Damaged Skin from Microneedling

I thnk ur skin is dry .. proper hydration is necessary... i can se ur skin is flaky which is normal after microneedling... and dn worry keep taking care of ur skin ... its probably still healing

I feel for you so much. I scoured this site after my experience with a medium depth peel about ten months ago but I couldn't really find anything that was exactly the same issue. It was done by a brand new esthetician and it was the same thing where after seven days she did microdermabrasion to remove the dead skin. That's what ruined my skin and it just continued to deteriorate as time went on. It was devastating because I had skin that always got compliments before. I just did the peel to rid myself of a couple of dime size melasma spots on my cheeks. For me, the thing that really would make me cry was the crepey skin--it was so bad around my mouth and traveled up my cheeks. Smiling would make me so self-conscious. The crepiness was also the worst on my forehead near my temples. Anyway, I tried everything--I did one try of microneedling with the lowest needle you can possibly get (.3) and it just made everything worse as well. More lines, more broken capillaries, more orange peel. My skin was obviously in such poor health that everything compromised it. There were weeks where my skin would hold steady in its state and then weeks when it would accelerate its deterioration. The only thing that let me breathe at those times were castor oil soaks. Google it and read about how deep it goes for healing into the skin. It really helped me. Anyway, in the end I went back to my plastic surgeon who had done my nose job and fat transfer two years before and we agreed on a mini lift and another full fat transfer. It has done wonders for me. It pulled up on the ugly crepey lines that were all over my cheeks and the fat transfer has completely transformed my skin back to its almost previous state. There are still tiny crepey spots on my temples and around the corners of my mouth when I smile but it has improved by 80 percent. Plus now I can actually use retinol without a problem which is slowly making my skin look even better. Before even the lowest concentrate of retinol would ravage my skin. I am going to gradually work up to a retinoid strength which I'm hoping will completely take away what's left of my crepey skin. But the orange peel, the lines, the strange scars that would just show up randomly one day--those things have mostly gone. There is hope--go to an expert in fat transfer and perhaps you will have some peace to move on from this horrible episode. I am finally doing that and it has been the greatest blessing. I have a new found thankfulness for everything in my life. Bless you and good luck to you.

I'm so sorry you have had this experience. I had the exact opposite experience, my skin really improved, particularly hyper and hypo pigmentation. I have heard about this problem before though but it was because the aesthetician put some kind of steroid cream on after the microneedling which impeded the inflammation response. Was anything put on your face after microneedling?

You are so young and your skin was beautiful, why did you have this done?

The annoying part is why they performed that on your skin it clearly didn't need it. What you've done is inflamed your skin, it's reacting, hope for you it returns, I'm curious if it will. The reason I say this is my temples used to be like porcelain (funny, I never bothered them with ANY thing) well, one night I thought that I was "neglecting" them. I put an innocent drug store cream on my face and temples. To this day (7mo.) Later...orange peel texture still. It's like the cream degraded the skin structure. Take home message repair from the inside, use your instinct! Be smart!

Did the dermatologist offer any explaination whatsoever? Is it possible the skin reaction is temporary?

I'm so sorry you are going through this :(. Have you tried taking collagen and vitamin C supplements to help the skin rebuild collagen?

Do you know the needle depth that was used during your treatment? And what was applied on the skin right after the treatment as well in the days following the treatment? I have heard that if you use products with too many chemicals and go out into the sun afterwards then it can cause adverse results.

Exactly the same thing happened to me. I had 3 microneedling sessions about a year ago and let me tell you, it has been a nightmare. The smoothness I had around my eyes are now lines and orange peel texture. Ever since, I've been going crazy trying new ways/creams/oils in order to make my skin better. Like yours, my skin was smooth and now it has aged like 10 years. I will NOT go back to an esthetician or "professional." I had a gut feeling before getting this done but I was determined on fixing my acne scars and now I regret it so much. I am putting my faith on retinol and on doing massages with oils in order to reshape my face because the Micro pen pushed my cheeks down and now they look droopy. Please keep us updated, we can help each other out. :)

I feel for you -have you tried hylaronic acid masks? I agree with others you could improve the look with some intense hydration -also you could choose to do some inner work to soothe the frightened girl who may feel like she's no longer attractive and unloveable -this is not the case -I've had a bad experience before with a treatment and was left with permanent depigmrntation after a laser burn -I wasn't in a good place when I had it and I certainly was in a worse place after it happened-it still bothers me but not as much-as I've had to embrace the lesson that I am beautiful as a person and I truly believe action taken to improve skin from that place produces better results-like you I would look-and still look-on the mirror sometimes and focus on crepeness, pigmentation and de pigmented spots on my face-and I know I'm too fixated on it -I have to go back to living my life, detach from it -skin has marvelous and miraculous healing properties-work on my self worth -listen to songs that empower u -look for the learning in the situation /how can u use this to learn to love yourself more from the inside out -do daily affirmations to reaffirm your self worth to yourself and imagine your worries floating away in a balloon -freeing you -go back to daily life-appreciate everything you have daily in a gratitude journal -de-activate this vibration you got going on that you are scarred and damaged for life-take some deep breaths when feeling overwhelmed by the anxiety of it-let go of the self destructive thoughts-exercise or punch pillows or scream and shout to get out the anger u feel at the practitioner and yourself that this has happened to u -change your inner world and I believe your outer world will start to shift too-RECLAIM your joy and watch life to start to unfold differently for u -all the very best xx

That's exactly what mine looks like. Or worse!!