Micro-Needling Can Keep Your Skin Looking Brighter and Younger for Longer
You can naturally achieve healthier, plumper and more youthful looking skin with treatments like micro-needling with PRP. Also known as the ‘Vampire Facial’, this is a non-invasive procedure that uses the body’s own PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) to help treat your skin care concerns.
Considerations for Your Washington, DC-area Micro-Needling with PRP Treatment:
Micro-needling results in the production of new collagen and elastin, improvement in skin tone and texture, firmness as well as reduction in scars, pore size, and stretch marks. Unlike many ablative procedures, micro-needling has very few contraindications and is safe to use on all ethnicities and has very little downtime or side effects.
The doctors will discuss how micro-needling with PRP can be an effective treatment as part of your skin care goals.
This treatment is a solution for the following skin care problems:
Acne scars
Dull skin
Hyperpigmentation
Large pore size
Stretch marks
Age spots
Rosacea
Scars
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We prefer to take a holistic approach to achieving your facial rejuvenation goals, which might include micro-needling with PRP. Our doctors have decades of experience making each and every patient feel confident with the latest, most innovative practices.
Micro-Needling (w/ PRP)
Micro-Needling with PRP at a Glance:
Treatment Time: 20-40 Minutes
Recovery Time: 4-6 Days
Read A Real-Life Micro-Needling with PRP Experience
Every person has a different skincare journey to looking and feeling their best. One patient’s custom skincare plan included micro-needling with PRP. We interviewed her and she shares her experience with Bruno | Brown Plastic Surgery as well as her procedure results.
More About Her Experience
Read one Washington, DC area patient’s experience with micro-needling w/ PRP, PRP injections and IPL.
When people started to ask me if I’d been getting more sleep or doing something different, I knew I was on the right treatment path.
I’m so thrilled with the microneedling results that when they asked me to write about my experience, I was delighted to do so.
My Treatment Plan:
Microneedling w/ PRP x 5
PRP Injections x 2
IPL x1
Microneedling with PRP (AKA the Vampire Facial):
Feels like: Most of it isn’t that bad. It’s sort of a sandpapery feeling- maybe more of a vibration.
Recovery time: I had redness for a couple days, but nothing major. You’ll leave the appointment fairly red and with your plasma still on your face, so I wouldn’t plan anything directly after.
Helpful hint: Get the numbing cream, and follow up with the ZO Skin Health product line they recommend for you. I’ve never had face creams work this well.
Best part? I have a plumpness and evenness to my skin I’d thought gone forever. My wrinkles and crows feet have softened, so I’ve been ok going without Botox (a huge milestone for me).
Would I do it again? Yes, absolutely.
PRP Injections under the eyes, cheeks, nasolabial folds and around the mouth:
Feels like: An injection is all I can say, but it’s quick and you do get numbed. Around the mouth hurt the most to me.
Recovery time: Expect some fairly spectacular raccoon-like eyes for three days or so, but it’s easier to cover up after that. My bruising was completely gone in around a week.
Helpful hint: I’d highly recommend that you get some stage makeup to help you cover up the bruising.
Best part: My eyes look less tired and crepey, which is great, but I’m really thrilled with the results around my mouth. I’ve never been a smoker but was cursed with ‘smoker lines’ that really bothered me. These have been considerably smoothed out!
Would I do it again? Yes, absolutely.
IPL:
Feels like: A rubber band snap- IPL was not painful to me.
Recovery time: None for IPL
Helpful hint: None! This was the fastest, easiest part of my treatment plan.
Best part? This worked really well on one lingering sunspot I had.
Would I do it again? Yes, absolutely.
Results:
The treatments are spaced about six weeks apart. I noticed an improvement about five weeks after my first treatment.
Approximately a month after the second treatment was when I started to see dramatic improvements and the compliments began to fly.
The Best Part:
My goal has always been to keep my look as natural as possible, and I love that I’m actually fixing my skin from the inside, not just masking the problem.
My skin looks healthier, plumper and more even, and certainly has a more youthful glow. I’d highly recommend IPL, microneedling with PRP and PRP injections, or any other combination that Bruno|Brown Plastic Surgery recommends specifically for you.
“I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May of 2015 and chose to have a double mastectomy with breast reconstruction. My breast surgeon referred me to Dr. Brown of Bruno Brown Plastic Surgery in Chevy Chase, and after my first meeting with Dr. Coleman Brown, I knew I didn’t need to look any further! His staff greeted me with smiles and made me feel very comfortable.”
“I am so grateful that I was recommended Dr. Brown by my Ob/Gyn for my tummy tuck and he was also recommended for facial plastic surgery by one of New York’s most prominent plastic surgeons who I saw in the past when I lived there. Dr. Brown is the most kind, approachable and skilled doctor I’ve ever been under the care of. And I couldn’t be happier with the results.”
“I had a double mastectomy, received chemotherapy and radiation therapy and a year after had delayed breast reconstruction (Latissimus Dorsi flap) performed by Dr. Coleman Brown. I am extremely happy with the outcome and the way I look. I don’t only recommend Dr. Brown because of how talented he is but, also for having an amazing bedside manner.”
PRP is a natural product created from your body. It is a concentration of one type of cell, known as platelets, which circulate through the blood and are critical for blood clotting. Platelets are the cells in the blood that help tissue to heal and grow new cells.
PRP is obtained by drawing a small amount of blood from your arm into a sterile tube. The platelets are then separated from other blood cells and their concentration is increased during a process called centrifugation.
Why is it also called a vampire facial?
This is popularly called the vampire facial in media and on social media channels because blood is drawn from the patient. It’s seen an increase in popularity, especially after post-treatment photos from celebrities like Kim Kardashian.
With a 96% ‘Worth It’ score on realself.com, it’s no wonder this procedure is popular.
Does micro-needling with PRP hurt?
Most patients report feeling mildly uncomfortable, but that it doesn’t hurt.
Why is this treatment a good choice for me?
With micro-needling, the top layer of the skin is penetrated without being damaged, leaving the skin intact. The needle penetration depth can be adjusted so the pen has the ability to rejuvenate not only the face, but the body as well.
Micro-needling will consistently trigger the body’s repair process until the desired level of skin rejuvenation is achieved, and you can see results for up to a year post micro-needling session.
Micro-needling results in the production of new collagen and elastin, improvement in skin tone and texture, firmness as well as reduction in scars, pore size, and stretch marks.
What kind of device do you use for micro-needling?
We use SkinPen, the first micro-needling device cleared by the FDA. This device causes controlled micro-injuries that stimulate your body’s natural wound healing process while minimizing cellular damage.
The mechanical action of the pen creates tiny channels at a specific controlled depth that triggers the body’s natural healing process to fill these microchannels by producing new collagen and elastin in the papillary dermis.
In addition, new capillaries are formed for improved blood supply.
Combining micro-needling with the body’s own PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) is used to kick start the healing process. The rejuvenation action that is started by the micro-channels is dramatically enhanced by the growth factors contained in the PRP.
PRP is obtained by drawing a small amount of blood from your arm into a sterile tube. It is crucial to healing which is why PRP is applied topically during and after the micro-needling procedure to ensure that the PRP gets fully absorbed. The PRP supercharges the micro-needling benefits, virtually eliminating side effects and speeding up recovery time.
How long will it take to see improvements?
It is likely that you’ll leave the appointment fairly red with your plasma still on your face, but the exact improvements you see depend on your specific skin care treatment plan outlined during your consultation.
You should plan to reduce exposure to the sun or use protective steps when planning to be outdoors.
Why might I need to combine this with other skin care treatments?
This micro-needling procedure can be quite useful for people seeking to get back their original appearance and texture of the skin. Combining this treatment with others can make skin appear smoother, younger, more luminous, and firmer.
Skin care isn’t a one size fits all and to see the best results possible it might be that there are various treatments and at home products to achieve your skin care goals.
