Microneedling
Clinically Supported, FDA-Cleared Microneedling for Texture, Tone, and Skin Renewal — Safe for Melanin-Rich Skin
Professional Microneedling for Acne Scars, Wrinkles & Hyperpigmentation is a clinically supported skin treatment that uses controlled microneedling, a light chemical peel or microdermabrasion (optional), and medical-grade LED Light Therapy to stimulate collagen production, improve skin texture, reduce acne scarring, and support more even tone. 1-4
Microneedling is widely studied for its ability to trigger the skin’s natural wound-healing response, leading to collagen and elastin remodeling that improves fine lines, scars, enlarged pores, and pigment irregularities. 1-3
At Celebrity Skin, treatments are performed using the FDA-cleared Class II Skin Stylus Micro System, which allows for precise depth control and consistent collagen induction while maintaining safety across all skin tones, including melanin-rich and darker skin types. 2-4
The Science Behind Microneedling
Microneedling works by creating controlled micro-channels in the skin, activating the body’s natural repair process. This leads to:
- Increased collagen and elastin production
- Improved dermal structure
- Smoother texture and refined pores
- Gradual reduction in scars and fine lines
Clinical studies support microneedling for acne scarring, wrinkles, hyperpigmentation, and overall skin rejuvenation when performed with proper technique and depth control. 1-3
What Professional Microneedling Does for the Skin
This treatment helps to:
- Improve acne scarring and post-inflammatory marks 1-3
- Reduce fine lines and early wrinkles 2-3
- Improve uneven tone and hyperpigmentation 3-4
- Refine enlarged pores and rough texture 1-3
- Support collagen remodeling and skin firmness 2-3
Professional Microneedling is often recommended as a foundational corrective treatment and may also be used to prepare the skin for advanced regenerative services.
The Role of Light Chemical Peel or Microdermabrasion
Light Chemical Peel Therapy
Light chemical peels use professional-grade exfoliating acids to dissolve dead skin cells, unclog pores, and stimulate healthy cell turnover. This controlled exfoliation helps refine texture, brighten tone, and support collagen activity without excessive irritation.
Why Combine Microneedling and Chemical Peels?
When paired with microneedling, light chemical peels enhance exfoliation and improve the penetration of corrective ingredients.
This combination helps to:
- Accelerate cell renewal
- Improve treatment effectiveness 3-4
- Refine pores and texture
- Reduce hyperpigmentation, brown spots and melasma
- Promote brighter, more even-toned skin
- Deliver faster, more visible results
By combining microneedling with light peel therapy, clients often experience stronger improvements than with either treatment alone.
For clients who prefer a non-acid option, microdermabrasion may be substituted in place of a chemical peel. Your provider will help determine the best option during your consultation.
The Role of Medical-Grade LED Light Therapy
All microneedling treatments at Celebrity Skin include medical-grade LED light therapy using professional Celluma devices. Celluma is FDA-cleared with multiple indications, including treatment for acne, fine lines and wrinkles, muscle and joint pain, tissue repair, and improved circulation.
LED light therapy uses targeted red, blue, and near-infrared wavelengths to support cellular repair, reduce inflammation, and stimulate collagen and elastin production.
Why Combine Microneedling and LED Light Therapy?
Using LED light therapy after microneedling enhances the skin’s natural healing response and accelerates visible results.
This combination helps to:
- Promote faster recovery 5-6
- Boost collagen production 5-7
- Reduce post-treatment inflammation 5-6
- Reduce acne-causing bacteria
- Improve texture and firmness
- Deliver more noticeable results in less time
When combined, microneedling and LED light therapy work synergistically to create smoother, clearer, and healthier-looking skin than either treatment alone. Maximize results while minimizing downtime.
Before & After Results of Professional Microneedling
With a customized treatment plan, clients commonly experience:
- Smoother skin texture
- Reduced acne scarring
- Improved tone and clarity
- Softened fine lines and wrinkles
- Refined pores
- Healthier, more resilient skin
Results continue to improve over time as collagen remodeling progresses.
Which Microneedling Treatment Is Right for Me?
All microneedling services share overlapping benefits because they are built on collagen induction and controlled skin renewal.
Professional Microneedling with Light Chemical Peel & Medical-Grade LED Therapy
Best for foundational correction:
• Acne scarring
• Hyperpigmentation
• Uneven texture
• Fine lines
• Enlarged pores
• Requires numbing one hour prior
Book your Professional Microneedling with Light Chemical Peel & Medical-Grade LED Therapy here
Microneedling with Salmon DNA Facial (PDRN)
Best for long-term repair and skin strengthening:
• Fine lines and wrinkles
• Firmness
• Barrier support
• Typically does not require numbing.
Learn about our Microneedling with Salmon DNA Facial (PDRN) & Medical-Grade LED Therapy here.
Microneedling with Exosomes & Medical-Grade LED Light Therapy
Best for faster regeneration and advanced correction:
• Acne scarring
• Fine lines
• Enlarged pores
• Advanced texture damage
• Requires numbing one hour prior.
Learn about our Microneedling with Exosomes & Medical-Grade LED Therapy here.
Treatment Selection & Flexibility
A professional consultation helps guide the most appropriate approach for your skin goals. However, these microneedling treatments are intentionally designed to be interchangeable, with overlapping benefits that allow flexibility based on skin condition, timing, and treatment goals.
With the exception of services that require numbing, most clients do not need to worry about selecting the “wrong” option in advance. Your provider will help determine the best treatment at the time of service to ensure optimal results.
fAQs about Microneedling
Microneedling is also called Collagen Induction Therapy (CIT). Microneedling is a fast, safe and effective alternative to laser resurfacing for overall skin rejuvenation. The FDA approved Skin Stylus Micro System (the electric Microneedling system we use at Celebrity Skin) uses 11 or 36 tiny sterile needles with precision depth control to create numerous small micro-channels throughout the skin similar to fractional laser technology, but without the added light and heat. These tiny micro injuries stimulate the body to produce new collagen and remodel the treatment area.
Microneedling creates stronger healthier skin because it releases cytokines and growth factors promoting angiogenesis (new blood vessel formation) stimulating the creation of new cellular and extracellular materials – collagen/elastin. It also helps retain and balance moisture levels that decline with age.
Microneedling can help reduce the appearance of all types of scarring. Even though we avoid keloid or raised scars, most of the current body of evidence is demonstrating that it can actually help reduce these types of raised scars.
Microneedling can treat all areas of the body (face, neck, chest, arms, legs, abdomen) including hard reaching areas like around the eyes and nose. It is gentle enough that it can be used for all skin types and tones and is less invasive than lasers.
Microneedling can be used on all six Fitzpatrick skin types unlike many other laser treatments.
Downtime and pain is subjective, but it is considered to be less painful and produce less downtime – if any at all when compared to traditional skin needling. There is no need for the use of prescription pain medication, as numbing cream is applied 45 minutes to one hour prior to your treatment for your comfort.
There may be some degree of discomfort, i.e., scratchiness, itchiness, irritation, stinging and hotness for the remainder of the day. It is normal for the treated area to appear red with sight swelling after the treatment, similar to mild-moderate sunburn, which typically only lasts 24 to 48 hours. In some cases, it can last for up to 4 days following treatment.
There may also be temporary mild bruising and/or petechiae (pinpoint, round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding and can appear red, brown or purple). Most people will look 75% recovered within a couple of days.
Skin tends to feel dry and tight and may result in some light flaking over the following week. Most people can resume to work the following day or two without concern for their appearance. You may resume wearing makeup and sunscreen the following day.
Yes you can and we recommend it!
You can customize it with other treatment modalities like Chemical peels, Microdermabrasion, Exosome Technology, and FDA Approved Celluma Light Therapy. Combined treatment modalities speeds up progress and increases results. Our Microneedle Peel treatment combines Microneedling with a Chemical Peel for a powerful combination to treat a wide range of skin complaints.
Although a single treatment of Microneedling shows results, a series of treatments is typically recommended.
How many treatments depend on the individual and the severity of the condition being treated. We recommend 5-8 treatments for people with deep wrinkles, advanced photoaging, stretch marks or deep acne scars.
Deep acne scarring will likely require more treatments, but will be evaluated after a series has been completed. Microneedling can be done as often as on a monthly basis, as little as one time per year, or even once in a lifetime. It all depends on desired results and the skin condition being treated.
Medical microneedling allows a trained practitioner the ability to control the depth and the gauge of the needles during a single treatment making it customizable to any skin type, skin condition and severity of condition to be treated. With medical microneedling, the clinical goal is to cause bleeding and petechia (small red or purple spots), which is the clinical endpoint, producing new collagen/elastin. This usually requires longer needle depths to create.
In-home microneedling devices do not have long enough needles to produce these results; however, they can aide in the penetration of facial and body products enhancing their effectiveness.
Celebrity Skin uses the FDA-cleared Skin Stylus SteriLock MicroSystem. It is the only Microneedling device cleared at a 2.5mm depth. The Skin Styus SteriLock MicroSystem is the only patented 7 Step Safety System that prevents cross-contamination. It is the only Microneedling device with three different FDA-cleared 12 pin, 36 pin, and 36 pin HiLo technology
Microneedling devices not approved by the FDA have shown to have thick, dull, hooked or jagged needles, making them less precise and effective.
The Arizona State Board of Cosmetology does not regulate Microneedling, which means that anyone can perform this treatment without proper training or certification. Many practitioners are buying their Microneedling devices for $150 on Amazon and using non-sterile disposable needles made from powder-coated metals that can break off in your skin and their training consists of watching YouTube videos.
YouTube training does not teach clinical Microneedling techniques for safe, effective results specific to skin types, conditions and contraindications. Yes, these “Microneedling” treatments might be less expensive, but you will not get the result you are looking for. What is worse is you might wind up with hyperpigmentation, infection and/or scarring.
At Celebrity Skin we use specifically designed needles that pierce and glide across the skin delivering products at a prescribed depth. This prevents the skin from drying out during the procedure and delivers specific and essential nutrients to enhance results.
Our Native Hyaluronic Acid, Copper Peptide and Alpha Lipoic Acid serum works in conjunction with Microneedling treatments to deliver the active ingredients that work together to provide anti-inflammatory, hydrating, antioxidant, anti-aging, and wound support to the skin. These products are non-cytotoxic and free from synthetic molecules or preservatives.
At Celebrity Skin we use specifically designed needles that pierce and glide across the skin delivering products at a prescribed depth. This prevents the skin from drying out during the procedure and delivers specific and essential nutrients to enhance results.
Warning: Many practitioners are unaware that not all cosmeceuticals and serum formulations can be used when piercing the skin, no matter how effective they are generally. I cannot tell you how many times I have read and heard practitioners report they use Aquaphor/occlusives or various oils on clients’ skin directly following Microneedling.
- Active acne, rosacea, psoriasis, or eczema
- Herpes infection
- Sunburns
- Recent surgeries to areas to be treated
- Recent facial fillers or neurotoxins like Botox or Dysport (two weeks before or after)
- HIV/AIDS, Diabetes, Scleroderma, blood clotting problems
- Keloid or raised scars, warts or moles in a treatment area
- Avoid aspirin, ibuprofen and blood thinners to avoid excessive bleeding / bruising
- Avoid use of Retin-A products the evening prior to treatment
Immediately following Microneedling, the treatment area may be slightly swollen and feel warm and tight. It will look as though you have a moderate to severe sunburn. This intensity will subside after a couple of hours and “most” people will recover within the same day or within 24 hours. Avoid the sun, exercise and makeup until the following day. Post-treatment instructions will be provided.
People notice an immediate “glow” to their skin. Visible changes to the skin develop over the course of several days and weeks. Results continue to improve up to six months after treatment as collagen production continues.
Exosomes are small vesicles released by cells, including stem cells, that carry proteins, RNA,
and lipids for cell communication. Stem cell-derived exosomes inherit therapeutic properties like
regeneration and anti-inflammation.
Stem Cells vs. Exosomes
Stem cells are living cells that can differentiate, while exosomes are non-living vesicles that act
as messengers between cells.
Benefits of Exosome Therapy
Exosome therapy offers advantages over stem cell therapy, such as easier storage, no immune
rejection, and fewer ethical concerns.
Skin-Rejuvenation
Lyophilized exosomes from stem cells promote skin regeneration, improving collagen
production, elasticity, and texture, reducing fine lines and wrinkles for a youthful appearance.
Wound Healing and Scar Reduction
Lyophilized exosomes accelerate tissue repair, helping with post-surgical recovery and reducing
scars from acne, burns, or other skin injuries.
Anti-inflammatory
Exosomes have anti-inflammatory effects, soothing conditions like acne, rosacea, or eczema, and
promoting a clearer complexion.
Hydration
Exosomes improve skin hydration by nourishing and repairing the moisture barrier, leading to
smoother, more radiant skin.
Yes! We offer a package of 3 Microneedling Treatments for only $795 ($245 in savings!)
- 3 Microneedling Treatments (FDA Cleared Skin Stylus Sterilock)
- 3 Chemical Peels or Microdermabrasion
- 3 Celluma FDA Cleared Phototherapy Treatments
- 3 Rhonda Allison Aftercare Products
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