Trying Out – Derma Roller

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I am always curious about trying out new products and/or beauty tools, but I have to admit that when I found out about this one I was a bit sceptical. It called Derma Roller, and if you give a first glimpse at it, it may look like an instrument of torture. It basically looks like a barrel covered in micro needles, designed to pierce mini holes in the skin. So why on Hearth would we do that to ourselves?

In a nutshell, because it seems like doing magic on our skin.

Derma Roller therapy has been used since forever as a treatment to stimulate skin to repair itself, and create a bigger amount of collagen. This little tool has been used to cure severe cases of acne for examples; the micro needles of the Derma Rollers were creating little “wounds” in the skin, making it not only produce new collagen, but also new cells and repair itself.

This same technique has been used to improve the appearance of ageing, scars, sun damaged skin, wrinkles. People swear that it works.

Now, I bought it something like two months ago, and was using it just when I remembered; as you know better than I, this is not the right procedure to follow when you want a treatment to work.

Then I watched a Youtube video by a girl who was using it basically constantly – not every day, but at least three times a week – and her skin had improved dramatically (she was using it to improve the appearance of her acne scars).

The way I intend to use it is to improve the appearance of little lines, as I am going towards my 30s now, and my skin is not as good looking as it used to be 10 years ago (sigh!).

I started using it every second day, and after a month or so I realised that my skin actually feels much smoother and plumed in the morning. I will keep on using it for some more time, and see if I am seeing signs of improvement from the lines point of view as well, as for now there's none.

Now, some Derma Rollers might be very expensive – 250.00£! - but I bought mine on eBay, where you ca find any kind of price range, needle size, roll size (and there is where I bought mine, and paid it 5.00£).

I bought a 5mm needle size, as according to the reviews I read online anything smaller that that was doing nothing on the skin (small needles are very delicate, therefore they work better on younger skins, or on those needing little/light treatment).

Also, you only need to use it at night, as after the treatment your skin will be very red! After having used the Derma Roller remember to properly was and sanitise it, and apply generous amount of face serum on your skin.

Finally, never play with tools you can't use, so if you feel you might hurt yourself using some kind of needles on your face, just stay away from this treatment (which again, is designed for more mature skins or problematic ones, and it is not working on everybody in the same way).

Also, always talk with a specialist before starting any kind of treatment on your skin, you might end up making things worse instead of solving the problem.

Take care you all xoxo