Stem Cells

History of Microneedling and How It Works

It is a widely accepted tenet of aesthetic medicine that, in order to stimulate new collagen formation in the skin, we have to injure the skin. The injury turns on healing mechanisms, including stimulating the cells that make scar tissue to make collagen. For many years, the focus was on using whatever modality (laser, radiofrequency, [...]

How growth factors keep me looking younger

I'm so impressed by SkinMedica's growth factors and I know when I'm trying to explain them to regular folk, I blind everyone with science (science nerd here) so I'm writing this article to try to explain with illustrations why this is so amazing. SkinMedica was originally making dressings for burns using cultured human cells. In science, [...]

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