What are the differences between microneedling and mesotherapy?

With so many different aesthetic treatments to choose from it can often be difficult to make the right choice for your skin. Both microneedling and mesotherapy present effective and viable options. But how do these differ? And which should you choose?

What is microneedling?

Microneedling is a minimally invasive treatment that restores the vitality of the skin epidermis. It uses many tiny needles on the microneedle to create numerous small puncture channels on the surface of the skin, stimulating the skin repair mechanism and causing the body to produce collagen and fibrin to repair the affected skin. Damage channel, forming self-healing ability. It also introduces medicinal liquid to promote the proliferation of collagen, which can increase the thickness of the skin's stratum corneum and enhance the skin's resistance and immunity to the outside world. However, because microneedle brings the product into the epidermis, the liquid can only enter the skin in a limited way, and the layers will be different.

When opting for a microneedling treatment, you may be able to select a topical skin product to be added to the face first. The microneedling process allows this product to be better absorbed, improving the results.

What is mesotherapy?

Mesotherapy injection is a method of injecting the lost collagen in the skin into the dermis, directly introducing the small molecule hyaluronic acid or other drugs used for hydration into the dermis, which can improve the skin's water-locking ability and treat skin problems caused by simple lack of water. The improvement is obvious. Absorbs moisture from surrounding tissues, making the originally loose skin supple and shiny, and reshaping the skin into firm, smooth and elastic within a short period of time.

So, should you choose microneedling or mesotherapy?

When making the decisions between microneedling and mesotherapy for aesthetic treatment, it really comes down to the results you’re looking to achieve.

To tackle the signs of ageing – fine lines and wrinkles are two of the most common and most visually obvious signs of ageing skin. While mesotherapy can help your skin cells be healthier, and can help with very fine superficial wrinkles, microneedling is more effective for reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles overall. This is because the needle action causes collagen and elastin production to increase, helping to smooth out facial lines and wrinkles, while also leveling your skin glowing.

For skin texture issues – for dry and flaky skin, or rough bumpy skin, both mesotherapy and microneedling can be effective. The action of microneedling helps to remote cell regeneration and exfoliation on a deeper level, which ensures that outer skin layers are replaced with new cells. However, mesotherapy can add the nourishment and hydration back to your cells, which helps ensure that they stay healthy for longer, keeping your skin clear and fresh. These two treatment options can be used in conjunction to achieve the right result, or you could opt for something totally different, like dermaplaning or a chemical peel.

Skin pigmentation issues – for skin pigmentation issues mesotherapy can be the better option. This is because the injection cocktails contain plenty of essential ingredients for long term healthy skin, that also help to remove sluggish toxins from the skin cells too. This can help to combat dark circles under the eye, as well dark or discoloured patches of skin that can be an unwanted issue.