microneedling

Noun

microneedling (uncountable)

1. The repeated puncturing of the skin with tiny needles to stimulate collagen production.
   • Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the...2021 May 6, Leah Dolan, “Teens are worried about wrinkles. Here’s how Gen Z is helping to fuel a beauty boom”, in CNN
   • The three were among a cluster of five people sharing highly similar H.I.V. strains, four of whom had undergone a procedure called platelet-rich plasma microneedling at the spa.2024 April 26, Roni Caryn Rabin, “At Least Three Women Were Infected With H.I.V. After ‘Vampire Facials’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms:

   dermarolling, CIT