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Before Buying Microneedling Pens and Cartridges – Check Out the Closeups 1st!

Holly 10/05/2024 6

Where can you buy microneedling supplies for at-home use? As of October 3, 2024, a few online retailers still offer microneedling supplies like Dr. Pen devices and cartridges for at-home use. Before making any purchases, I just want to share with you what is going on, some things to look out for, and what your [...]

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Is At-Home Microneedling Being Banned? Latest on the FDA Review & Options

Holly 09/23/2024 3

Trouble Buying Your Microneedling Supplies? If you've been trying to buy microneedling pens or cartridges on Amazon or other platforms, you've probably noticed they’ve disappeared. Although no public announcement has been made yet, at-home microneedling devices are facing restrictions due to an ongoing FDA review - information I learned from a vendor's website. Here I [...]

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All My At-Home Skincare Treatment Results in One Place

Holly 01/18/2023 7

Skincare Treatments and Results Over the past 10 years, I've embarked on a journey of at-home skincare treatments, carefully documenting my progress and results along the way. Early Photos: While some older photos may not have the best camera quality or lighting, I tried my best to show the true state of my skin. Minor [...]

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Nano Needling: EVERYTHING You Need to Know

Holly 09/28/2021 2

Nano needling is a form of microneedling, but it’s a pain-free method of improving your skin at home. It’s super very safe, non-invasive, not painful and it works by making serums approximately 20x more effective by creating microscopic channels in the skin’s outer layer, which then close within 20 minutes. If you have some high-quality […]

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NanoNeedling Before & After 3 Weeks | Deminuage Review

Holly 02/19/2021 4

At-Home Nanoneedling Experiment I decided to do an at-home nano needling experiment with the Deminuage nano needling pen & the Ordinary’s Resveratrol serum, in addition to a serum from Deminuage, called Blanq. I dedicated three weeks to this experiment and avoided using most of my other standard skincare (no active ingredients, peels or retinol), while solely [...]

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Microneedling Before and Afters – 8 Treatments (16 Mos.)

Holly 09/01/2020 14

Microneedling at Home - My 8 Treatments Spanning 16 Months I started my microneedling journey at home in January 2019, at the age of 37. My goal was to tackle some fine lines and wrinkles and see if microneedling was really worth the effort. I wanted to see if it worked and if it would [...]

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Before Buying Microneedling Pens and Cartridges – Check Out the Closeups 1st!

Is At-Home Microneedling Being Banned? Latest on the FDA Review & Options

All My At-Home Skincare Treatment Results in One Place

Nano Needling: EVERYTHING You Need to Know

NanoNeedling Before & After 3 Weeks | Deminuage Review

Microneedling Before and Afters – 8 Treatments (16 Mos.)

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