ZMD Aesthetics • Tustin, CA

Microneedling

Smoother texture, softer scars, tighter pores. Controlled micro-channels trigger your own collagen to rebuild the skin from beneath — with the needle depth set to your skin, your concern, and your skin tone.

Physician-Run Medical Office

New Sterile Cartridge Every Session

A Real-Life Filter For Your Skin

Optional PRP Boost

Built for Texture Topicals Can’t Reach

Serums work on the surface. Microneedling creates thousands of controlled micro-channels into the layer where scars, pores, and lines are actually structured — so your skin rebuilds itself with new collagen.

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Acne scars

Indented Acne Scars & Rough Texture

For scarring you can feel with a fingertip. Micro-channels break up scar tethering and trigger collagen to fill the depression from underneath — studies show roughly 51–60% improvement in acne scar appearance across a series.

Pores + lines

Enlarged Pores & Fine Lines

For pores that look bigger every year and early crepey lines. New collagen thickens and tightens the surrounding skin, which visibly refines pore size and softens fine lines — around 40–50% improvement in overall texture.

Neck + body

Neck, Décolleté & Stretch Marks

Texture isn’t only on the face. The same collagen response smooths crepey necks, sun-textured chests, and stretch marks on the body, using depths adjusted for thinner or tougher skin.

Where You Have It Done Changes the Result

With microneedling, outcomes track with the provider's experience and the standards of the room — far more than with the brand of device sitting on the tray.

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Progress Tracked Every Visit

We photograph your skin under the same standardized lighting every session, so you see scars soften and pores tighten in real images — and we adjust the plan based on what your skin is actually doing.

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Professional Device

An FDA-cleared professional device produces clean, uniform micro-channels at a precisely controlled depth. Consumer pens and rollers often have dull or uneven needles that tear the skin instead, which is how texture ends up worse rather than better.

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Healing-First Goal Set

Stacking treatments too close together drives inflammation and pigment problems. We space sessions 4–8 weeks apart — wider for deeper skin tones — because your collagen keeps rebuilding in the weeks between visits, not just during them.

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physician-run office · FDA-cleared device · healing-based spacing

Rolling Needles Over Your Face at Home Isn’t the Same Treatment

Home rollers can’t be properly sterilized, and dull or uneven needles tear skin instead of creating clean channels. Controlled depth, sterile tips, and a medical setting are what make this work.

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What to Expect From Your Series

Series Roadmap ‍3–6 sessions · 4–8 weeks apart

Healing Window ‍Redness 24–48 hrs · makeup after 24 hrs

Your session count depends on how deep your scarring or texture runs and how your skin heals. Deeper skin tones are treated with shallower depths and fuller spacing between visits to protect against post-inflammatory pigment. Exact plan and pricing are confirmed at your skin mapping.

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From Skin Mapping to New Collagen

Skin Mapping & Depth Plan

We examine your texture zone by zone, review your medical history and any contraindications, and set the needle depth for each area based on your concern and skin tone. You’ll know your session count before you begin.

The Treatment

Skin is cleansed and numbed for 30–45 minutes. We open a new sterile cartridge, pass the pen in controlled, even sections, and finish with PRP or a medical-grade serum into the fresh micro-channels.

Healing & Collagen Build

Expect redness like a light sunburn for 24–48 hours and makeup after 24 hours. Texture starts improving in 1–2 weeks, and collagen continues rebuilding for months.

Microneedling FAQs

Straight answers on results, safety, and what the session is really like.

Fine lines, acne scars, hyperpigmentation, uneven texture, stretch marks, and enlarged pores — on the face and on the body.
Tiny micro-channels trigger your skin’s natural repair response, stimulating collagen and elastin production so the skin rebuilds itself from beneath.
Topical numbing is applied 30–45 minutes beforehand, and most patients describe the sensation as scratchy or prickly rather than painful.
A series of 3–6 is typical, depending on how deep your scarring or texture runs.
Expect mild redness for 24–48 hours, similar to a light sunburn, with most people back to normal routines quickly.
Yes. Platelet-rich plasma drawn from your own blood is applied into the fresh micro-channels, which speeds healing and enhances collagen stimulation.
Initial improvement shows in 1–2 weeks, with benefits developing over 4–8 weeks and collagen continuing to build for up to 6 months.
Yes — it’s suitable across skin tones when depth and spacing are chosen correctly, which is why we treat deeper tones more conservatively.
Wait 24 hours before applying makeup so the micro-channels can close and the skin can heal.
Results are long-lasting with proper skincare, sun protection, and periodic maintenance sessions.
Only when it’s done wrong. Needling too deep or with excessive pressure can cause irritation or scarring, which is why depth is set per zone and per skin type.
Yes. A brand-new, sterile, single-use cartridge is opened for every session and discarded immediately afterward.
It’s safe with the right protocol. We use shallower facial depths and space sessions further apart to keep inflammation minimal.
No. Home rollers can’t be reliably sterilized, and consumer needles are often dull or uneven, tearing the skin instead of creating clean micro-channels.
It’s not appropriate during an active skin infection, inflamed breakout, history of keloid scarring, pregnancy, or shortly after isotretinoin. We screen for this at mapping.
This page covers traditional microneedling, which works through controlled micro-channels and your natural collagen response. RF microneedling is a separate treatment.
Skip retinoids and exfoliating acids for a few days before, and avoid sun exposure, heavy sweating, workouts, and swimming for about 48 hours afterward.
Yes — the neck, décolleté, and body areas with stretch marks respond well, using depth settings adjusted for that skin.