Dermaroller Scar Treatment - My Results

I promised to show you the results with the dermaroller on my scar.

About a year ago I wrote that I was going to try treat a (wound inflicted) scar on my left leg with a derma roller. Since then it has greatly improved.

Here's what my scar looks like now, compared to a year ago (the small pictrue).

I believe the derma roller (Sometimes I used a 1.0mm - sometimes a 1.5mm) was responsible mainly for improving the skin's texture. On its own, it was a bit less effective with the hyper pigmentation involved, so I had to also apply a skin-lightening serum + my own made vitamin C.

As you can see the scar has almost totally faded, you can barely see it any more!

1 Year of my Blog! Year Summary!

This month my blog is celebrating its first year (can you believe it?), so I think it's time for me to try and sum up my whole derma roller experience and tell you what I think about it so far. (After all, you might remember, this blog started as an experiment to see if derma rollers really work!).

Allow me to begin at the end: My stretch marks have improved so much that lately I don't even feel I must continue and roll them anymore! If I had to talk in numbers I would say their appearance improved by 50%-60%.

See for yourself: (click a picture to see it in full size!)

Pretty neat, eh?

And to think just a few months ago my stretch marks looked like this:

Of course, the stretch marks are still there, but they are a lot more shallow and visible only when you look at it up close (which is, luckily, something that most people don't usually do ;)).

The following pictures were taken using the "macro mode" in my camera:

Derma Roller for under-eye dark circles?

If you suffer from dark circles under the eyes then you know how frustrating they can be. They make you look older than your age, and people constantly tell you that you look tired (even if you just woke up from 12 hours of sleep).

I myself suffer from this, as you can see in this pic:

<---- My panda eye :-(

So I have been doing some serious research about this issue. Here are some key facts I mangaged to gather:

1. There is no one cause for this problem
2. Like varicose veins, dark circles under the eyes are usually an inherited trait. Other cause is (what else) aging: As we age the sensitive skin under our eyes gets thinner, we also lose some fat in this area which gives it volume. The result is a depressed area that casts a shadow.
3. Dark circles sometimes look worse because dark (usually blue) veins start to show through the half transparent skin.
4. In rare cases the cause for dark circles are clogged capillaries.

Beware of fake Dr.Rollers

Following my post How to spot a fake Dr.Roller, I got an e-mail from a blog reader:

"Could you tell me ... how can I make sure the website you recommend (www.dr-roller-shop.com) really sells the genuine Dr.Roller? ... I plan to purchase one from them, but I'm now worried because I already have a bad experience with another company called drrollershop.com who sells the same product but until now I haven't hear from them yet. I may be filing a dispute from my credit card company against that online store..."

Do not confuse other websites with www.dr-roller-shop.com (dashes between words).

www.dr-roller-shop.com (WITH dashes) is where I order all my rollers from so I can guarantee that their products are the original ones.

Otherwise, I wouldn't link to them with this coupon.

Picture Update 7/2/2011

How time flies! I can hardly believe it's been almost a year (!) since I started this blog and my dermarolling treatments!

In this picture update I kept the original image size so you can really see the fine details. As expected, the stretch marks are not gone, but the improvement is incredible! (Also keep in mind that the marks are actually less visible from a decent distance).

As usual, clicking on a picture brings it up in full size.