Environ (CST) Needling
PCI micro needling (Percutaneous Collagen Induction)treatment improves your skin by induces the increased production of natural collagen by the skin, facilitating natural repair and growth.
PCI Micro-needling using the Medical Roll-CIT® represents a revolutionary approach by which normal collagen production is stimulated to smooth the skin and treat fine wrinkles without causing permanent epidermal damage. The Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® is based on similar principles to those which underlie the Environ® Surgical Roll-CIT®, on which its design is based. The difference is that, with the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT, the skin is only penetrated to a maximum depth of 1mm, causing virtually no bruising and significantly less swelling than its 3mm surgical equivalent.
Because of this, the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® can be used by trained and insured practioners and requires only topical anaesthesia. One further advantage of PCI Micro needling is that it can be performed on lax skin and lax wrinkles on the face, upper lip lines, neck, décolleté, arms, abdomen, buttocks and legs. It is also useful for shallow acne scars and stretch marks.
Results and Advantages
The achievement of Percutaneous Collagen Induction through a course of six treatments using of the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® can typically result in the following:
Results
- Fine lines and wrinkles are softened
- Skin is naturally thickened, tightened and elasticity is restored
- Acne scarring and minor scarring are reduced
- Pigmentation marks are lightened
- Stretch marks are improved
- The disappearance of dilated blood vessels is encouraged
Advantages
- A natural response is induced
- Healing period is minimal (redness for +/- half a day)
- Procedure is cost-effective
- Process is suited to all skin types (including laser-resurfaced skin)
- No permanent scarring is caused
- Safely repeatable for maximum results
- No additional sun-sensitivity is induced
- All areas of the face, neck and body can be treated
How it works
PCI Micro-needling using the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® causes microscopic breaks in the blood vessels immediately below the surface layer of the skin (epidermis). This releases platelets that contribute to the forming of blood clots.
In turn, these platelets release a series of growth factors which promote the production of collagen and elastin in the skin. This happens at a microscopic level and the related chain of events should be aided wherever possible to promote sufficient increases in elastin and collagen production in order to tighten and smooth the skin as much as possible. The only proven way to further boost collagen production is to prepare the skin with vitamin A prior to the treatment and then maintain an enhanced state of collagen and elastin production by continuing the skin care regime thereafter.
The version of vitamin A that is used could be the medical form, Retinoic acid (Tretinoin) or the pre-cursors of retinoic acid, which are either retinol, retinyl palmitate/acetate or retinyl aldehyde. Vitamin A is also delivered in varying doses in all of Environ® products.
For best results, a series of six PCI Micro-needling sessions should be done at intervals ranging between one week and one month, depending on the degree of improvement that is required.
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