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🌱 Your skin is home to an entire ecosystem... and it's working hard to protect you every single day. 🤍

🦠 The skin microbiome is a complex community of beneficial bacteria, fungi and other microorganisms that live on the surface of your skin and within your hair follicles. Every person's microbiome is unique, shaped by factors such as genetics, age, lifestyle, environment, stress and even the climate you live in.

☺️A healthy, balanced microbiome plays a vital role in maintaining healthy skin. It helps regulate your skin's immune response, protects against harmful pathogens, supports your acid mantle and strengthens your skin barrier.

⛑️When this delicate balance is disrupted, it can contribute to skin concerns such as acne, rosacea, dermatitis, increased sensitivity and even premature ageing.

🌱This is where Corneotherapy takes a different approach.

Rather than trying to treat the microorganisms themselves, Corneotherapy focuses on restoring healthy skin function by repairing and supporting the skin barrier. As the skin barrier becomes healthier, it creates the ideal environment for the microbiome to rebalance naturally.

Because when skin functions well, it looks and feels healthier too. 🤍

✨ Why Skin Preparation Matters Before Microneedling

One of the reasons I don't needle every client who asks for it is because preparation matters.

Microneedling works by stimulating the skin's natural repair processes, but if the skin isn't healthy and functioning well beforehand, we're not setting ourselves up for the best possible outcome.

I often explain it like this:

🍇 We don't want to encourage "brain-damaged sultana cells" to proliferate. We want healthy, juicy grape cells.

The healthier the skin is before treatment, the better its ability to repair, regenerate, and respond to Microneedling.

That's why I require clients to prepare their skin before treatment.

✔️ Daily SPF for a minimum of 4 weeks before treatment (and 4 weeks after, ideally ongoing)

✔️ Vitamin A for a minimum of 4 weeks before treatment (and ongoing afterwards)

✔️ Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) for a minimum of 4 weeks before treatment (and ongoing afterwards)

✔️ Aim for 2 litres of water daily before and after treatment to support healthy skin function

Microneedling isn't a quick fix. It's a treatment that works best when it's part of a comprehensive skin health plan.

My goal isn't just to create a wound and hope for the best. My goal is to ensure your skin has the nutrients, protection, and support it needs to heal well and achieve the best possible results.

This is one of the reasons I take a Corneotherapy approach to Microneedling. Healthy skin in = better skin out. 🤍

✨ Microneedling & Corneotherapy

"Doesn't Microneedling damage the skin barrier?"

It's a question I hear often.

The difference lies in where your therapist needles and how they perform the treatment.

When performed correctly, Microneedling triggers a controlled inflammatory response, which is essential for wound healing. This process encourages the release of growth factors, increases circulation, and supports the skin's natural repair and regeneration mechanisms.

Rather than working against the skin, Corneotherapeutic Microneedling works with the skin's natural processes to improve function, resilience, and overall skin health.

Healthy skin isn't achieved by fighting the skin it's achieved by understanding how to work with it. 🤍

✨ Now is the ideal time of year for Skin Needling!

As we head into the cooler months, your skin has the opportunity to focus on repair, renewal, and regeneration without the additional stress of strong UV exposure.

Microneedling is one of my favourite treatments because it works with the skin's natural healing processes to stimulate collagen production and support healthier skin function over time.

Benefits may include:

✨ Improved skin texture and smoothness
✨ Increased collagen and elastin production
✨ Reduction in acne scarring and post-inflammatory marks
✨ Improved skin tone and clarity
✨ Support for pigmentation concerns
✨ Refined pores
✨ Stronger, healthier, more resilient skin

What I love most about Microneedling is that it's not about creating quick fixes. It's about encouraging your skin to regenerate and function at its best, creating results that continue to improve over the weeks and months following treatment.

The best time to start a Microneedling series is now, giving your skin time to build strength and resilience through winter and reveal the benefits by spring and summer.

As with all treatments at Aura Beauty, proper skin preparation is essential. Healthy, well-prepared skin will always achieve better outcomes than skin that isn't ready for the treatment.

If you've been curious about Microneedling and whether it's suitable for your skin, I'd love to help.

Laura 🤍

Freshly needled and a little pink! ✨

This is me immediately after my Exceed Microneedling treatment. While the redness is temporary, the real magic happens over the weeks that follow as the skin begins its natural repair and regeneration process.

Winter is one of my favourite times of year for Microneedling. With lower UV exposure, it's the perfect season to invest in treatments that focus on long-term skin health and rejuvenation.

Microneedling can help to:

✨ Improve skin texture and smoothness
✨ Soften the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles
✨ Support collagen and elastin production
✨ Improve acne scarring and post-inflammatory marks
✨ Refine enlarged pores
✨ Brighten and even skin tone
✨ Support healthier, more resilient skin

What I love most is that Microneedling works with the skin's natural repair mechanisms. It's not about forcing change it's about encouraging the skin to regenerate and function at its best.

The best results come from a series of treatments, which is why now is the ideal time to start. Begin your journey through winter and enjoy stronger, healthier, more radiant skin heading into spring and summer.

Not every skin is ready for Skin Needling straight away. If you're curious about the treatment, send me a message and we can discuss the best pathway for your skin. 🤍

Struggling with pigmentation?

You're not alone. Pigmentation can be complex, and some of the most common advice online can actually slow your progress.

Swipe through to learn the truth behind some common pigmentation myths and discover why a personalised approach is often the key to achieving lasting results.

💗 A small ask that means a lot

When you leave a review, like a post, or even just follow my page it genuinely helps my little business more than you know.

As a solo, owner-operated skin studio, I don’t have a big marketing team behind me. Your support is what helps other people find me, trust me, and feel confident booking in.

Even a quick Google review, a share, or a simple like helps keep Aura Beauty growing and allows me to keep doing what I love most helping people feel comfortable and confident in their own skin.

If you’ve ever been in my treatment room, thank you for being here. I don’t take that trust lightly 🤍

Laura x

One of the questions I get asked is why I don’t offer dermaplaning, microdermabrasion or peels.

The answer is simple: my focus is skin barrier health.

While these treatments can create a short-term smooth feeling, they aren’t aligned with the corneotherapy approach I take in clinic.

Instead, I choose enzyme exfoliation to gently encourage the removal of surface skin cells that are already ready to shed. This supports the skin’s natural processes without forcing them.

When we remove cells that aren’t ready to be shed, we risk disrupting the skin barrier, allowing hydration to escape and potential irritants to enter.

My goal isn’t to chase quick fixes.

My goal is to support healthy, resilient skin that functions well for the long term.

Healthy skin doesn’t need to be forced. It needs to be supported. 🌿

Have you ever had a treatment that left your skin feeling tight, sensitive or reactive afterwards soon afterwards?

Pigmentation does not appear from nowhere there is always an underlying driver.

Identifying those triggers is one of the first steps in creating an effective corneotherapy treatment plan and supporting long-term skin health 🤍

Common triggers can include:
✨ UV exposure
✨ Inflammation
✨ Hormonal fluctuations
✨ Heat
✨ Oxidative stress
✨ Barrier damage

More often than not, pigmentation is influenced by a combination of factors rather than just one.

This is why understanding your skin as a whole is so important, rather than simply trying to “lighten” pigmentation alone.