Derma roller

KV621
KV621 Posts: 20 Member
edited December 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I bought a Derma roller for my loose belly skin has anyone else tried it? If so what did you think.

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    How does it work?
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    So it's not a tool for making kishka? (If it is, animal intestines are more traditional than rolling up the meat and buckwheat in your own belly skin.)
  • KV621
    KV621 Posts: 20 Member
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    How does it work?
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    So it's not a tool for making kishka? (If it is, animal intestines are more traditional than rolling up the meat and buckwheat in your own belly skin.)

    It has little itty bitty needles you run over your skin so it heals itself and get blood flow going plus makes collagen.... apparently
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    So it's not a tool for making kishka? (If it is, animal intestines are more traditional than rolling up the meat and buckwheat in your own belly skin.)

    I do a veg version and wrap it in parchment paper...
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    KV621 wrote: »
    L1zardQueen wrote: »
    How does it work?
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    So it's not a tool for making kishka? (If it is, animal intestines are more traditional than rolling up the meat and buckwheat in your own belly skin.)

    It has little itty bitty needles you run over your skin so it heals itself and get blood flow going plus makes collagen.... apparently

    I've never tried it, but the theory they're selling doesn't seem very likely. When your body heals an injury, it tends to make extra tissue (think thicker bones at the point where they were broken, or scars in your skin). So I don't see how poking holes in your skin is going to extra skin just disappear.
  • auzziecawth
    auzziecawth Posts: 244 Member
    edited August 2018
    I haven’t tried it myself but a close friend of mine used one and her tummy skin improved dramatically. I intended to try it when I reached closer to my goal weight but then I had a baby and never got a chance to yet lol
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    I have no experience with the results of using it for loose skin. But for wrinkles and/or stretch marks, it absolutely does work. I’ve even spoken to my dermatologist about it, and while he of course would rather I spend 100s of dollars getting “microneedling” at his office, the concept is the same. It takes super patience. Like 6 months of weekly treatments before you see results. Don’t waste time/money on .25 size. Go right for the .5 size. It also helps the effectiveness of whatever skin treatment you are using when you put them on right after. Palmers makes really good products. There is a girl on YouTube that lost 70 lbs and uses it for loose skin. If I can find her I’ll post her name here.
  • MadDogTannen22
    MadDogTannen22 Posts: 88 Member
    Yes it does work, has helped my belly and neck/chin area!
  • puffbrat
    puffbrat Posts: 2,806 Member
    I hadn't heard of it so I did some Googling. It sounds like this is a form of microderm abrasion and other similar terms. There seems to be some indications of limited improvement in skin appearance but I don't see a specific mention for helping loose skin.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556180/
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I don't think it helps any more or less than other forms of exfoliation, so I'd treat it along how exfoliation helps, in that it improves the overall appearance of the skin but doesn't actually reduce loose skin.
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