Microneedling Facial

What is it like to have a microneedling facial?

This depends on which microneedling facial you have – but here is my experience of Marie Reynolds’ Masterlift facial as an example.

After a quick cleanse, Marie covers my face with a special rejuvenating serum and gets out the Dermapen. I’m apprehensive about the needling, but Marie points out that she is only using 0.5mm needles, so it will barely hurt – and she’s right. She moves the device smoothly and swiftly round my face, and most of the time, I hardly feel it, even when she works over my lips (when I do feel it, it’s mildly uncomfortable, rather than painful).

Next, Marie puts on a soft biocellulose mask full of hydrating serum, then tops this with the shield-shaped light mask. What does this feel like? Lovely, as alternating doses of red (healing), blue (antibacterial), and purple (skin-energy-boosting) light work their magic.

My skin is a little pink afterwards from all the needles, but my face looks instantly improved – before and after snaps that Marie took show how the needling and special serums that she used have plumped out fine lines around my crow’s feet wrinkles and lips. Marie told me not to use makeup until the following day, as all those tiny pinprick holes take a few hours to heal up, and you don’t want to smush makeup into them during that time.

By the next day, my skin was glowing with health and felt a bit tighter, too – a lovely result.