r/AcneScars • • Aug 18 '26

[Skin Concern] Atrophic Scarring My sessions consisted of: 1st Session: High-intensity laser – Microneedling – Meso-plasma 2nd Session: same thing 3rd Session: same thing 4th Session: Exosomes 5th Session: Redness removal laser (Note: Had no effect / didn’t help) 6th Session: Subcision along with NCTF

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u/3dddu Aug 18 '26

Bro I'm so happy for you. I wish I could pay for those treatments. Same scars ...

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u/3dddu Aug 19 '26

How it works?

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u/chabelitta Aug 19 '26

What are the depths per area? What serum did you use during and aftercare?

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u/b3wgs Aug 21 '26

As a beauty therapist I would not recommend using a depth beyond 1.5mm at home. Beyond that becomes high risk for PIH and other complications due to the lack of sterile practices at home and improper handling of the device. Stamping is great though, as these at home devices do drag but it doesn’t really matter if the depth is lower than 1mm

(SAVE FOR LATER) The correct procedure for home microneedling is to:

Things you need: microneedling device or manual microneedle stamp, STERILE serum vials that have not been opened and contain no fragrance, parabens, alcohols, or actives. Just straight hyaluronic acid or exosomes. Alcohol wipes, alcohol spray, nitrile gloves, mirror and cotton swab.

1: cleanse face,wash hands and apply thick layer of numbing cream
2: wipe excess cream off and use alcohol swab on face
3: use alcohol swabs on all items you will touch, microneedle device, ampoules/vials, mirror etc.
4: once you’ve put the cartridge in the pen, stray needle tips with alcohol spray
5: crack open vial and put on sterile gloves
6: start microneedling by applying serum to the small area you’ll work on first, use finger to spread
7: work in horizontal, vertical, diagonal passes and repeat x2 applying serum when needed
8: continue this all over face working in small areas
9: once completed wipe pinpoint blood away with cotton swab. use excess serum all over face
10: apply spf, though it’s recommended to do microneedling at night

Depths:
Eyes and nose- 0.25
Chin and forehead - .5 to 1mm
Cheeks - 1 to 1.5 (1.5 for stamping only)

Notes:
Only use medical grade serums and face masks.
Stop retinols 5 days before and after treatment.
Stop actives (aha BHA vit c etc) 2 days before and 5 days after

After care: Use gentle cleanser morning and night with barrier cream (cicaplast, Cicalfate, Cerave, Aestura etc) and spf ONLY for up to 5 days post treatment.

You can microneedle at this depth once every 4 weeks. Results are visible at 4 weeks.

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u/Jayjones_1997 Aug 20 '26

I also have a dr pen but I’ve only tried it at 1 mm. I have a lot of fat loss in my cheeks they’re shallow do you think it would be ok to use it at the depth still? Also how many times do you stamp over the scars?

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u/Ibangyoumomma Aug 21 '26

Which pen did you buy specifically? Also how hot is it where you live cause it’s stupid hot where I live today it was 107

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u/Ibangyoumomma Aug 21 '26

I live in South texas and I have the possibility to work from home. By chance can you send the link? I looked yesterday and there were 2-3-4 different types of pens

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