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At MIA Acupuncture, we believe that it’s important to feel good on the outside as well as on the inside.
The following treatments are offered for anti-aging, spot treatments, skin rejuvenation and much more:
Microneedling/Collagen Induction
Nanoneedling
Microcurrent
Low-level light therapy
Gua sha
Facial Cupping
Microcurrent uses low-voltage electricity to stimulate muscle, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) cell growth, and collagen development in the dermis of the face and body in general. This is done by improving the communication between nerves and muscles. It's main mechanism appears to affect the metabolism of local tissue, which stimulates cellular physiology and growth so it also helps with pain and paralysis.Microcurrent is a very minute electrical stimulation similar to our own electrical system in our bodies called the nervous system. Microcurrent treatment delivers current with properties compatible with electricity conducting through living tissue. Scientific research as well as clinical results from practitioners using microcurrrent for decades supports that microcurrent heals tissue. What this means for facial rejuvenation is incredible because it essentially stimulates more fuel for our cells which helps skin look tighter, clearers and more plump.
Microneedling Therapy, also called Collagen Induction Therapy (CIT), and Percutaneous (through the skin) Collagen Induction (PCI), is a minimally invasive skin-rejuvenation procedure that involves the use of the MD Needle Pen. The mechanical action of the pen allows the needles to puncture the skin and create a controlled injury at a specific depth. Each puncture creates a channel that triggers the bodies natural healing process to fill these micro wounds by producing new collagen and elastin in the papillary dermis. In addition, new capillaries are formed for improved blood supply.
With Microneedling, the top layer of the skin is parted without being damaged, leaving the skin intact. It does not “burn” your skin like peels or more invasive lasers, although you may feel a slight burning sensation afterwards. The needle penetration depth can be adjusted from 0.25mm to 2.50mm into the skin depending on the area of the body and the skin condition being treated. Using skin needling consistently will trigger the bodies repair process until the desired level of skin rejuvenation is achieved. Microneedling treatments are done once every 3 weeks to a month.
Microneedling results in the production of new collagen and elastin, improvement in skin tone and texture, firmness as well as reduction in scars, pore size, age spots and stretch marks. Microneedling helps with melasma, the hyperpigmentation that occurs over the face due to an abnormal deposition of melanin. It also helps with vitiligo,loss of skin pigment from areas of the skin, causing whitish patches. It can even increase hair growth and helps with alopecia.
Microneedling can be used in combination with Hyaluronic Acid and other serums to hydrate and heal the skin. At MIAAcupuncture we use some of the best skin products on the market, including Swiss Apple Stem Cells to enhance the effects of collagen production and lightening spots. The micro-channels created by the needles allow for deeper penetrations of topical serums for more effective results. This procedure can increase the skins ability to utilize the nutrients by up to 3,000 % so listening to your acupuncturist post treatment is key to help from clogging pores and sun damage.
Although microneedling can only be done monthly, nano needling can be done weekly for an immediate glow with no down time.
Both the Nano and microneedling treatments use a pen like device that oscillates a tip up and down to stimulate a skin reaction. They both induce cell turnover, serum infusion and provoke the healing process that results in skin transformation.
Nano needling does use the same type of oscillating motion to treat the skin but the cartridge encompasses 81 silicone tips. These microscopic hair-like cones separate the cells within the epidermis to allow active products to be pushed into the skin. Nano needling only affects the epidermis, treating within the upper .15 mm of the skin. The benefits of this serum infusion treatment include pigmentation reduction, increased cell turnover, skin rejuvenation and an immediate glow with no downtime. This treatment can be done weekly to exfoliate the skin.
In the present study, clinical evaluation of patients showed statistically significant overall improvement of post acne atrophic scars, skin texture and patient satisfaction in response to skin microneedling treatment compared to baseline.(1) Skin microneedling therapy showed a favorable effect on enhancing collagen formation, increase of epidermal thickening and newly synthesized tropoelastin, the precursor to elastin. The statistically significant increase occurred three months after starting treatment.(1)
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Leheta TM, Abdel Hay RM, Hegazy RA, El Garem YF (2012) Do combined alternating sessions of 1540 nm nonablative fractional laser and percutaneous collagen induction with trichloroacetic acid 20% show better results than each individual modality in the treatment of atrophic acne scars? A randomized controlled trial. J Dermatolog Treat epub ahead of print.
Leheta TM, Abdel Hay RM, El Garem YF (2012) Deep peeling using phenol versus percutaneous collagen induction combined with trichloroacetic acid20 in atrophic post-acne scars: a randomized controlled trial. J Dermatology Treat epub ahead of print.
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