DermaPen Microneedling

Microneedling exploits the same wound-healing biology that underlies fractional laser treatment but without thermal energy: fine needles penetrate the skin vertically, creating precise micro-injuries in the dermis that signal the body to initiate repair. The inflammatory response recruits growth factors — including TGF-beta, PDGF and EGF — that activate resident fibroblasts to produce new collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. Because the injury is…

The DermaPen device at Derma Medical Clinic uses a disposable needle cartridge — discarded after each patient for full sterility — driven by a motor that controls the rate and depth of penetration with precision unavailable to manual dermarollers. The vertical needle entry, as opposed to the angled insertion of a roller, also reduces the mechanical drag on skin cells that can cause micro-tears and epidermal disruption. Needle depth is calibrated to the…

Before the session, numbing cream is applied for thirty to forty-five minutes. During treatment, the practitioner passes the DermaPen handpiece across the skin in overlapping passes, covering the entire treatment zone systematically. Immediately afterwards, a mesoglide serum is applied and worked into the open micro-channels — one of the key clinical advantages of microneedling is that the temporary micro-channels provide direct dermal access for active…