Medical Treatments
Induces the increased production of collogen by the skin, facilitating natural repair and growth.
A recent innovation from the Environ® laboratories in South Africa, Medical Roll-CIT® is the latest in the Environ® Roll-CIT® range. The range, designed and developed by respected plastic surgeon, Des Fernandes, is based on a revolutionary approach to anti-ageing through natural processes. Unlike standard PCI*-needling, the PCI Micro-needling procedure can be performed by any medical doctor.
The process facilitates and stimulates your skin's natural repair and growth processes without causing permanent epidermal damage.
Product Overview
- PCI micro needling (Percutaneous Collagen Induction)
- The treatment improves your skin by inducing the increased production of natural collagen.
Advantages
The achievement of Purcutaneous Collagen Induction through a course of six treatments using of the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® can typically result in the following:
- Fine lines and wrinkles are softened
- Skin is thickened, tightened and elasticity restored
- Acne scarring and minor scarring is reduced
- Pigmentation marks are lightened
- Stretch marks are improved
- The disappearance of dilated blood vessels is encouraged
- A natural response is induced
- Healing period is minimal (redness for +/- half a day)
- Procedure is cost-effective
- Process is suited to all skin types (including laser-resurfaced skin)
- No permanent damage is caused
- Safely repeatable for maximum results
- No sun-sensitivity is induced
- All areas of the face, neck and body can be treated
- The instrument may be stored on your behalf for re-use
Product Description
PCI* Micro-needling using the Medical Roll-CIT® represents a revolutionary approach by which normal collagen production is stimulated to smoothen the skin and treat fine wrinkles without causing permanent epidermal damage.
The Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® is based on simillar principles to those which underlie the Environ® Surgical Roll-CIT®, on which its design is based. The difference is that, with the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT, the skin is only penetrated to a maximum depth of 1mm, causing virtually no bruising and significantly less swelling than its 3mm surgical equivalent.
Because of this, the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® can be used by any medical doctor and requires only topical aneasthesia. One further advantage of PCI Microneedling is that it can be performed on lax skin and lax wrinkles on the face, upper lip lines, neck, décolleté, arms, abdomen, buttocks and legs. It is also useful for shallow acne scars and stretch marks.
PCI Micro-needling using the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT® causes microscopic breaks in the blood vessels immediately below the surface layer of the skin (epidermis). This releases platelets that contribute to the forming of blood clots.
In turn, these platelets release a series of growth factors which promote the production of collagen and elastin in the skin. This happens at a microscopic level and the related chain of events should be aided wherever possible to promote sufficient increases in elastin and collagen production in order to tighten and smoothen the skin as much as possible. The only proven way to further boost collagen production is to prepare the skin with vitamin A prior to the treatment and then maintain an enhanced state of collagen and elastin production by continuing the skin care regime thereafter.
The version of vitamin A that is used could be the medical form, Retinoic acid (Tretinoin) or the pre-cursors of retinoic acid, which are either retinol, retinyl palmitate/acetate or retinyl aldehyde. Vitamin A is also delivered in varying doses in all of Environ® products.
Directions
The function of PCI Micro-needling using the Environ® Medical Roll-CIT®, which can be performed using topical anaesthesia, is to cause microscopic breaks in the blood vessels immediately below the surface layer of the skin (epidermis).
This releases platelets which produce a series of growth factors that temporarily promote the natural production of collagen and elastin.
