21 Years Old, Stretch Marks in Hips and Thighs - Chicago

I just ordered a derma roller from Amazon yesterday and it will arrive tomorrow. From all of my research I ended up purchasing a 1.5 mm roller and a 2.0mm derma stamp. I will be using this to keep myself accountable for rolling, comparing my result, and hopefully helping other people with their derma rolling. I will be rolling once a month and I know that I many not see results for up to 6 months. I will keep you guys posted on my journey into derma rolling :)

These are the pictures of my stretch marks before I started derma rolling.

Friday was my first time derma rolling. The first thing I did was check to make sure none of the needles were bent, since I had read on multiple places that bent needles can cause a lot of harm to your skin. The second thing I did was soak the derma roller in alcohol. While it was soaking I jumped in the shower to make sure my skin was clean before rolling. After soaking it I cleaned my skin with alcohol. The roller I purchased has 1.5 mm needles. And a 2.0mm derma stamp. I started by rolling vertically along the stretch marks and then horizontally on both hips. The pain was not bad at all. I would say it was less painful than getting your eyebrows waxed. It took about 20 minutes to do both hips and after my skin was just very red.