At Ageless Acupuncture, our clinic in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina offers microneedling services to enhance the skin health, restore vitality, and promote overall wellness. Our approach aligns with our mission: helping Charleston patients naturally reduce and balance mental stress and anxiety alongside physical pain, hormonal, fertility, sleep, and digestive issues without drugs, surgery, or side effects.
How Does Microneedling Work?
During the procedure, a specialized pen creates tiny micro-injuries in the skin. These micro-injuries stimulate the body’s natural wound-healing response, producing collagen and new skin cells. This leads to improved skin texture, reduced fine lines, and a more radiant appearance. With safe microneedling treatments based in Mount Pleasant, SC, clients often experience minimal downtime, slight redness, and mild peeling as cellular turnover increases.
What is Microneedling Used for?
There are many microneedling benefits to consider, but the most noticeable benefits are:
- Reduce fine lines and wrinkles naturally
- Improve hyperpigmentation and agespots
- Enhance skin texture and elasticity
- Minimize acne scars and breakouts
- Shrink pores and diminish sun-damaged patches
- Reduce stretch marks and improve skin radiance
Collagen is the common factor among many of these microneedling benefits. While your skin is healing, collagen is produced and rises to the surface of the skin. The accumulation of new collagen fills in fine lines and wrinkles, acne scars, and shrinks pores. In addition to collagen helping to improve the texture of your skin, it can also improve your skin’s radiance by minimizing the appearance of sun spots and stretch marks.
Getting microneedling done from an acupuncturist has a couple extra benefits. The procedure is done in a calming spa environment and during the numbing cream time, body acupuncture points are placed to relax the body, heal from within, and stimulate the skin. Additionally, after the micro needling session, an LED light is placed over the face to help repair the skin, kill bacteria, and speed up the recovery process
How Many Sessions of Microneedling Do You Need to See Results?
Most clients see optimal results after three to four sessions, spaced four weeks apart. Some choose quarterly or semi-annual maintenance treatments to sustain results. Each session is customized according to your skin type, age, and health goals.
How Long Do Results from Microneedling Last?
The exact length your results last will depend on your age, skin type, and how well your skin responds to treatment. And while microneedling permanently increases the amount of collagen in the treated areas, the aging process will continue to occur. Some patients will schedule quarterly or semi-annual treatments to maintain maximum results, while others may go 3-5 years between sessions.
What Can I Expect from a Microneedling Procedure?
Before a microneedling treatment, Natalie will examine your skin and discuss your medical history and your goals for the treatment. Pictures may be taken to compare your skin before and after microneedling.
During the procedure appointment, your skin is cleansed and a numbing medication is applied. The medication sits for 15 minutes (while you relax with calming acupuncture points) and then the skin is cleansed again. A boosting collagen serum is applied to the areas to be treated and then the microneedling pen is passed over the skin. Many suggest the procedure feels as if an electric toothbrush is being used on the skin. A treatment typically takes 15-20 minutes depending on the size of the area. After this, Natalie places an LED light over the face for 15 min in order to heal the skin, kill bacteria, and speed up the recovery process.
Who is a Good Candidate for Microneedling?
Almost anyone in good overall health can benefit. However if you have any of the health concerns listed below, please consult Natalie first before booking your appointment.
- Pregnancy or trying to conceive-Can opt for Nanoneedle instead
- Currently taking Acutance (Can have MicroNeedling 3 months after stopping Acutane)
- Injections/fillers/laser treatments/ facial waxing (It is recommended to wait two weeks after these for MN appointment)
- A blood disorder or prescribed anticoagulants (blood thinners)
- Cancer and are being treated with radiation or chemotherapy (within a year)
- Cold sores/ skin rashes/ Acne (would not MN over any open sore areas)
Microneedling Aftercare Details
Following your session, you’ll receive guidance on caring for your skin. Clients who purchase a package of three sessions also receive a starter kit of plant-based and bioadaptive skincare products formulated by licensed acupuncturists. These products are vegan, cruelty-free, free of parabens and phthalates, and made sustainably.
Experience the benefits of holistic wellness and rejuvenation with microneedling for anti aging at Ageless Acupuncture, a trusted natural healing clinic in Mount Pleasant, SC, providing safe, drug-free, and integrative cosmetic treatments.
Plant-based skincare made consciously for people and the planet. Formulated by licensed acupuncturists with healing bioadaptive herbs. Made in small batches with plants grown without pesticides. 100% free of hormone-disrupting ingredients like parabens & phthalates . Always vegan, cruelty-free and made with planet-kind packaging.