Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K., Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a five-minute

Friday. Today's episode, let's talk microneedling. I know you guys have been hearing about

microneedling all year round. It definitely is trending, and this is a trend that's here to stay.

It's also known as collagen induction therapy. And why do we call

it that? Because micronealing is one of the most efficient ways to cause the skin to have a burst

of collagen production. We typically are microneedling the face with either microneedle rollers,

which sometimes can be good or bad. We also use a repetitive microneedling the face with either microneedle rollers, which sometimes can be good or bad.

We also use a repetitive microneedling punching device, which is automation, 550 titanium

needles that go up and down into the skin.

These create dermal injury.

An injury with the puncture and the skin surface is going to drive a whole response that

comes with injury, including triggering collagen production. Platelets come to the area of injury.

They release their stem cell growth factors and platelet growth factors. And we're often able to

then also deliver ingredients below the surface of the skin in order to

give a little boost to the dermal reproductive fibroblasts.

So I'm a huge fan of microneedling.

When we create this traumatic injury in the skin, we are going to generate repair mechanisms. And the biggest thing that turns on

is collagen production. It's usually collagen type 1, a little bit of collagen type 3. And we can

combine this with other procedures. Certainly people do radio frequency needling where the needles

have electric heat and current and laser or radio

frequency energy running through them. This is giving us the ability to tighten dermis. It also

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