Best post care for microneedling procedure? Needle size was a 2.0 - trying to treat my acne scars. (photo)

That is very concerning to me that you were instructed to not use anything on your skin. After the microneedling procedure, your skin is like an open wound and should be treated accordingly. This is the perfect time to use professional grade skincare products to help heal your skin and further your benefits. You should use a recovery kit of some sort and be sure to stay away from any active ingredients in products that may cause irritation. For the first few days after procedure, you will want to use a very gentle, approved cleanser and then a topical that will help seal in moisture and heal at the same time. In my practice, we provide our patients with an Epionce recovery kit. The following weeks and months during your treatment period and after, you should include professional grade products to not only help your skin heal but give yourself long, lasting results.

Hi emilopez, The day after microneedling, we recommended not applying anything on the face. In the following days, it would be fine to use non-irritating skincare like Cerave. From the 3rd-5th day, use more gentle formulations than you used before microneedling since your skin is still very sensitive. Start using sunblock. Continue using Cerave to moisturize or use TNS Recovery Complex or HA5. You can start using weaker formulations of Vit. C, retinoic acid etc. a week post -microneedling.All the best, Justin Harper, M.D.