SkinPen Microneedling

You should avoid any active ingredients such as retinoids, AHA's BHA's for 1 week before your appointment, and any chemical peels for at least 2 weeks before visiting us – this treatment involves small punctures to the surface of the skin, so we need it to be as free from active ingredients as possible to ensure the safest and most-effective results.

If your skin is impaired or irritated, we’d recommend trying our Yellow LED light therapy instead – the puncturing of the skin in this treatment could otherwise further irritate your skin.

If you have acne, we would also recommend combining your microneedling treatment with a skin peel and/or our LED light therapy – talk to one of our therapists about a skin plan that works for you.

If you’re breastfeeding or pregnant, we unfortunately won’t be able to perform this treatment – but talk to our therapists, and they’ll help you arrange a later date when you can join us, as well as suggesting other treatments for you.

Fake tan needs to be avoided for at least 1 week before your appointment. If there is any in the treatment area we will have to arrange a later date to do this.

Certain skin tones will require prep before this treatment - we will discuss this with you during a complimentary consultation.

For two weeks before the appointment avoid having any anti wrinkle injections performed. For dermal fillers, including profhilo you should wait a minimum of 4 weeks after receiving that treatment before doing microneedling.

Only use the products provided by your therapist for 48 hours post-treatment. In lieu of cleansing your skin, you may rinse with cool water. Do not put cosmetics of any kind on the treated area for the first 48 hours.

Please avoid direct sun exposure to the treated area/s for up to 48 hours. You may return to sunscreen use 24 hours following the procedure. Continue to minimise sun exposure for 72 hours post-procedure.

For at least two weeks after your treatment you should also avoid laser hair removal or cosmetic injectables to the treated area/s.

For up to 5 days after your treatment, you should avoid skin products with active ingredients or anything exfoliating. A gentle cleanser and moisturiser is fine after 48 hours have passed.

Some redness and small pinprick-sized blood spotting is normal after Microneedling.

For the first 72 hours after treatment, please avoid any exercise or excessive perspiration, as excess blood flow and swear can cause discomfort and irritation to compromised skin.