Micro-Mesotherapy® - Combined Dermaroller® – Exclusive to Dr Prager

Micro-Mesotherapy® uses a small hand-held tool, rolled over the skin, to produce thousands of microscopic needle columns in the skin's dermis, which stimulate the blood supply to generate new skin cells. Micro-Mesotherapy® is followed by a session of Transderm® to infuse a combination of hyaluronic acids, minerals and vitamins into the skin, giving an immediate skin plumping effect.

Micro-Mesotherapy® improves the appearance of acne scars, ageing and sun damaged skin, facial and décolleté lines, wrinkles and stretch marks. It is great if you suffer from uneven skin pigmentation or loss of skin elasticity, live an outdoor life, or simply want to look your very best for a big event, weddings, red carpet, etc.

This unique combination, pioneered by Dr Prager, has a short downtime of between 1-3 days (no need to interrupt your social life), offering immediate results due to the skin plumping effect of Tranderm®. It takes two hours to complete and has no permanent side effects. 

Dr Michael Prager’s Micro-Mesotherapy®

Give aggressive anti-aging techniques a miss and opt instead for natural skin rejuvenation and scar repair with Combined Dermaroller Therapy, as seen on Channel 4's 10 Years Younger.

Micro-Mesotherapy® provides safe and significant results with only ONE session," says Dr Michael Prager. "This is the perfect alternative if you do not want treatment sessions with fractitional or resurfacing lasers like Fraxel®, radio frequency such as Thermage® or TCA, Phenol and Blue Peels because of the resulting downtime, concerns over safety, side-effects and cost.

If you are concerned about small scars, aged or sun-damaged skin and also strechmarks, Micro-Mesotherapy® is a very effective and safe first-line treatment. Especially the very difficult to treat areas such as under the eyes, neck and décolleté can be treated easily and very successful. ALL SKIN TYPES AND COLOUR CAN BE TREATED EQUALLY SUCCESSFULL.

When it comes to aging, it's no longer a toss up between looking done or "growing old gracefully." Whilst there are a multitude of invasive options (facelifts, peels and laser resurfacing to name but a few), I have designed this treatment  to give excellent results without compromising on the skin's long-term well-being. 

Featured on 10 Years Younger, our patient lost more years off her "natural" age after CDT than the woman who underwent surgery, proving definitively just how effective the treatment is. Offering a wide range of benefits, it reduces the visible signs of aging, such as uneven skin tone and fine lines, decreases acne scars and other imperfections.

One of the main reasons that we favour the treatment is the fact that there is virtually zero risk of pigmentation, scarring or burning with any skin colour, type, texture or ethnicity. 

Why choose Micro-Mesotherapy®?

If your skin has been scarred by acne, excessively exposed to the sun or has succumbed to stretch marks, either through pregnancy, hormonal changes or weight loss, then Micro-Mesotherapy® can offer significant improvements without the risk of further damage or the need for a long recovery period. Unlike deep skin peels and fractional or resurfacing lasers which are often unsuitable for darker or heavily pigmented skin tones and delicate skin types, Micro-Mesotherapy® is universally suited to a wide range of skins.

Skin Rejuvenation with the Micro-Mesotherapy®

Physiology of skin rejuvenation

Skin rejuvenation treatments aim at stimulating the Fibroblasts to produce more collagen. The basic principle is skin injury. Skin injury releases signals called Growth Factors in the tissue which stimulate the Fibroblasts to produce more collagen. Topical Growth Factors such as in Revive or TNS can also stimulate Fibroblast activity. They can work very well, especially in combination with Dermaroller, Laser or other skin injury when rapid healing is desired, such as for burns or large skin defects. Any injury that causes bleeding can stimulate collagen production. Bleeding is the main source of growth factors that stimulate the fibroblasts to produce more collagen. The most effective skin rejuvenation treatments are the ones that cause the most bleeding. The deeper the injury in form of burning (laser or chemical peels) or mechanical abrasion the “better” the cosmetic result. The skin injury causes a wound healing response.  Newly built skin collagen closes the tissue damage. This new skin is rich in collagen, even though it is scar collagen, which is different from the original skin collagen. It is often pale, whiter and can be shiny. After complete CO2 Laser resurfacing, deep dermabrasion or deep peel the patients are in bandages for 2-3 weeks, bleeding, seeping… sometimes scarring. Results are good but the skin is discoloured afterwards and total sun avoidance is often necessary. The discolouration comes as a result of the damage to the skin cells that produce the skin pigment called melanin. Deep and aggressive procedures were not really appealing to most people. That’s when Fraxel® was invented. 

1. Common Superficial Skin Treatments 

Resurfacing Laser Treatments

Most resurfacing laser treatments are done with a CO2 Laser. The laser burns off the complete top layer of the skin. Long downtime, massive side effects make it not really popular. Results can be very good but always compromise with sun exposure and discolourisation.

Conclusion

Painful and aggressive treatment for deep skin resurfacing, bad acne or small pocks scars. More or less replaced by Fraxel®.

Fraxel®

Basically the same as above, a skin burning laser but instead of taking all the skin off the Fraxel® works like a Dermaroller: it shoots needle fine holes into the skin, leaving islands of unburned skin in between. This makes the healing quicker, the treatment is less dramatic, shorter downtime and less risk.

Conclusion

Fraxel® is expensive, one treatment costs between £800-1200, a course of 4-6 treatments is needed which makes it a £4-6000 procedure. The results are moderate to good. I have never had a patient who said they had Fraxel® and it was great! I have seen scarring and pigmentation problems. 

Deep Skin Peels

Chemical peels burn off the top to medium layer of the skin. Most peels are either lighter TCA peels, Easy Peel®, Obagi Blue Peel® or the deeper Phenol peels. Results can be very good on white skin. TCA peels need to be repeated 4-6 times in order to achieve the same results as a deep Phenol peel. Deep peels can be very scary, long downtime and possible de-pigmentation of the skin. Difficult to treat darker skin types, can cause bad hyper pigmentation.

Conclusion

TCA and Phenol peels are still popular. I no longer do TCA because the Combined Dermaroller is so much easier and produces far less side effects.

Dermaroller®

The Dermalroller is a very good procedure. The treatment needs to be repeated 4-6 times with about 3-6 weeks in between.

Conclusion

The normal Dermaroller is priced at about £250-300 per treatment. 4-6 treatments are usually necessary to achieve the results we can get with our Combined Dermaroller. This makes the normal Dermaroller pretty expensive.
 

2. Dr Michael Prager's Micro-Mesotherapy®

Exclusive to Dr Michael Prager the Combined Dermaroller achieves in my opinion better results with one treatment than a course of Fraxel®, Thermage®, Obagi Blue Peel®, TCA Easy Peel® or conventional Laser Skin Resurfacing. The Combined Dermaroller is a combination treatment.

1. Dermaroller to stimulate the skin’s own collagen production. This can also improve pigmentation and uneven skin colouration
2. Transderm® to infuse a combination of hyaluronic acids into the skin. This gives an immediate skin plumping effect. The mixture contains a blend of hyaluronic acids, minerals and vitamins.
3. Topical Growth factors applied to the skin improve and speed up the healing and recovery.

The benefits of Micro-Mesotherapy® are:

a. Short downtime usually between 1-3 days, no interruption of social life necessary.

b. Immediate Results due to the skin plumping effect of Tranderm®

c. Results after one treatment. Our Micro-Mesotherapy® shows better results after one treatment compared to 4-6 Fraxel® or Thermage® sessions. We advise a booster treatment maybe 6-9 months following the first procedure. 

d. Price: Micro-Mesotherapy® is far less expensive than any of the above mentioned treatments. At £980 per session and with only 2-3 treatments in the first year it is more effective and better value for money than other skin resurfacing treatment available

e. Micro-Mesotherapy® can treat any skin type and skin colour! Peels, laser, IPL is always a risk for hyper or depigmentation. Combined Dermaroller has zero permanent side effects, it is safer than any other treatment for skin rejuvenation. 

Will it be painful?

You will feel a small amount of discomfort during the treatment -usually a prickling sensation. Unlike resurfacing treatments and peels where skin is inflammed and often "weeps" and scabs, with Micro-Mesotherapy®, the post-procedure effects are mild. Skin usually looks as though it is mildly to moderately sunburnt and normally recovers in 24 hours, with only a small amount of residual redness the following day. We recommend the use of SkinCeuticals Anit-oxidant for a least 3 days after the treatment and ideally suggest you avoid sunbathing for at least 2 weeks. You will be able to go back to work and carry on with your normal activities immediately.

When will I see the results?

Visible improvements continue from day 1 to six/nine months later to become fully apparent, although changes can be seen with in the first 2-3 days because of the Transerm Mesotherapy® that follows the Dermaroller® during the treatment.

The reason? The natural regeneration and repair that Micro-Mesotherapy® creates doesn't happen overnight. It takes time for new collagen and elastin to form, for new skin cells to be generated and for the blood supply in the dermis to be enhanced. This process usually takes 6 weeks, after which the signs of regeneration and repair are visible and repair continues over the following months to provide gradual, longterm enhancement.

The Cost: One session of Micro-Mesotherapy® for face and necks priced at £980,- We may advise a second session within 6-9 months or whenever required. However, you will see results with one session only. For your appointment, please call the clinic on 0207 323 3660 and Maria, Christina or Cherie will be able to help you. 

For further details or to interview Dr Prager, contact:

Christina Christoforou 

Telephone: 0754 5548673 email: penelopegoddess@aol.com