serums into the skin, providing hydration and nourishment that can improve skin health.
Safe for Sensitive Skin:
Improves Skin Texture: they helps reduce the appearance of scars, fine lines, and wrinkles, resulting in smoother skin.
Acne Scars:
Great treatment to treat all types of scars on face and body.
Body treatments:
surgery scars, cellulite, stretch marks can be treated with less downtime.
How Treatment Works
Treatment
Using non-traumatic needle we create more than a million healing centres in the skin in an average treatment. The needles penetrate the skin to different depths, depending on the area and treatment indication. the purpose is to identify pinpoint bleeding (minimal blood droplets) .In Hair Growth & Pigmentation treatments, the needles are usually shorter and pinpoint bleeding is not necessarily seen.
Healing
“Controlled damage” instructs the skin to heal slowly and correctively, rather than in emergency mode. Cells that specialize in wound healing become active, migrate to the site of the wound and proliferate. Punctured capillaries bring blood platelets, immune cells and endothelial cells that release growth factors & cytokines. These increase cellular signaling and amplify the healing response.
Healthy Skin
After healing, damaged skin is replaced by new skin with improved structure, firmness and elasticity. Cellular functions are restored and skin cells are reset to their healthy mode of operation, the treatment results in healthier and, consequently, better looking skin.
Frequently asked question:
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Both treatments are noninvasive procedure designed to stimulate your body’s own natural ability to generate collagen, elastin, and other building blocks of healthy skin. By stimulating the outermost layers of the skin. They can help your body start this process without penetrating into living tissue.
How does it stimulate cellular activity?
A single treatment creates thousands of microchannels. In response to each micro-injury, an inflammatory healing process begins which initiates the formation of new collagen. Over time, the repeated healing process improves the surface texture and the overall appearance of the skin.
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Human growth-factor serums derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are known to promote scar-less healing with minimal inflammation.
The application of serums immediately after the treatment enhances delivery and collagen growth.
NEWBORN : We start life with a large number of bone marrow stem cells.
30 YEAR OLD : But as we age, we lose most of them.
50 YEAR OLD : By age 50, only 2% remain.
Why Does Skin Age?
Your age, visibly and invisibly, every day. Sun damage, internal inflammation, chemicals, and even gravity all work against the youthful vitality of your skin. As we get older, fewer regenerative stem cells survive to repair this constant damage.
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With minimal physical discomfort, most clients are able to do the procedure without numbing cream and without any noticeable pain. There is no lingering discomfort, and we have a number of strategies we employ to minimize discomfort during treatment. Post-procedure, most people report a “tight” feeling in their skin.
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Delivery serum contains bone marrow-derived growth factors in a hyaluronic acid suspension.
Both of these elements are naturally occurring in the human body. There are no human, animal, or plant cells, DNA, blood, or any other foreign substances.
The product has been used safely and effectively for over a decade.
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The MD Stem Cells Human Growth Factors contains additional 2 more advanced peptides, cytokines and growth factors derived from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell culture plus supplemental TGF beta-3 and IGF-1 from recombinant technology. Good for deep injury scars and pitted scars.
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PRDN is a topical, sterile bio-revitalizing solution enriched with a powerful blend of Vitamins, Amino acids, Minerals and Polydeoxyribonucleotides (PDRN) for skin rejuvenation and revitalization. It helps to improve skin tonicity, tighten pores and smooth wrinkles. Overall, restoring skin’s glow, hydration and improving skin texture.
What are the ingredients?
Amino Acids
Vitamins
Minerals
Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
PDRN
What is PDRN?
Polydeoxyribonucleotides (PDRN) are fragments of low molecular weight DNA extracted from wild salmon. Salmon DNA has 95% similarity to human DNA.Highly purified and biocompatible
Inhibits the signs of aging due to free radicals
Tightens and improves skin’s elasticity
Inhibits activation of inflammatory activating proteins caused by Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and leads to collagen production
Vitamins:
• Speed up collagen synthesisAmino acids:
• Build extracellular matrix proteins, mainly collagenMinerals:
• Help regulate the body’s water balanceConditions to Avoid
• Severe acne
• Severe rosacea
• Immunosuppressed
• Known hypersensitivity or allergy to any ingredientsProtocols
• Recommended protocol includes 3 treatments at intervals of 30 days
• Additional treatments can be given every 3 to 6 months based on skin quality.
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This treatments can improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, acne scarring, stretch marks, and rosacea.
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Though nucleogenesis (the production of new collagen) can take several weeks, it is not abnormal to notice an improvement in the quality and appearance of your skin within the first 24 hours.
After 2-3 treatments a thicker more robust, collagen-filled cellular matrix will produce more consistent and noticeable improvement. And 6 or more treatments may be recommended for scarring, laxity, and wrinkles.
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You are NOT a suitable candidate for the treatment, if you have any of the conditions listed below.
you have certain skin diseases, such as eczema or psoriasis
you have cardiac abnormalities
you are pregnant
you have infection of any type (bacterial, viral or fungal)
you have had radiation therapy recently
you have open wounds
you have Keloid scars
you are immunosuppressed
you have diabetes, hemophilia, bleeding disorders
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You are an ideal candidate for ProCell Microchanneling if you have:
Fine lines or wrinkles,
Uneven skin texture
Moderate skin laxity
Stretch marks
Atrophic (depressed) acne scars
Sun damage
Traumatic scars
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Avoid washing your face for the first 6 hours. You can wash the treated area gently with a gentle cleanser and apply moisturizer thereafter.
After the therapy, nothing topical should be applied for at least 90 minutes.
Do not exfoliate at least for 7 days.
Avoid direct sunlight for at least 7 days.
Ensure you have proper sun protection whenever you are out in the sun
Avoid swimming or jogging in the rain for at least 72 hours.
Avoid vigorous exercise for first 72 hours.
Avoid anti-inflammatory medication pre and post treatment.
Avoid makeup for at least 6 hours after the procedure.
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Micro-needling, also known as Collagen Induction Therapy, is a “Medical cosmetic procedure where very fine needles puncture the skin to various depths to cause a controlled injury and induce the skin to make more collagen, resulting in a clearer complexion.” When done right, using high-quality equipment and products, micro-needling becomes one of the most cost-effective modalities for skin resurfacing, sagging skin, wrinkles, scars, pigmentation, stretch marks, and other common skin concerns. Suitable for all skin tones.
It's recommended to 3 to 6 sessions, depending on your skin concerns.
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Target problem areas such as fine lines, wrinkles around the lips, eyes , and frown lines
Reduce the appearance of scarring and skin damage, such as acne scars, stretch marks
Diminishes hyperpigmentation and improves the skin texture
Diminishes the appearance of age spots and sun-damaged skin
Treat the appearance of enlarged pores
Boosts collagen and elastin fibers by up to 1000%
Enhances absorption of products by up to 2000% so they are able to work more effectively
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In general, 3 to 6 treatments, 4, 6 weeks apart are recommended. With severe conditions, more treatments may be needed. A maintenance program of one treatment every 6 to 12 months is then suggested along with home care products.
The skin starts responding after the first session itself and at the end of the whole procedure, you get rejuvenated, firm, and spot-free skin.
Results can continue to improve up to 6 months after a treatment as collagen production continues.
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Avoid Accutane for the past 6 months
Do not use topical agents that may increase sensitivity of skin: retinoids, topical antibiotics, exfoliants, acids that may be drying or irritating to the skin (such as alpha hydroxyl acid (AHA) beta hydroxyl acids (BHA), exfoliating masks, salicylic acids, hydroquinone, and benzoyl peroxide acne products) 5-7 days prior
Do not take any anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen, Motrin or Advil for 3 days prior to treatment. These agents will interfere with the natural inflammatory process that is critical and responsible for your skin rejuvenation
Avoidance of IPL/Laser procedures, unprotected sun exposure or sunburn for 2 weeks prior
No waxing, depilatory creams or electrolysis to area being treated 5-7 days prior
No shaving the day of the procedure to avoid skin irritation. If there is dense hair present in the treatment area, closely shave the area the day before you arrive to your appointment. Moles, warts or actinic (solar) keratosis cannot be treated.If you are prone to cold sores, take antiviral agent for 2 days prior to and day of treatment. Call office for prescription.
Avoid blood thinning agents (aspirin, fish oil, Omega-3, Vitamin E) for 1 week prior. May resume day after treatment.
Please see anti-bruising protocol for full description.
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Preparing the skin for this procedure will ensure optimum results. Healthy skin will respond better and results will last longer. Skin cells need nutrients for best function.
Skin care for pre-conditioning 4-6 weeks prior. Provider will make recommendations if pre-conditioning needed.
Dietary recommendations for optimal healing and result. We recommend Collagen MD Advanced Connective Tissue Support Formula for 2 weeks pre-and post-treatment. Collagen MD products are available in the clinic, no prescription needed.
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Pregnancy, actively infected or actively inflamed skin, skin irritation, cystic acne to area being treated, keloid scars, allergies to topical lidocaine and sunburn.
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Immediately after your Medical MicroNeedling procedure, your health care provider will apply a hyaluronic mask for 5-10 min and moisturizer.
Do not take any anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen Motrin or Advil for 1 week. DO NOT ice face or use arnica or bromelain. These agents may interfere with the natural inflammatory process that is critical and responsible for your skin rejuvenation.
Avoid sun tanning and prolonged exposure to direct sunlight for 2 weeks. After 24 hours, always use a full spectrum sun screen SPF30 or above. When exposed to sun, wear a hat and apply sunscreen every 2 hours.
Use Tylenol only as needed for any soreness
Optional dietary recommendations: Eat fresh pineapple, tart cherry juice (no sugar), salmon (omega-3 fish oil), bone broth based soups, continue taking collagen 1 & 3 supplement (Collagen MD Advanced Connective Tissue Support Formula) for 2 weeks to optimize healing. Avoid dairy, wheat and sugar!
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Sunburn -like effect is normal. The skin will feel tight, dry, sensitive to touch. Treat skin gently washing with a gentle cleanser, cool water, using hands only and pat dry no earlier than 4 hours after treatment. Redness or sensitivity might well be present. Some small bruising is common with PRP injections and may last up to 5-7 days and swelling can last 2-4 days depending on how aggressive of a treatment you received.
Plan your social calendar accordingly!
Avoid strenuous exercises that cause sweating, jacuzzi, sauna or steam baths for 24 hours due to open pores, or up to 48 hours if inflammation exists.
May only use mineral makeup after 24 hours.
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Flaking may start 3-5 days after treatment. You will notice skin dryness and flaking.
After the treatment, it is possible for the skin tone or pigmented areas to appear darker during the healing process. This is a common occurrence and can be attributed to the body’s natural response to the treatment. As healing progresses, your skin is likely to return to its normal tone, and the existing pigmentation or unevenness can begin to fade. It is important to follow all post-treatment care instructions to support the healing process and optimize your results. Patience is key, as the skin will require time to fully recover and show the benefits of the treatment.
Do not pick, scratch or scrub at treated skin! Allow old skin to flake off naturally and keep moisturized AT ALL TIMES with Hyaluronic serum and growth factor serum if needed.
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You may restart your regular skin care products and Retin-A once your skin is no longer irritated.
Many patients have noticed continued skin improvement for months following the last treatment.
For best results, we recommend follow up and repeat treatments in 4-6 weeks and a series of 3-5 treatments depending on your personalized care plan.