Hi Alice, really loving your website and content. It’s so helpful to learn a bit more about this side of beauty and the pros and cons of various procedures. I’m yet to explore this for myself or have anything done, but I know that when I do I will be so much more informed! My question is whether at home microneedling is effective on the decolletage area? I am in my early 30s but have creases in this area from being a side sleeper. These started in my 20s and I think there’s also a genetic factor at play, but I would like to do something about it as I am conscious of them. Thank you so much.

Home microneedling creates tiny punctures in the skin, so any products you use afterwards will sink in more deeply, and if this is something like skin-strengthening peptides or a retinoid, they will hit home rather harder. So it may help. My issue with home needling is that it is very easy to get overenthusiastic and overdo it; to do it patchily; to scratch up and damage the surface of the skin, and you need to be really scrupulous about cleaning the needling device afterwards (to prevent infection), and changing the head regularly. Also, home needling doesn’t go deep enough to stimulate collagen production in the skin – for that you need clinical microneedling, and yes that absolutely works on the decolletage as well as anywhere else on the skin. One last thing – don’t forget daily sunscreen on your neck and decolletage. It really helps preserve your skin for the future.