microneedling
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The repeated puncturing of the skin with tiny needles to stimulate collagen production.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Before coronavirus shuttered the world, a typical month for Connecticut native Zac Mathias was packed with appointments for microneedling (a collagen-stimulating process that involves repeated pin-pricks all over the face), regular resurfacing hydrafacials, rejuvenating laser treatments and the occasional red-light therapy session."
- "The three were among a cluster of five people sharing highly similar H.I.V. strains, four of whom had undergone a procedure called platelet-rich plasma microneedling at the spa."