Between injectables, fillers, "vampire" facials and derma rollers, suffice it to say that needles in beauty aren't exactly a new concept. Well, if I put a sharp object ennui on hold for a hot second, because a new breed of needles is coming for my face — or, at least, into my skin-care products.
I should clarify that the royal skin micro patch is not, in fact, actual metal needles, but rather ingredients that mimic the mechanism and role of micro-needling in a topical product. This is done via natural ingredients or some clever manufacturing.
In this article, I would be talking about the benefits of this product I got from Fayre Beauty:
The benefit of infusing products with needles is that it allows the ingredients to be delivered deeper into the epidermis, where they can be more effective than if they were just slathered on top. But, whereas microneedling requires a separate tool and can be a time-consuming additional step, these types of products (in theory, at least) give you all the benefits without the extra hassle.
Those benefits are of the anti-ageing and skin-tightening variety. Its minus serum is a contouring skin treatment that uses "micro-tingling spicules" as a carrier for its unique sodium deoxycholate formula. Derived from the star ingredient in the clinic's signature in-office slimming treatment, the actives in the formula are carried as deep as a topical treatment can go, through those spicules. Fayre Beauty told me micro patch provides an immediate tightening effect and, over time, can firm sagging and wrinkled skin.
Upon application, the darts physically penetrate the two top layers of my skin, causing a slight tingling sensation and leaving tiny holes on the skin's surface, though it's more of a brief stinging feeling than anything outright painful. Micro patch is both gratifying and trippy. Over two hours, the darts dissolve, releasing both the hyaluronic acid and the active ingredients into the epidermis to target a pimple before it reaches the surface. For this reason, it tends to work best on deep pimples that are only in the early, formative stages. The HA acts as the vehicle in the Killa, which, as the name suggests, is all about disinfecting and killing the pimple. It's got an antimicrobial peptide, that's the strong replacement for benzoyl peroxide, niacinamide for anti-inflammation and salicylic acid.
The technology behind the patch, while new to beauty, has been used in the medical industry for years. I learned that they use transdermal delivery patches for diabetic patients, they were putting insulin into the hyaluronic acid with longer darts to deliver the insulin into the bloodstream. It's kind of like walking around with a cortisone shot in your pocket. Anytime I feel a zit coming, I put it on and it gets below the surface to attack it before it forms.
The technology has a multitude of possibilities in the skin-care space: Fayre Beauty has already started to explore other iterations for different treatments outside of the acne category. One downside of this delivery mechanism in both forms is that, unlike micro patch and microneedling, where you can combine it with almost any cream or lotion, you are limited to what these integrated needles can be used with. You have to be careful of the ingredients you choose. For us, because we've got such a strong delivery system, it was about using ingredients that were clean and nice for the skin. Hence the peptide replacement for more traditional acne fighter benzoyl peroxide, which could be too irritating if used at that depth.
Sticking a patch with an array of small needles on your skin for a designated period will then allow the vaccine to seep into your body through your skin, where it proceeds to work just a traditional injectable vaccine would: stimulating your immune system to protect against influenza. Making the flu vaccine less "touchy" may help young children and anyone with trypanophobia gets the vaccine. Trypanophobia is the fear of needles, which is slightly different from aichmophobia, the fear of sharp or pointed objects. So if you don't like needles, try the micro patch.
Limitations aside, it remains to be seen if this concept is something that will catch on in the industry as a whole or will remain somewhat of a novelty. Unsurprisingly, I believe that this is the future of skincare. Once people realize that how ingredients get to your skin is just as important as the actual formulas themselves, he notes, it's only a matter of time before brands will evolve. Topical ointments are very on the surface, to be truly effective], you need to get to the source. Translation: You best get comfortable incorporating all things pointy into your skin-care life.
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