Laser Treatment vs Microneedling
As you grow older, your skin tends to develop various medical and aesthetic concerns, such as acne scars, spider veins, wrinkles, and dark spots. With the availability of multiple advanced aesthetic treatments, you can get rid of these issues. Laser and microneedling are the two most popular skin rejuvenation treatments that give you glowing and youthful skin. Both these advanced treatments repair your skin naturally and regenerate a new dermis layer that looks bright and youthful. They are minimally invasive and safe for your skin, which reduces the appearance of acne scars, age spots, and fine lines.Ā
Before opting for laser or microneedling treatment, you should learn the differences between them to make the right choice. This blog outlines how they work and comparison between them. Keep reading.Ā
How does Laser treatment for the face work?
Laser treatment is an advanced treatment to repair and regenerate your skin. The aesthetician uses a laser device to directly apply light energy to your skin to the affected area. The laser light beam targets pigments/water in your skin and removes the topmost layer to boost collagen production in the underneath layer. Your skin will start healing in days and weeks, which improves its texture, elasticity, luminosity, and pigment. It also reduces the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, acne scars, uneven tone, age spots, and sun damage spots.Ā
A session of 30 to 120 minutes may give the desired results depending on the size of the affected area. You may require 2 to 3 sessions to get the desired results. The recovery time depends on the intensity of the laser treatment. Since the recovery is minimal, you can resume your everyday skincare routine in 1 or 2 days.Ā
How Does Microneedling Work?
Microneedling is a treatment that repairs and rejuvenates your skin and reduces the appearance of scars, wrinkles, and fine lines. This treatment involves using mini needles to puncture the skin and cause external damage to trigger the repairing mechanisms that increase the production of elastin and collagen. Once microneedling treats a skin portion, the triggered repairing process doesn’t distinguish the earlier damages and superficial punctures by microneedles. The repairing mechanisms reduce the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, discoloration, acne scars, and stretch marks.Ā
The topmost skin layer starts peeling lightly in 2 days, which reveals a new underlying layer. Microneedling works on all skin tones and can treat most of the imperfections. It is affordable, minimally invasive, and doesn’t need much recovery time. The quick sessions deliver long-term results, which take approximately 6 weeks to get fully visible.
Laser and Microneedling ComparisonĀ
The table below shows the comparison between laser and micro-needling depending on different parameters:
ParametersĀ | Laser TreatmentĀ | Microneedling TreatmentĀ |
Action mechanismĀ | Applies energy to cells boosting the ATP production that highly increases cell activitiesĀ | Makes tiny punctures with needles and reduces pore sizes to increase growth factor release, elastin, and collagen production in the skin |
Penetration depth | Laser light passed at a wavelength of 532 to 595 nm penetrates your skin to a depth of 0.8 to 1.8 mm | The microneedling tool can get 2 to 3 mm deep reaching the topmost and deeper skin layer.Ā |
Targeted skin concernsĀ | Wrinkles, fine lines, acne scars, birthmarks, age spots, sun damage spots and warts | Wrinkles, fine lines, stretch marks, discoloration, uneven skin tone, burns and loose skin |
Suited skin typesĀ | Suits all types of skin, mainly the darker complexionĀ | Suits all types and tones of skin |
Treatment durationĀ | Approximately 20 to 45 minutes depending on the area to be treatedĀ | Approximately 30 minutes depending on the area to be treated |
Number of required sessionsĀ | 5 to 8 sessionsĀ | 4 to 8 sessions at an interval of 4 to 6 weeksĀ |
DowntimeĀ | 1 to 2 weeks depending on the intensity of the treatmentĀ | 24 to 72 hours after the session |
ResultsĀ | Reduced appearance of wrinkles, enhanced skin texture, and brighter complexionĀ | Reduced appearance of fine lines, less visibility of scars, and smoother skinĀ |
Longevity of resultsĀ | 3 to 5 yearsĀ | 4 to 6 weeksĀ |
Pain involvedĀ | Painless but may cause a little discomfort, snapping and pinching sensationĀ | Little painful but numbing cream may control the painĀ |
Side effectsĀ | Redness, mild itching, crusting, eye injuries, pigmentation, infection, burns, blisters, scars, ectropion and changed skin textureĀ | Redness, swelling, itching,Ā peeling, bruising, bleeding and tightness |
Complication risksĀ | Infection, hypopigmentation, skin color changes, burns, scar, ectropion, dry eyes, erythema, glare, eye injury, contact dermatitis, postoperative erythema, wound infection, pain and swellingĀ | Skin peeling, itching, tightness, redness, bruising and bleedingĀ |
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How Does CNF Help in Choosing a Custom Treatment As Per Your Skin Type?
The right customized treatment between laser and microneedling depends on your skin concerns and the area to be treated. When combined, both these treatments can deliver better results in terms of reducing the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines, age spots, sun spots, acne scars, and discoloration. At CNF in Bengaluru, the doctor understands your skin concerns and portions to be treated. You get healthy and glowing skin with no pain and downtime. Sign up for a consultation today at our clinic so our doctor can check your skin type and customize the right treatment accordingly.Ā
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Frequently Asked Questions
Microneedling and laser treatments can treat the skin surface issues by stimulating body healing by producing collagen and removing the damaged layer. The right option depends on the key skin concerns. Microneedling works in reducing the appearance of acne scars. A laser treatment is the best option to reduce the appearance of sun damage signsĀ and age spots.
You should get microneedling once at an interval of 4 to 6 weeks. Laser treatment of 4 to 8 sessions at an interval of 1 month delivers the desired results.Ā
Since microneedling boosts collagen production in your skin, it permanently treats or reduces the appearance of deep acne scars
The microneedling with laser treatment delivers results that stay for 4 to 6 weeks. The effects can stay longer with proper maintenance and touch-up sessions.Ā
Microneedling treatment at an interval of 3 to 8 weeks can always work for your skin. It takes 3 to 6 months to for the best results to get visible.
Yes, you can do microneedling before or after laser to increase elastin and collagen production. Microneedling is the treatment which you can get at any time of year.Ā
