What Is the #1 Facial Rejuvenation Treatment Everyone Should Invest In?
15 Dec 2025 · 10 min
This is a podcast episode from JJ Virgin (Ask the Health Expert) centered on the question "What is the #1 facial rejuvenation treatment everyone should invest in?" Guest Rachel Varga (Board Certified Aesthetic Nurse Specialist) counsels that the priority is stabilizing at-home skincare (cleanse, moisturize, mineral sunscreen daily, exfoliate 2–5x/week) and customizing routines by Fitzpatrick/ethnicity; she recommends at-home dermal rolling (collagen induction therapy) with professional guidance and in-clinic Hydrafacial as a favorite treatment. The transcript also includes multiple sponsor segments (Wayfair, Earth Breeze, Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, Monarch, McAfee, Toyota) and a scam-alert demo, plus a promo for Anne Bogle’s podcast.
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As collagen induction therapy using a small roller with tiny needles to stimulate fibroblasts to make more elastin and collagen.
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This is probably the question that I get asked most often, which is what is the number one facial rejuvenation treatment that I should be investing my time and Money? Thanks Ashley McKay for sharing this question with us. First and foremost, it's not so much actually about jumping into procedures. I am actually a firm believer of truly just laying the foundation and stabilizing your skin first. So what that involves is following a basic skin routine including cleansing the skin morning and night, moisturizing the skin morning and night using a really good mineral based sun protectant every single day, even if you're not going outside to protect your skin from the blue light from our devices, which we now know actually penetrates deeper than the UVA rays which we receive on the cloudy days, and the UVB rays which we receive on the sunny burning days and then exfoliating the skin about two to five times a week. But that's not just it. It also comes down to using a skincare routine and that's highly customized to your specific needs. And we're not just talking skin type of, you know, dry, oily, sensitive, acne prone. We're also looking at what's your Fitzpatrick skin type, how much melanin do you have in your skin? What's your predisposition to developing different skin cancers and also what's your ethnic background. Yes, genes are starting to play a role into not only our skin and rejuvenation, but of course our diet, our exercise, because our constitution is so different from one person to the next. So everything really does have to be customized. So getting back to my number one facial rejuvenation treatment suggestion, thanks Ashley McKay for this question. It's actually to stabilize your skin care first, so prioritizing the at home skin rejuvenation over the in clinic, but together they're fantastic. But that's really where you want to start. And then my number one at home option would be dermal rolling and then one of my favorite in clinic options is the hydrafacial. So the at home derma rolling is a collagen induction therapy which uses this little tiny roller with teeny tiny needles which cause just very slight damage to the skin. It's much like aerating the lawn. And what it can do is stimulate your fibroblasts to then make more elastin and collagen, which is really exciting. But what's really important for you to know about my number one at home collagen boosting tip is that you don't just want to be buying these rollers off third party auction websites. I highly recommend that you seek the guidance from a professional much like myself to help you understand how to safely and effectively integrate this option for you to do at home and then in the clinic. There are so many wonderful facial rejuvenation procedures that you can get too, and that can involve sort of like a skin cleaning type of treatment using suction and infusion. And then there's also laser treatments and injectables. There's so many different options. So when I get asked what's my number one facial rejuvenation treatment? That's the answer. It's never just one thing. Just as with what JJ Virgin loves to talk about with nutrition, it's never just, you know, this diet. It's really what is right for your constitution.
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