Hi Alice. I’m considering fibroblast skin tightening treatments, any advice ?

Hi, I really wouldn’t. ‘Fibroblast’ is not a particular machine or treatment, it’s the name given to a range of treatments using a device called a  ‘plasma pen’ which makes a series of small controlled burns on the skin in order to tighten, say, the eyelids or crepey cheeks. It’s a treatment that you usually find in salons rather than medical skin clinics.

Each burn shocks the collagen in the skin into contracting, and sets off the wound-healing process which generates new fresh collagen and elastin in the skin.

(The cells within the skin that generate new collagen are called fibroblasts, hence the name of the treatment.)

If you’ve seen pictures promoting this treatment where people have loads of little dots on their faces, each of those dots is a tiny burn, which will need to scab up, crust over, flake off and then with luck not leave a small scar behind it.

Why wouldn’t I go for this? Quite aside from whether or not the treatment will achieve much skin tightening, the risk of those burns leaving scars is too high.

If you’re really keen to try plasma treatment, consider a well-accredited brand like Plexr, in the hands of an expert practitioner.