Dermaroller

Last year I decided, instead of my usual Micropeels, to try Dermarolling.

The Derma Roller is a small hand held device covered in hundreds of surgical micro-needles; when rolled across the skin they can prick through the dermis, without damaging the skin, to help generate collagen production. It can be used for acne scars as the collagen helps new skin form until the scars are healed.

Before Dermarolling takes place they will numb the skin with a cream so make the pricking less painful.

I personally didn't find it painful but I have quite a high pain threshold when it comes to my face... A bunch of tiny needles are going to be rolled across your skin so it's always safe to assume before you have it done that it won't feel like a soothing facial. Apparently people feel it more on the bony parts of the face (the forehead).

The numbing cream was left for about 25 minutes, it was the same sensation you get if your mouth is numbed by the dentist before an injection. 

The derma rolling itself didn't last very long, 15 minutes at most? I could could feel my face getting hotter and when it was over I was warned that, due to the needles creating tiny tears in my skin, it was very red.

This redness lasted about 30 minutes and then died down to a small amount of redness, when the numbing cream wore off my skin did feel quite tender also. I was advised not to apply any makeup and to avoid hot water (showers/baths/steam rooms).

- Natalie