5 months to 50 (almost 3 months really). It's a blizzard outside today and with canceling patients, what else to do but some home self care. First a 40 min workout on the Peloton and then some self microneedling.
Only certified & licensed practitioners can practice microneedling. As a California licensed acupuncturist, I can use various sized filiform (solid) needles in practice I've had 2 certifications in microneedling and now starting to offer it to patients at Elevate. This is not to be done on your own unless qualified and trained!
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Step 1: start with a clean face. I use all TOMA Skin Therapies products both at home and in the clinic. I wash my face nightly with their Rejuvenating Cleanser.
Step 2: Rub on topical lidocaine gel to act as a numbing agent for the microneedling. Let sit for about 15 min.
Step 3: Wash off the lidocaine gel.
Step 4: Start microneedling. The microneedling pen is an oscillating pen with about 12 tiny needles on it. There's various depths you can use depending on the area you're working. I've never done this on myself so it's a little backwards and I'm feeling like I'm tattooing my face and sensitive. I'm using 1mm-2mm on various areas. I'm working in hyaluronic acid and Toma's Phyto Stem Cell serum into my face. Microneedling is opening the surface layers of the skin to allow those beautiful products work their magic.
Step 5: switch heads to a nano needle (not a needle at all) to use on sensitive areas around the eyes.
Step 6: Cooling down with Toma's Cucumber Cooling Mask! Yes!! I need it since I can feel the burn now. It only takes about 5 min of the cucumber mask to work its magic and take that burn completely away. Sometimes I don't know if I should just eat it because it smells so yummy.
Step 7: Wash off the mask in icy cold blizzard faucet water.
Step 8: One last layer of @tomaskintherapies Phyto stem cell serum and have glowing skin for the next few days.
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The ongoing treatments should continue to improve the tone, elasticity and the pigmentation of my skin. This is only my second treatment so far. To learn more about microneedling click here.
Stav tuned to see the results at my 50 unveiling. I can't wait!