Can microneedling improve acne, trauma, and surgery scars? In this video, Rod J. Rohrich, MD, Editor-in-Chief of "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery," discusses a long-term, large-scale study that investigated the safety and effectiveness of microneedling in treating scars.
Read the February 2020 PRS #PlasticSurgery article, "Microneedling of Scars: A Large Prospective Study with Long-Term Follow-Up" by Alster and Li.
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Keywords: plastic surgery; #PRSHotTopic; microneedling; skin; epidermis; dermis; scar treatment; scars; cosmetic surgery; atrophic acne scars; traumatic scars; acne; surgical scars; facial scars; non-facial scars; side effects;
