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Made my skin worse, my pores look much larger
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Microneedling and larger pores
ArlaceMay 16, 2023
I have done about 6 microneedling treatments over the past year, and my skin does not look any better than it did to being with. 3 of the microneedling were Vivace microneedling with Radiofrequency (which did nothing and was super expensive), and the rest were Rejuvapen, which is like the skin pen. My main concern was skin texture; acne scars and mainly pores.
Microneedling did not improve my skin like it does for many. It made my skin worse, in a sense that my pores look much larger and I have all these pores/dots on my forehead that didn't show prior to my microneedling treatments. I have stopped microneedling since, and did 3 chemical peels after (each 3 spaced a month apart), to see if that was better for my skin texture but I have not seen a crazy difference.
I feel that these treatments have made my skin weaker/thinner/lost elasticity to where my pores appear MUCH larger now than before doing ANY treatments. Anyone else experienced this?
I have also tried everything out there to minimize my large pores and nothing seems to really work. They say that pores are genetic but no one in my family has skin like mine. I feel that at my age, my skin isn't supposed to look like this many deep pores. I am 29 years old.
Microneedling did not improve my skin like it does for many. It made my skin worse, in a sense that my pores look much larger and I have all these pores/dots on my forehead that didn't show prior to my microneedling treatments. I have stopped microneedling since, and did 3 chemical peels after (each 3 spaced a month apart), to see if that was better for my skin texture but I have not seen a crazy difference.
I feel that these treatments have made my skin weaker/thinner/lost elasticity to where my pores appear MUCH larger now than before doing ANY treatments. Anyone else experienced this?
I have also tried everything out there to minimize my large pores and nothing seems to really work. They say that pores are genetic but no one in my family has skin like mine. I feel that at my age, my skin isn't supposed to look like this many deep pores. I am 29 years old.
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Really? Do you feel your pores are worse? How's your skin?
At first I thought it was impossible it was the microneedling so that's why I kept doing treatments, but then the more treatments I got the more I started to realize it has to be the microneedling that's making my skin worse. And then I started reading into it how other people have experienced negative effects of microneedling as well.
Sometimes I think about how much better my skin would be if I didn't mess with these treatments. Microneedling promotes "shrinking pores" and is promoted so much as one of the best treatments to get. But from my experience, it is not at all suited for everyone.
I’m 9 months in and don’t see improvements. I hope it will get better for you!
I went to a skin therapist and she told me that I have to treat my skin like I have rosacea now (eventhough I don’t have it) but that my reaction the the microneedling is like a rosacea/dermatitis reaction.
Don’t do any treatments and just baby your skin!! Let it rest and heal.
Hope for the best
What kind of damage do you have?
How old are you?