After your treatment
Caring for your skin after Dermapen 4 Microneedling
What to expect, what helps, and what is worth telling us about.
Expect redness like a mild sunburn, with a warm, tight feeling for the first day or so.
- For the first day, cleanse with lukewarm water and clean hands only, and pat dry.
- Apply only what your provider gave you or recommended — no active serums.
- Once the skin allows, keep it moisturised and wear a high-factor sunscreen daily.
- Leave make-up off until the redness has settled.
- Pause acids, retinoids, vitamin C and scrubs for a few days.
- Skip the gym, swimming pools, saunas and steam rooms for the first 24 hours.
- Use a clean pillowcase and keep your hands off your face.
Call us if you develop increasing pain, spreading redness, pus or fever.
General guidance for this treatment, not a personal care plan. The instructions your practitioner gives you at your appointment come first — follow those. If anything worries you afterwards, contact the clinic.
This page was reviewed by Olivia Yang, Licensed Cosmetologist.
NY License AEC-25-00169
Reviewed: the description of this treatment, how the appointment runs, and what the studio provides — not its clinical safety or aftercare.
Last reviewed August 13, 2026.
