Derma-roller – How Does It Work?

September 1st, 2009 by author

The Derma-roller is a fantastic new device which has the brilliant ability to naturally stimulate collagen production in the skin without damaging it by causing the skin to think that it is damaged even though it is not and so it starts to heal itself and will continue to heal until the treatment is stopped. This means that so long as the treatment is carried out regularly, your skin will heal itself to a cosmetic level. Skin needling has lots of beneficial results:

* Hair loss reduction
* Anti Ageing
* Anti Wrinkle
* Cellulite Reduction
* Scar Treatment
* Stretch Mark Treatment
* Hyper Pigmentation Treatment

The needle length on a Derma-roller is mainly only 1 millimeter long which gives a tickling sensation when used. However, other sizes do exsist with the longer sizes such as 2mm upto about 5mm being used by professionals using numbing cream and more vigorous treatments with longer breaks in between treatments whereas using a smaller needle length at home can be done up to five times a week with two days rest.

It is not widely known, but many of the active ingredients within skin care products stays on top of your skin and are only partially absorbed. The Derma roller has 192 surgical steel micro-needles which are able to part the pores of the epidermis without damaging it. After about one hour the pores close again, although during that time, skin is a lot better able to absorb skin creams and lotions.

Our Skin reacts to any injury by triggering the healing process to seal up the affected area, but usually it will only heal as far as it must to keep you healthy. By constantly initiating the healing process by using a Derma roller to represent an injury to be healed, you encourage your body to continue healing to a cosmetic level.