Index · Surface
The written brief
Collagen induction
A course of controlled micro-injury that asks the skin to rebuild its own collagen. Unhurried, unglamorous, and one of the most honest tools in the room: the result is your skin, doing more.
- Session
- 75 minutes, most of it numbing and settling
- Course
- Three sessions, four weeks apart
- Downtime
- 24–48 hours of redness, like a mild sunburn
- Sensation
- Numbed; a gritty pressure more than a pain
- Results
- Gradual — weeks, not days, as collagen remodels
- Reviewed
- Six weeks after the course, same light, same angles
What it addresses
Fine surface texture, shallow acne scarring, enlarged-looking pores, and the general softening of surface quality that shows up before any single line does. It works by provocation rather than addition: fine needles create controlled micro-injuries, and the repair response builds new collagen where it was asked to.
It does not fill, lift, or freeze anything. Deeper scarring and pigment concerns respond differently and deserve their own conversation.
Who might consider it
Most skin types and tones tolerate it well, which is part of its appeal. It suits people who want improvement that arrives quietly and reads as their own skin — and who can accept a result measured in weeks.
We defer it during pregnancy, active breakouts, or any open irritation in the area, and we will tell you plainly if what you are describing is better served by something else — including nothing.
What a visit looks like
Twenty minutes of numbing cream while you read or answer email. The treatment itself takes about twenty-five minutes — a gritty, vibrating pressure, oddly easy to get used to. Afterwards your skin is flushed and warm, and we keep you another few minutes while it settles under a recovery serum.
You leave without makeup and with plain instructions: nothing active on the skin for three days, no deliberate sun, sunscreen without fail.
Recovery, honestly
Plan for a visibly pink day. The redness of a first session usually settles inside 48 hours; light flaking can follow mid-week. Makeup is fine from the next morning. If your calendar has a photograph on it, leave three clear days.
What to expect — and what not to
Collagen remodels on its own schedule. Change is typically visible from the third or fourth week and continues past the end of the course. We photograph in the same light at every visit and review the change together at six weeks — against pictures, not memory.
Expect texture that reads finer and skin that takes light better. Do not expect a different face; that has never been the assignment.
When to consult instead
If what you are noticing is deeper scarring, pigment that shifts with the seasons, or you are simply not sure what you are looking at — book the consultation first. It costs less than a misdirected course, and it is where every good plan here has started.
A note that belongs on every page like this: outcomes vary by skin, history, and habit, and nothing here is a promise — or medical advice. This is a fictional demonstration practice.