{"id":21023,"date":"2021-10-15T09:58:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T16:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=21023"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:47:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:47:28","slug":"dermal-micro-coring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/dermal-micro-coring","title":{"rendered":"Dermal Micro-Coring Is the New Skin Treatment Derms Are Buzzing About"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an industry where new devices and treatments continuously hit the market, dermal micro-coring—a procedure that’s just starting to gain popularity in derm offices across the country—stands out because it truly is unlike anything else out there. “We have things such as laser energy, microneedling, radio frequency, and ultrasound, but micro-coring is an entirely new class of treatment devices. It’s a mechanical way of achieving skin tightening without using any type of energy—and without having to go straight to surgery,” says Dr. Amelia Hausauer<\/a>, a board-certified dermatologist in Campbell, California. The premise is fairly simple, and while it’s still the new kid on the block (none of the doctors we spoke with even had a pricing model for it yet), the results are pretty promising. Here’s what you need to know.<\/p>

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What is micro-coring?<\/h2>

“Micro-coring involves removing tiny pieces of skin, essentially taking multiple punch biopsies. You’re reducing the overall surface area so that when the skin heals it’s tighter,” explains Dr. Hausauer. “It’s not unlike what happens during a facelift, when the skin is cut and redraped. In this case, it’s just happening on a microscopic level.”  It’s also similar to microneedling, in that microscopic holes are being created in the skin. The key difference? In the case of micro-coring, the skin that was in those holes is actually taken out, because the needles used are hollow.<\/p>

If the idea of having ‘cores’ of your skin removed freaks you out, keep in mind that these are miniscule, microscopic amounts we’re talking about. “You’re taking sections of skin that are only about half a millimeter, so small that it doesn’t even leave a visible scar,” notes Dr. Mathew Avram<\/a>, a board-certified dermatologist in Boston. (The needles used go through the epidermis and dermis only and don’t penetrate into the deeper structural layers of the skin.) But those tiny amounts still add up. Both doctors we spoke with say that you can end up removing around 5% of the skin in any given area during one micro-coring treatment. <\/p>

The secondary mechanism of skin-tightening action, at least theoretically, is that removing the skin in this type of controlled manner stimulates a wound healing response, in turn triggering the production of collagen, notes Dr. Hausauer. (This is the same premise behind many other cosmetic treatments, including lasers and microneedling.) However, while histology studies did show an increase in collagen production, there was no increase in the production of elastin, points out New York City board-certified dermatologist Dr. Sheryl D. Clark<\/a>. How that translates to real-world results remains to be seen, she adds.<\/p>

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