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What is Dermapen 4™ Microneedling?

Dermapen 4™ Microneedling is an advanced, minimally invasive treatment designed to rejuvenate your skin and address various concerns, including wrinkles, pigmentation, including melasma, acne scars, and uneven skin texture. This cutting-edge procedure stimulates your skin’s natural healing processes by creating controlled micro-injuries, promoting collagen production and cellular renewal. At Natural Aesthetics, we proudly offer this world-leading treatment to help you achieve smoother, firmer, and more youthful-looking skin.

How Dermapen 4™ Works

The Dermapen 4™ is a medical-grade device that uses ultra-fine, precision needles to create tiny punctures in the skin. These micro-injuries stimulate collagen and elastin production, which naturally rebuilds and tightens the skin. Unlike traditional methods, Dermapen 4™ offers faster, more precise treatments with adjustable depth, making it suitable for all skin types and concerns. Whether you’re targeting fine lines, enlarged pores, or acne scars, Dermapen treatment in Cape Town offers remarkable results with minimal discomfort and downtime.

Why Choose Dermapen vs. Other Microneedling Treatments?

When compared to other microneedling treatments, Dermapen 4™ stands out for its results and effectiveness. Unlike derma rollers, which can cause uneven skin penetration, the Dermapen 4™ offers precise needle depth control for more uniform results. Additionally, Dermapen is superior to radiofrequency microneedling when it comes to minimising discomfort and achieving faster healing times. Its advanced design allows for greater accuracy in treating sensitive areas like the under-eye region and offers safer, more predictable results.

Microneedle therapy, particularly with Dermapen 4™ stimulates collagen production to smooth fine lines, improve skin texture, and minimise acne scars and stretch marks, leading to a more even, radiant complexion. It also tightens the skin, reduces enlarged pores, and enhances the absorption of skincare products for improved results. Suitable for most skin types, this treatment offers quick recovery and long-lasting, natural improvements to your skin’s appearance.  

Our clinics are conveniently located across Cape Town, with branches in Green Point, Tyger Valley, and Somerset West. We offer a comprehensive range of non-surgical aesthetic treatments, anti-ageing solutions, skincare, and hair removal services. Find a clinic.

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Dermapen 4™ Microneedling: 

This treatment includes medical-grade numbing, a specially formulated microneedling serum by Mesoestetic, a hyaluronic acid slip by Lamelle, Dermapen 4™ microneedling, and LED light therapy. All aftercare is also provided.

Treatment area:Cost: 
FaceR2,000
Face and neckR2,300
Face, neck and chestR2,500

Chemical Peel Add-on: 

This treatment includes everything offered in a standard Dermapen 4™ microneedling session, with the added benefit of a customised chemical peel applied beforehand. We will help you select the most suitable peel for your skin type and condition from leading brands such as SkinCeuticals, NeoStrata, Uber Pro, DermExcel, and Mesoestetic.

Treatment area:Cost: 
FaceR2,750
Face and neckR3,000
Face, neck and chestR3,500

Before & after

Microneedling delivers transformative results. Our Dermapen 4™ treatments show significant improvements in skin texture, tone, and elasticity. View our Dermapen before and after gallery to see how this treatment has helped our patients achieve visibly younger-looking skin. 

Select Your Skin Concern

Whether you’re dealing with fine lines, acne scars, or uneven pigmentation, microneedling with Dermapen 4™ can address a wide range of concerns. Explore our slider to find treatments tailored to your specific skin needs. 

Meet our therapists

Guided by Dr. Wade Merchant, our medically trained skincare therapist provide advanced and effective skin treatments and solutions at our clinics in Green Point, Tyger Valley, and Somerset West.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Here are a few of the most common questions and answers regarding the use of Dermapen 4™ treatments. If you have other questions or concerns about treatment, please consult with one of our medical doctors.

The Dermapen 4™ is an innovative medical-grade microneedling treatment designed to combat various skin conditions, including ageing, pigmentation, oily skin, acne, and sun damage. It’s particularly effective for deep, atrophic scars, including surgical and post-acne scars.

Our team of medically trained aesthetic therapists specialise in personalised Dermapen treatments. Each session is tailored using a mesoestetic serum, developed specifically for microneedling procedures. This serum, combined with the microneedling process, delivers targeted active ingredients into the skin and promotes collagen and elastin production. Post-treatment, we administer LED light therapy, a soothing technique that enhances results and expedites the healing process.

Microneedling is a process whereby we  micro-injure the skin, known in medicine as a ”controlled injury”. The body then uses its own natural healing powers (PRP, stem cells and growth factors) to heal the treated area. New collagen and elastin are now being produced by the body; tightening the skin and healing scars, fine lines and keeping the skin young and full of volume. 

Because the microneedling device creates safe pathways for product delivery, we can also treat deeper layers of pigmentation, acne scarring, melasma and sun damaged skin by using the correct medical grade serum(s) to treat these conditions.

 

3 Days before treatment:

  • Avoid using topical products such as Tretinoin, Retinol, or Retinoids.
  • Refrain from waxing, bleaching, or plucking the area to be treated.
  • Refrain from using over-the-counter blood-thinning medications such as anti-inflammatories (e.g., Ibuprofen, Mypaid), Aspirin, Vitamin E, Ginkgo Biloba, St. John’s Wort, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids. 

1 Day before treatment: 

  • Avoid consuming alcohol 24 hours before and after the treatment.
  • The First Night: On the same night following your treatment, there’s no need to cleanse your skin or apply any skincare products. It is recommended to sleep with the Oxygenetix medical foundation on your skin, as it’s specifically designed for post-procedure care. This will aid in accelerating the healing process, restoring the skin barrier, and significantly reducing post-procedure redness. Should you wish to remove the concealer on the same night after your treatment, please keep the concealer on for as long as possible before cleansing with a gentle cleanser to remove it. Immediately after, spray your HOCL liberally and apply your Barrier Renew Cream.
  • Don’t Ice: Avoid applying ice or cooling compresses to the treated area.
  • Gentle Skin Care: Use a gentle cleanser and apply aftercare products as recommended. Avoid any skincare products containing active ingredients such as retinol, vitamin C, alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs), beta hydroxy acids (BHAs), or any form of exfoliating agents (facial scrubs or exfoliators) for at least 5-7 days after.
  • Avoid Hot Baths & Saunas: For the first 7 days post-treatment, avoid hot baths or showers, saunas, and jacuzzis. High temperatures and sweating can exacerbate skin sensitivity and slow down the recovery process.
  • Sun Protection: Your skin will be more sensitive to the sun following the treatment. Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher (ideally SPF 50+) and avoid direct sunlight to prevent UV damage for the first two weeks post treatment. Sunscreen should be applied daily, reapplied every 4 hours when indoors, and every 2 hours when outdoors.
  • Exercise & Sweating: Avoid engaging in exercise for at least 24-48 hours after your treatment. Physical activity can increase swelling and redness, hindering the healing process.
  • Delay Treatments: Avoid any form of facial, skin and aesthetics treatments, like chemical peels, laser treatments, and dermal fillers, as well as all forms of hair removal, including waxing, threading, IPL and laser, for at least 2 weeks after treatment. You can have a Botox treatment from around 4 days post treatment. Additionally, men should avoid shaving for the for at least 24 hours after the treatment.
  • Flaking: It’s important to allow the skin to naturally flake off, and to avoid picking at it or peeling off the dry skin yourself.
  • Jewellery: For the first week after your treatment, refrain from wearing jewelry, such as necklaces, that can come in contact with your skin. This may lead to a skin reaction.
  • Makeup: You may apply makeup the day following your treatment. Opt for gentle, non-comedogenic products to avoid clogging pores and causing irritation.

Dermapen provides effective management for most skin conditions, including:

  • Keratosis Pilaris
  • Hypopigmentation
  • Scarring
  • Vitiligo
  • Striae
  • Rosacea
  • Alopecia
  • Telangiectasia
  • Collagen Induction Therapy
  • Sebhorrhoea
  • Skin Rejuvenation
  • Problematic/ Breakouts/ Acne
  • Aging/ Rhytids
  • Enlarged/ Dilated Pores
  • UV Damage
  • Hyperpigmentation

It is typical for patients to experience redness and the sensation of moderate sunburn for roughly 12-24 hours post procedure. Some patients may experience mild bruising or petechiae, especially in area where tissue is thinnest. A typical recovery timeline post treatment defined by:

  • Up to 24 hours- Erythema, petechiae, minor edema
  • 1-2 days- Mild erythema, petechiae, reduced edema, minor itching, dry/tight sensation
  • 2-3 days- reduced erythema, dissipated edema, reduced itching. Minor skin flacking
  • 3-4 days- potential slight dryness
  • 4-5 days- full recovery with normalized function

Microneedling can be safely repeated every four to six weeks as needed. Collagen induction requires at least 3 to 6 treatments, while scar reduction requires between 3-8 treatments. Four to six weeks should pass between one treatment and the next

It’s considered effective in treating minor scarring related to acne, wounds, and aging. You’ll likely notice brighter, firmer skin, too. Ideal results are achieved after multiple sessions. Microneedling is far more effective than at-home rollers.

Microneedling increases the production of collagen and other healing factors by causing trauma to the skin. … Skin can also lose collagen due to injuries, such as acne scarring, stretch marks, or other scars

Both are microneedling devices, designed to induce collagen production by causing thousands of micro-injuries to the skin and stimulating the skin’s natural healing processes. However, the Dermapen 4 utilizes a needle head consisting of 16 needles.

The frequency of the treatment varies with the treatment’s intensity. Mild treatment can be repeated every 2-4weeks & the deep treatment for removing scars can be repeated every 4-6 weeks

Dermapen is better as there is less damage to the epidermis then if you had the procedure with a Dermaroller ,which means quicker healing and better results.. With Dermarolling you cannot set the depth as precisely as you can with a dermapen so this will leave you with potentially uneven results.

Our Clinics

Each clinic offers a welcoming, professional environment where our experienced doctors and therapists provide personalised care tailored to your skin concerns. Whether you visit for microneedling in Cape Town or other advanced skincare treatments, you’ll experience the highest standards of care in a serene, private setting.

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