i am surprised you are red this long but i am sure it will go away in time. i get dermpan done but the esthetician that does it uses stem cells afterwards to speed healing so i only stay red for a few hour afterwards. i would call the medspa and see what they say.they will probably want you to use some hydrocortisone cream for the redness. my med spa used to give me this stuff called pca apres peel balm with hydrocortisone cream to use after treatments. it works pretty well.

Not really it should have reduced a lot after 1 week, also it depends what you mean by redness. Is it visibly red like when people who have laser have defined squares on their face or just flushing?

Yeah its not extremely red more like a flushing. The major redness went away in about 5 days. I probably wouldn't really notice it if it weren't so pale around my eyes where she didn't needle. Here is a pic, but it doesn't show up real well in the pic.

Have you tried Arnica cream for the redness.

No I've never tried arnica cream. I've been trying aloe. I put some hydrocortisone cream on it last night. So far nothing has really helped.

Hmm, did you go out in the sun after? Did you wear sunscreen?

I did go out in the sun about a week after and forgot sunscreen. But I had a hat on and wasn't in the sun for a crazy amount of time or anything. I did get a little sun before the treatment too. I wonder if that could've caused it.

You shouldn't really apply hydro-cortisone cream on your face for redness as the risk/reward isn't worth it.

This is Edema.
You have almost a sun rash, never do the sun like that if your going to do a treatment, always wear sunscreen, or a contact dermatitis from some topical you used during microneedling which went into the skin. Take some antihistamine. Do the aloe vera, if it stays like this goto a derm and get a steroid. I have seen this with topicals people use and microneedling, some are even alergic to rubbing alcohol and must find something more sensitive. Next time do a test spot in a small area without the topicals and try to cleanse the skin with something like hibiclens or a more dilute alcohol.

I had a similar issue with Skinpen. Redness for what's been just over a week now -- slowly fading. I did go out into the sun the next day after treatment with 70spf suncreen applied and I was walking, not laying in the sun. Still, I realize that was a mistake. And honestly the darker areas of redness are the depressions that I was trying to treat with microneedling.

Skinpen/microneedling isn't for me, I've concluded.

Thanks for the replies everyone. The aloe and antihistamine seem to be helping. I have an appointment Thurs. with a derm about subcision I'm gonna ask about the redness too. Kinda sucks I paid for 3 dermapen treatments but I don't really wanna go for the third. It seems to be creating more problems than its helping. I might try stamping individual scars instead of getting the whole face done.

I wouldn't do subcision,your scars aren't that bad enough for sub.I would try doing TCA cross first,then 25% TCA peels every month.

I would get your skin used to the TCA acid and by low concentrated TCA peel of 12%.Do a couple of 12% TCA peels,one a month,every month,then move onto the next higher TCA peel till you reach the 25% TCA peel.If your scars haven't improved after these peels then try some other scar treatment.

@Sam Yeah I've been looking into TCA peels as well, but I have more scars than what's in the picture. I have a couple of deeper rolling scars further down my cheek that I am looking into subcision for.

If you consider subcision,also do the suction method bc you may get more scarring at the incision area.

It has been 8 weeks since my dermapen treatment and i have developed a very bad hyperpegmentation and redness. Check my photos.

@Scars_Hopevery few get PIH from microneedling. Most of the time it's dermatitis, infection, or reaction to a product that was used. Did you go into sun directly after or use any products, this can effect the skin. The skin is very sensitive and some can only take shorter needle lengths. Never use anything besides pure HA serum until the skin is healed up.

Agree with BA, if pure non energy miconeedling PIH vvvv rare, if energy based RF non insulated, or insulated, higher risk. Its usually ICD (irritant contact dermatitis) that is the cause. Use vvvv bland emollients, keep out of the sun. If stuck , see someone board certified to do low dose QSL or vvv dilute single coat 8-10% TCA under supervision.
Sam, with respects, I disagree with suction. Subscision is a balance between cutting tethered bonds and giving some one a haematoma, or seroma. Suction increases the chances of both. If one get good results with NOKOR subsision I would not recommend suction. Blood clots are a problem, no problem to reduce (massage, dilute ILCS steroid injections) but simple Nokor with saline spacer should do it. If haematoma in situ, drain it. Other method is to approach scar from beneath to let blood drain out. Subscision is always a fine line between scars being freed up and anchors broken and blood clots. With respects, from the force.