It's glow season: Why summertime is prime time for collagen building treatments
Why Summer Is Prime Time for Collagen-Boosting Treatments
Here’s the hot take you didn’t know you needed: summer is actually one of the most important times to maintain momentum with your skincare treatments. Think focusing on skin texture, collagen remodeling, and glow-boosting treatments. Conventional wisdom says to avoid collagen building treatments during sunny months—but that advice is sometimes rooted in outdated, one-size-fits-all thinking. If you’re strategic about your treatments and serious about your SPF, summer can be a golden opportunity for skin transformation.
Hydrated Skin = Faster Recovery + Better Results
Let’s talk humidity. Summer’s naturally higher moisture content in the air actually benefits your skin post-treatment and in your skincare routine. Ever noticed that you tolerate your actives better in the summertime? Thank humidity. Contrary to what the internet may say, using actives like your retinoid during the summer is actually setting yourself up for success for the rest of the year. Once the cold weather hits and dryness sets in, it becomes much more difficult to tolerate your retinoid and compliance begins to tank. If you’ve taken advantage of the humidity and already acclimated during summer, you’re one step ahead.
Why humidity matters:
Lower Transepidermal Water Loss (TEWL): Humid environments reduce TEWL (water evaporating from the deeper layers of your skin through the epidermis), preserving stratum corneum hydration. This supports keratinocyte function and speeds up epidermal turnover. What does this look like? Happier, healthier, more resilient skin.
Barrier Repair: Well-hydrated skin maintains a robust lipid matrix and improved cell cohesion, which are essential for rapid barrier restoration post-treatment .
Inflammatory Modulation: Skin that’s dry or compromised can experience heightened inflammatory response, increasing the risk of PIH post treatment. Proper hydration helps buffer against this response .
Not All Skin Treatments Increase Sun Sensitivity
Yes—some treatments (hi, high-strength peels and fractionated lasers) may need to wait until pumpkin spice season, particularly for those with deeper skin tones. But microneedling, and especially our Deluxe Microneedling Facial, is a different story.
What is the Deluxe Microneedling Facial?
We designed a no-downtime protocol that focuses on adding skin boosters like exosomes, polydeoxyribonucleotides, growth factors, and carboxy in order to supercharge your skin.
This combines the benefits of microneedling with regenerative medicine for little to no downtime. Your skin will be almost instantly smoother, hydrated, and more resilient. Science for the win!
Microneedling, when performed without photosensitizing ingredients (like acids or retinoids), is considered non-ablative and non-photosensitizing:
It creates microchannels without destroying the epidermis, preserving melanocyte function and reducing PIH risk—even in darker skin tones .
There is no thermal injury to the skin, making the risk of PIH much lower.
An expert in collagen induction therapy, Dr. Lance Setterfield affirms microneedling’s safety year-round—provided sun protection and post-care are followed【Setterfield, 2017】.
TempSure (RF skin tightening) also qualifies:
It stimulates dermal collagen without breaching the skin barrier, causing no photosensitivity or downtime. Bonus points because it feels like a hot stone massage, and what could be better than that?
Translation: With expert technique and the correct follow-up care, you can safely treat skin through the sunny months—no need to hit pause on progress.
The Science of Collagen Remodeling
Both microneedling and RadioFrequency stimulate skin through the wound healing cascade, which unfolds in three phases:
Inflammation (Days 1–3): Initial controlled injury occurs. Platelets and immune cells release growth factors like TGF-β and VEGF, recruiting fibroblasts to initiate repair.
Proliferation (Days 4–14): Fibroblasts generate type III collagen and elastin; angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) increases nutrient flow.
Remodeling (Weeks to Months): Type III collagen is gradually replaced by stronger type I collagen, firming and strengthening the skin.
✅ Fine line and wrinkle softening
✅ Smoother texture and increased hydration levels
✅ Firmer, more elastic skin
Enhance results by adding:
Exosomes: Shown to enhance fibroblast activity and healing, these messenger molecules are MVPs for increasing cell to cell communication and collagen building.
PDRN (Polydeoxyribonucleotide): Promotes regeneration and reduces inflammation, think turning up the volume on luminosity.
Topical growth factors: Shown to significantly improve clinical outcomes in microneedling, PDGF offer a boost of collagen with undeniable results.
The takeaway? If you’ve been faithful with your actives, facials, and SPF, don’t hit pause now. Summer is arguably the most important time to stay on top of your skincare game. Collagen synthesis is cumulative so staying consistent during summer ensures you don’t lose momentum—and sets you up for peak radiance come fall. We’ve customized services like our Deluxe Microneedling Facial to fit your lifestyle during this active season – think healing, protecting, hydrating, and collagen building treatments to combat the summer skin stressors, all with little to no downtime.
Let’s build a plan for your skin goals and your summer schedule. From safe collagen induction therapies to advanced boosters like PDRN and exosomes, we’ve got you. Personalized, informed, effective. Let this be the summer your skin thrives—not just survives.
See you in the treatment room, XOXO,
Kristen
