What you’ve got going for you: You’ve likely been shaving your face and thus exfoliating it all your life so you’ve had good cell turnover. This can give you great skin!

Let’s say you’re getting back in the dating game, trying to up level your looks for the job market, or just want to like what you see in the mirror….what do you do? According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, men underwent 1.7 million ​cosmetic procedures in 2024, including surgeries and minimally invasive procedures such as injectables. HOWEVER, you may not be comfortable showing up to work a few days later having had obvious work done. Enter microneedling and cosmetic facial rejuvenation. You can still look like you, just fresher.

What you may not be enjoying when you look in the mirror, depending on your age: results of high stress, Andropause, your eyes may look smaller or sunken, cheeks may be a little sunken; that jawline is not so much of a line anymore; a little fullness beneath the chin, redder nose or cheeks, sun damage or age spots, corners of mouth turned down, not sleeping well due to too many nighttime trips to the bathroom, sluggish digestion, forehead lines, lines in between your brows, eye wrinkles, hair loss.

How I can help: Depending on your age and skin/hair concern, we can use either microneedling or cosmetic acupuncture or a combination of both to help with any and all of the above.

Here’s why a combination strategy works best:

• Microneedling induces collagen production so it builds the scaffolding that holds everything up. All of the muscles in the body are attached on both ends to bones. The muscles in the face are attached on one end to the underside of your SKIN. So we use microneedling to thicken and strengthen that skin, while we use Cosmetic Acupuncture to work on the muscles and general blood flow. Now if you’ve been shaving all your life and you’re 40 or under with not too much sun damage, you may not need microneedling. I’d have to assess your skin. Microneedling also helps break up melanin in age spots and plumps up the skin overall. Gives a fresh glow, too! Microneedling can help with deep acne scars, hyperpigmentation, texture irregularities, and large pores. We use both microneedling and scalp acupuncture alternatively in our Hair Rejuvenation treatments.

• Cosmetic Acupuncture uses points all over the face to LIFT things back to where they were. It does the deep work even though the needles are not deep. It also works on the emotional aspects of who we are. Individual extra-fine needles target expression lines and facial muscle tone. Systemic constitutional body points are used for addressing the deeper effects of aging. We will likely have herbal recommendations but definitely lifestyle changes and dietary therapy. We will also talk about you doing gua sha on yourself so you can treat yourself for free for as long as you’d like.

• Anxiety, irritability, frustration, sluggish digestion, frequent urination, and insomnia can all be helped by the body points we use within the Cosmetic Acupuncture treatment.