Biostimulators
Biostimulators are actives chosen to prompt the skin into doing its own repair work: rebuilding rather than resurfacing. They go in either through the micro-channels microneedling creates or by electroporation, which uses a brief electrical pulse to open a path through the cell membrane. Both get the active past the surface, where a cream would stop. Neither involves an injection. I use them where skin has genuinely thinned or lost density — around the eyes, across areas that have lost firmness, and on the scalp.
- Duration
- 60–75 minutes
- Investment
- from $250
- — Crepey texture around the eyes
- — Skin that has lost density and firmness
- — Thinning hair and scalp condition
- — Dullness that hydration alone has not fixed
- — Maintaining results between microneedling series
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Skin analysis
Which active suits you depends on what the skin is short of. This is not a treatment I would sell you without looking first.
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Numbing
A topical anaesthetic goes on for around 20 minutes, as with microneedling.
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Delivery
The active is worked in through micro-channels, with depth set conservatively around the eyes and scalp.
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Aftercare
The first 72 hours matter most: nothing active, no exfoliation, SPF without fail.
Which one you need is decided after I look at your skin.
- Eye stimulators mesotherapy
- $250
- Tissue stimulators mesotherapy
- $350
- Scalp microneedling & mesotherapy
- $250
Book the entry level if you are unsure — it is easier to move you up on the day than to have you pay for more than your skin needs.
Biostimulators, honestly
- Is this an injection?
- No. The actives go in either through the micro-channels microneedling creates or by electroporation, which opens a temporary path through the cell membrane with a brief electrical pulse. Nothing is injected.
- How many sessions will I need?
- Usually a series of three to four, spaced around four weeks apart, then a top-up a couple of times a year. Density is slow to rebuild — anyone promising it in one session is selling something.
- How much downtime is there?
- Expect redness for 24 to 48 hours, similar to microneedling but usually milder because the depth is more conservative. Around the eyes you may see slight puffiness on the first day.
- Does scalp treatment work for thinning hair?
- It works on the condition of the scalp itself, which is the ground the hair grows from. What it will not do is bring back follicles that have already gone, and if there is a medical cause behind the thinning you should see a doctor first — I will tell you if I think that is what is going on.
- Can I combine it with microneedling?
- Often they are the same appointment — microneedling is one of the two ways the active gets in. The difference is which active we choose, and that is decided after looking at your skin.
Microneedling
Collagen induction therapy that softens texture, scarring and fine lines by prompting the skin to rebuild itself.
High-Tech Treatments
Radiofrequency, cryotherapy, microcurrent and EMS — the treatments where the right device does something hands cannot.
Hydrofacial
Cleansing, exfoliation, extraction and hydration in one pass — the treatment to book when your skin needs resetting rather than rebuilding.