Microneedling for acne scars - on my journey to getting back a beautiful face

Jessi, I think that you will have to give time and patience into the procedures. The microneedling procedures x 3 are very basic. Your issue is much deeper scarring, esp. around the temples. If you could get evaluated by a dermatologist who specializes in acne and scars, this may help. If you look at my posts you will see that my issue was much worse than yours and I have had more invasive procedures done which cost a lot more. This is pretty much what you have to do and invest in to go deeper and help resurface your skin more. If you go to acne.org and research, you will see what the people have done to help even out their scars. They only talk about acne, scarring, and treatment plans.

Hi lovely Jess,
Its a tough road isn't it. I would suggest to give it more time. I know its hard. But the skin healing road is a long one. July - August thats only a month. The skin needs more time to heal.
I know thats not what you want to hear. Trust me I know. I had great skin all my life and then at 31 BAM acne cystic everywhere. I'm left with a face ravaged by the diesase and fighting everyday to go out confidently. To top it off I'm an actor and model. So its affected my work life as well as my daily self-esteem.
All I can say is give it more time.
And for what its worth, I really don't think your scars are as bad as you think they are. But I know its hard to hear that.
Sending you so much love and know that there is nothing you can't do, skin is just a casing for our wonderful selves within.
No one will be judging you as harshly as you judge yourself.
Love,
Amelia

I forget where I read it, but someone mentioned being prescribed accutane for acne...accurate does a number on your liver. If you get that prescribed, make sure to drink plenty of water on a daily basis! One drug that really helped me with my acne (43 yr old male w/oily complexion) was something that I stumbled upon in the military. It’s Doxycycline! It was prescribed to us for possible malaria exposure as well as anthrax exposure. The crazy side effect for my was that it completely cleared up my acne prone skin. While taking doxycycline, they do recommend greatly limiting your sun exposure as well as drinking lots of water. Doxycycline may also be used as adjunctive therapy for severe acne. It basically works by killing the bacteria from the inside out. I hope this information helps someone, but also talk with your doctor about it as I am not a medical doctor....but I did stay in a holiday inn express! :)

Darn autocorrect....accutane, not accurate!!

I had a series of 5 micro needling sessions in 2018. Saw to my eye little improvement until the third one. They were spaced 4-6 weeks apart. So expecting great results after one session is maybe expecting too much.

You look amazing. I also suffered from acne and scarring. It’s awful to your self esteem. I’m so happy you found something that worked. Lots of other things you can do for this problem in this day, but not when I was a kid

I am curious if you did this in a Dr.'s office. $200 a session sounds extremely cheap. I paid almost 3x as much qnd J see results after my first session.

Do the next one. I think it looks great.

I had the same issue with my 4th treatment, the areas of scarring were absolutely more inflamed (she used deeper needles). My doc says it takes 3-4 months to see the full result from each session so you can see if you like the results 3-4 months AFTER your last session. I hope you're feeling better now that it's been a few more days!

Agree with above, mine was $550 per session with a skinpen

So I had hyperpigmentation from microneedling too! It is awful & that was what I was trying to get rid of! I have been treating the hyperpigmentation with glycolic acid 20% because my skin is very used to it & vitamin C alternating them. It has already helped a lot! The hyperpigmentation is still there but it is so much lighter & I can see it is starting to break up & instead of being 3 big spots they are now lots of small ones. I took like 10 vit C pills, crushed em up & added water then drained the white powder out. I'm not one to spend major money on skin treatments as I have been doing my own peels & things for years. I'm 48 & people think Im 30. I know what Im doing. I research & research & thought I would try the microneedling to get rid of the small hyperpigmentation I had & ended up looking like someone beat me badly from all the new. Super disappointing. I will stick to my own routine from now on! I know what Im doing!