What Is Collagen and Elastin Induction Therapy?
Collagen induction and elastin therapy is a fancy way of describing how we help your body create more collagen and elastin on its own!
As we age, we naturally lose about 1% of our collagen and elastin each year starting around 25. These therapies are designed to help restore and promote new growth, which can improve fine lines, wrinkles, texture, scarring, and pigmentation.
Procedures like microneedling and laser treatments work by triggering your body’s own natural healing process, what I like to think of as controlled wound healing.
When you fall off your bike and scrape your knee, your body sends growth factors to the area to restore and repair the skin. But because that injury is uncontrolled and traumatic, the wound may vary in depth and can lead to scarring, hyperpigmentation, or delayed healing.
In contrast, treatments like microneedling or laser are done in a controlled, precise way. We know the exact depth of the device and where every micro-injury is created. The goal is simple: hijack your body’s natural response and say, “Hey, we have a wound up here, can you send collagen and elastin this way?” And that’s exactly what happens. That temporary inflammatory response we see afterward? We want that. It’s the sign that your body is doing what it’s designed to do—repair and rebuild.
A clinical study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery examined 35 subjects who received four microneedling treatments spaced one month apart. The researchers found a significant increase in dermal and epidermal density, along with upregulated gene expression for collagen type III and elastin. In simple terms, these treatments literally help your skin produce more of what gives it firmness and elasticity.
Just like going to the gym, these results take time and consistency. One treatment isn’t a quick fix; it’s part of a process. Since your skin’s cell cycle renews roughly every four weeks, repeating treatments in a series once a month allows your skin to keep building on those results. From there, a maintenance plan, quarterly or semiannually, can help sustain your progress as your body naturally continues to use up collagen and elastin over time.
The goal isn’t to fight the aging process, it’s to work with your body’s own biology to restore, repair, and maintain healthy, resilient skin from the inside out.
