Microneedling is a safe cosmetic procedure that should be performed by a qualified professional, using appropriate technique and in a clean environment. After the procedure, you may experience some redness, soreness and sun sensitivity, scabs, peeling and bruising, but this should not cause discomfort throughout the day. If you experience discomfort for too long, it is recommended to immediately consult your specialist.

Never try to treat side effects yourself at home. It is important to discuss potential risks and investigate skin with your specialist before undergoing microneedling to be sure it is the right procedure for you. To avoid skin hurt and permanent damage, you should follow the recommendations of your specialist about post-treatment care.

Deep microneedling is an effective method compared to superficial microneedling due to deep penetration into the skin layer. Having serious skin problems such as deep wrinkles, scars, acne and various skin changes – deep microneedling will help regenerate and rejuvenate your skin. This method uses longer needles and has longer recovery time.

Superficial microneedling is suitable for people with minor skin changes such as acne, cellulite, stretch marks, wrinkles. This method uses shorter needles to penetrate the upper layer of the skin, which results in less risk of complications and a shorter recovery period.

To choose the best type of procedure, it’s necessary to consult with a qualified specialist.

To know exactly what type of treatment is right for you, you need to sign up for a free consultation with a specialist who will confidently tell you that this procedure is just for you. Like many other cosmetic procedures, microneedling treatment requires a comprehensive approach, analyzing all the advantages, disadvantages, and confirming from a specialist whether this procedure is suitable for you.

Fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, uneven skin texture, and pigmentation irregularities can be treated during microneedling procedures. At the initial consultation, the specialist will examine your skin type, problems and general health and prescribe the correct procedure and course of treatment.

Before you sign up for a procedure, you need to find out what contraindications this or that procedure has. Like all cosmetic procedures microneedling has a number of contraindications for patients with: scars, active eczema, psoriasis, herpes, diabetes, presence of moles, vascular diseases and cardiac abnormalities, and blood thinner.

Not recommended for women who are pregnant or nursing. Please inform your specialist about the presence of a particular disease to avoid negative consequences for your health. Remember, that not everyone is a good candidate for the procedure, and people with certain conditions are more likely to experience severe side effects.

Face is by far a leading part of body for microneedling treatment in Toronto with Nova Medical Spa. Face gets prioritized because it is seam by everyone and we always want to look better. It is also the most noticeable affect than other areas as our clients say.

Saying that, there are other parts of the body that are being treated, because unfortunately our skin is aging noticeably. We are talking about legs, neck stomach and chest area. At Nova, we can do visual inspection and suggest services that will improve and tighten your skin in any area of the body.

There are hand held devices that are sold on market for home use, but we do not recommend using them at all. You cannot expect miracles from machine that you can purchase online for a hundred dollars and without professional training.

We do not suggest doing microneedling at home as it is complex procedures that involves puncturing skin and, in some cases, going deep into dermis layer. Our machines are government approved with safety features for clients. Nova aesthetician needs to complete two courses for microneedling and extensive training with specific machines to provide such services. Brand new machines that we use cost over $100,000.

Yes, there is typically downtime after microneedling service we provide (or any other microneedling professional services out there). What that means is immediate micro punctures will result in a reaction and you will experience top layer of skin healing right away.

There will be some redness and swelling. Recovery time is typically 24 hours but may take up to three days. Some clients won’t even have noticing effect. There is no limitation for going to work, or any activities, but for first two days we recommend avoiding using make up.

Please let us know if you are planning any other facial procedures after or before microneedling.

This procedure is very unique for skin rejuvenation and tightening. It takes 1-3 procedures to see great results on your face or skin in other parts of body. Nova aesthetician will give you more information on different types of microneedling and how many sessions we recommend for your skin.

After completing a course your skin will start healing process and collagen will be developing. It takes approximately 4-6 weeks for it to finalize under skin and tighten it.

First few days some clients may have reaction for puncturing the skin. It may be slightly swollen or redness can appear.

Minimum age for microneedling treatment is 18 years old. It is a medical but non-surgical procedure that is allowed to be scheduled by adults only.

For medical purposes it is possible to receive such services by Nova Medical Spa, but we require documentation and adult presence at all times.

Doctor’s or nurse practitioner recommendation of treatment is mandatory. We would also require written consent of parent or legal guardian prior to scheduling microneedling in Toronto.

Course may be from one to three procedures. It depends mostly on type of microneelding service selected, type of skin/body and desired results by the client.

Our professionals will consult you on type of all procedures and types of equipment we can use. Nova Med Spa will suggest best possible service for your specific case.

Skin rejuvenation and healing has to be refreshed to keep results as skin has tendency to grow, forming wrinkles over time. We suggest revisiting every 6 to 12 month on average, but our aesthetician will assess give more accurate recommendation.

On average microneedling session (with or without Radiofrequency option) should take 20 to 30 minutes. It obviously depends on how many areas and which specific areas you want to treat per session.

Also time depends on experience of aesthetician performing procedure and knowledge of specific machine using. Just because someone has years of experience doesn’t mean they can operate properly at good speed with any equipment.

Quality of microneedling machine makes a small difference as well, but not significant. It plays big effect on results, pain level and safety, but not as much on time of each procedure.

Before you are in treatment for microneedling procedure with Nova Medical Spa, we want to make sure you are safe and give few instructions to follow.

Your skin has to be in natural, non-damaged condition for safety and better effect from treatment.

By all means avoid using numbing creams and antibiotics on areas where you want to do microneedling.

Do not treat your skin with waxing, chemical peal, other depilation 10-14 days prior to treatment and 1-2 days of regular shaving is not recommended.

If you have acne, skin burn, sun burn or any allergic skin reaction, please call Nova to reschedule your appointment for safety.

Even though you have many needles penetrating your skin and sometimes going deep into dermis during microneedling Toronto procedure, it does not hurt as much as you would think.

Older version of machines or cheap hand held devices that you can purchase for home use may hurt more due to bad safety devices and thickness of needles. Nova Med Spa uses the best technology to provide skin rejuvenation by microneedling and maximum safety level for our customers.

Of course it depends on your personal pain threshold, but most of our clients describe the process as vibrating feeling rubbing against the top layer of skin.

Please let our aesthetician know during the session if you feel pain to adjust the machine and potentially go slower.

Microneedling is a skin rejuvenation procedure that makes micro damages with super tiny needles to stimulate healing process and produce additional collagen and elastin that tightens your skin.

There are several version of microneedling services. At first it differentiates in depth of penetration. Some procedures only penetrate skin (1-3 mm depth) and some can go as deep as 8 millimeters, penetrating into dermis layer.

Newest machines have an option of Radio Frequency stimulation that helps producing more collagen and show better overall results with fewer sessions.

At Nova Medical Spa we have all the options of microneedling and provide services that we believe are going to be beneficial for your skin.