As a veteran project in medical skin care, microneedles are becoming more and more diverse and advanced. There are electric microneedles, microneedle mesotherapy, gold microneedles, gold nano-microneedles, gold radiofrequency microneedles, etc., which are overwhelming. Today, let’s popularize the two most common ones: microneedles and gold microneedles. Let’s see what the difference is between the two and how we should choose?
Microneedling
Simply put, microneedle therapy uses tiny needles to create a large number of small delivery channels on the surface of the skin, instantly opening tens of thousands of micro channels in the basal layer of the skin, and then delivering the active ingredients of cell growth genes and multiple nutrients to skin cells at different depths for penetration.
The reason why microneedles have so many nicknames is because they are divided into two categories: the small rollers we often see belong to the first category, which are traditional manual microneedles, so this type of microneedles are often called rolling needles; the second category, electric microneedles, as the name suggests, are electric-powered microneedles. Because the electric needles move very fast, they are also called “flying needles”. Some electric ones are also called “microneedle mesotherapy”.
Ai Beauty Clinic uses the safest and most reliable microneedle instrument in the UK and Europe. It performs microneedle treatment with a uniform negative pressure painless microneedle pen that is FDA-approved, compliant with ISO and BSI standards, and CE MARK medical-grade registered.
Different from the skin roller needle, the microneedle pen can penetrate the skin vertically, with less trauma to the epidermis, low burden, and weak pain. The length of the microneedle can be arbitrarily changed (0.25MM-2.0MM) for different treatment parts, so as to improve skin problems more targetedly. The needle holes are extremely fine and densely distributed. The needle holes can be closed in 2 to 3 hours. The distance between the needles is only 0.3mm, which can achieve the best healing effect of the wound without leaving any scars. And the disposable locking function needle has no risk of cross infection and is safe and hygienic.
Effect
Stimulate skin regeneration and rejuvenate the skin; enhance skin elasticity; reduce wrinkles; improve acne marks and reduce acne scars; deeply hydrate and rejuvenate the skin; whiten the skin; effectively absorb active ingredients.
Advantages
- The mechanical stimulation produced by acupuncture can stimulate the skin’s self-repair system, promote metabolism, improve microcirculation, and start the regeneration and rearrangement of collagen.
- Acupuncture opens up the skin’s quick absorption channel, making it easier to introduce beauty ingredients. It can solve skin problems such as acne marks, acne pits, acne scars, minor wrinkles, enlarged pores, and dull skin tone.
- Microneedle therapy can select different drugs for targeted treatment according to skin conditions and treatment purposes, and can achieve a synergistic effect with the “collagen proliferation effect in the skin” produced by the stimulation of the microneedle pen.
- The microneedle method greatly improves the penetration rate of subsequent applied drugs, with an absorption effect of nearly 100%, which is 4,000 times that of ordinary care.
limitation
- Since microneedling is mostly done manually, it causes great damage to the epidermis, and the depth of insertion is highly dependent on the operator’s technique and experience;
- While microneedles open the skin’s absorption channels, they also destroy the skin’s self-protection barrier, increasing the risk of skin irritation;
- Its limitation is that it can only solve minor acne pits, acne scars and wrinkles. For severe acne pits, acne scars and wrinkles, it needs to be combined with other treatments to achieve better results.
Radiofrequency gold microneedle
As the name suggests, it is microneedle + radio frequency. The word “gold” comes from the fact that the microneedle body is coated with a gold film, and the outer coating of the microneedle is also golden yellow.
Ai Beauty Clinic uses Endymed gold microneedle, a new radiofrequency treatment technology that integrates dot matrix, microneedle and radiofrequency technology. It has been certified by the US FDA and China CFDA, and is the anti-aging black technology used by many Hollywood stars such as the Beckhams.
It utilizes the mechanical stimulation of extremely sharp conical 24K gold non-insulated microneedles made by special technology and the biological effects and thermal stimulation produced by the unique fractional pulse mode of radio frequency to stimulate the skin’s self-repair system, thereby inducing the production and remodeling of new collagen and elastin, improving skin microcirculation, and is a revolutionary method of dermal collagen regeneration.
Its core technology is Endymed’s patented 3DEEPTM RF technology, which uses multi-source phase electronic control to simultaneously control multiple groups of electrodes (phase control) through multiple RF transmitters (multi-source) to generate multiple magnetic fields, so that energy can act more effectively and accurately on target tissues at different depths. It is the most advantageous technology among similar technologies.
Effect
It can tighten the skin, remove wrinkles, whiten and tenderize the skin, remove scars and marks, improve pores, and enhance contours.
For the treatment of acne scars, only Endymed PRO RF Gold Microneedle can achieve minimal discomfort, shortest downtime and minimal side effects.
Advantages
- Adopting the most advanced core 3DEEPTM RF patented radio frequency technology and multi-source phase electronic control to ensure penetration depth and safety;
- Intradermal radiofrequency technology achieves precise control of radiofrequency energy by adjusting the needle insertion depth, pulse width, and power;
- Unique Fractional Pulse Mode (FPM) delivers energy more accurately, concentrates deep into the dermis, causes minimal damage to the epidermis, shortens downtime (<24 hours), and reduces the risk of pigmentation after treatment.
- During treatment, the doctor adjusts the microneedle penetration depth and radiofrequency energy according to the problem and treatment area, which can solve problems at different depths of the skin, such as roughness, unevenness, scars, large pores, etc., with high cost performance;
- The progressive electric control principle combined with the special high-end micro-needle coating technology effectively increases the comfort and reduces the pain of treatment;
In general:
- Compared with ordinary microneedles, gold microneedles are controlled by an electronic system, can go in and out quickly, cause less damage to the epidermis, and repair faster. At the same time, the penetration depth of the microneedles can be accurately adjusted according to one’s own needs, making the treatment more accurate.
- Compared with traditional radio frequency, gold radio frequency avoids the irritation and damage of radio frequency energy to the epidermis. There is no scab and obvious pigmentation after the operation. The designed insulated needle rod is used to avoid irritation to the epidermis. It penetrates deeper and completely solves the deep wrinkles and facial sagging problems that traditional radio frequency cannot solve. It works quickly and lasts longer. At the same time, the depth of radio frequency treatment can be accurately controlled according to needs, making the radio frequency effect more focused and accurate.
- The clever combination of microneedles and radio frequency makes the treatment more accurate and efficient, and the comprehensive skin rejuvenation effect is greatly enhanced.
How to choose microneedle vs radiofrequency gold microneedle?
Nowadays, there are many kinds of microneedle projects on the market. In fact, it can be said that radio frequency gold microneedle is an upgraded version of microneedle. Simply put, a single microneedle pierces the skin only to open the skin’s absorption channel, while the gold microneedle will emit radio frequency current at the microneedle while piercing the skin, generating a thermal effect. The microneedle uses radio frequency energy to precisely act on different skin depths, stimulating and inducing collagen reorganization and regeneration, thereby improving skin texture.
So we would say that RF gold microneedle actually has richer and more multiple effects than traditional microneedle, and deeper and more precise effects than traditional RF. The combination of RF + microneedle dual effects truly achieves the effect of 1+1>2.
Therefore, in medical beauty skin management projects, although both microneedles and gold microneedles have the effect of shrinking pores and improving shallow acne marks and acne pits, the effect of gold radio frequency microneedles in tightening the skin and polishing the skin texture is still irreplaceable by ordinary microneedles.
- Gold microneedles use non-insulated microneedles made of 24K gold, with super sharp + super coating + cone design, which allows the microneedles to be directly inserted into the target skin tissue. The needle directly emits radio frequency energy to the target skin without the need for loss through layers of skin, and the treatment effect is very efficient.
- Since our skin is soft and curved, it is not accurate to know how deep ordinary microneedles can penetrate into the skin. However, gold microneedles have a negative pressure adsorption function. After adsorbing the skin, they are removed according to the accurate depth to achieve the effect of precise treatment.
- Compared with simple microneedles, radio frequency gold microneedles can improve deeper skin layers and can significantly improve loose and teardrop-shaped pores.
- Radio frequency can achieve the proliferation of collagen, achieving the purpose of thickening the dermis and tightening the skin, which is the last thing ordinary microneedles have. The radio frequency of gold microneedles can produce biological effects and thermal stimulation, which can stimulate the skin’s self-repair ability to the greatest extent, promote collagen regeneration and recombination, and radio frequency is cumulative, so the effect will be better if you persist in doing it.
So if you have to choose, microneedles can be used as a daily routine skin management to hydrate and rejuvenate the skin and maintain the skin condition. If you want to add other ingredients to achieve additional effects such as whitening, freckle removal, and repair, you can also choose microneedles, and the unit price will be lower; if you want a more comprehensive skin rejuvenation, especially when facing some more serious acne pits, acne marks, large pores, and even acne scars and other stubborn problems, it is more effective to choose radio frequency gold microneedles. Radio frequency energy can improve skin problems more fundamentally, and at the same time stimulate collagen regeneration to achieve a certain degree of firming and plumping the face. For those who want to do [anti-aging + skin beauty] at the same time, radio frequency gold microneedles are the most suitable. Of course, both of them need a certain number of treatment courses to achieve better results as skin management, but microneedles may be relatively slower and weaker than gold microneedles, and will be more gradual and daily. Everyone can choose a more reasonable and suitable treatment project according to the skin test conditions and specific skin problems during the face-to-face consultation.