How Does Microneedling Increase Collagen Production?

Increasing Collagen Production With Microneedling

Microneedling is a minimally invasive treatment that uses your body’s own wound-healing processes to skyrocket collagen production. 

Let’s explain how that works. When your skin experiences an injury – even if it’s a small cut – your body kickstarts a special healing process to clot the blood and encourage skin regrowth at the epicenter of the injury. This healing process gets its “oomph” from collagen, which is an essential component to healing the injury and encouraging healthy skin regrowth over the injury.

Microneedling harnesses that healing power by causing microscopic injuries within the dermal tissue. These micro-injuries are caused by small needles contained within the microneedling device (patients have described it as akin to feeling sandpaper being brushed against your skin). 

Once the tiny wounds have been made, your body gets to work healing them – meaning you’ll experience an influx of youth-boosting, skin-loving collagen!