How Much Does Microneedling Cost?

There is no national number we can stand behind.

When we researched this page, no current national price survey for a microneedling session was readable: the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' 2025 procedural statistics report publishes no fee table for microneedling, and RealSelf's microneedling cost page blocked our access.

Treat any single "national average" you see quoted for microneedling with caution.

One figure that looks relevant but is not: ASPS states an average skin resurfacing cost of $1,829 on its chemical peel and dermabrasion cost pages.

That is a plastic-surgeon fee for a broad resurfacing category — chemical peels and dermabrasion — not a med spa microneedling price, and it should not be budgeted as one.

A session charge buys a device treatment: the FDA has authorized microneedling devices to improve the appearance of facial acne scars, facial wrinkles and abdominal scars in patients aged 22 or older.

These devices are authorized through the FDA's clearance and De Novo grant pathways — cleared or granted, not approved.

Ask how a practice bills — one session at a time or as a package — because the per-session quote is the number every other number builds on.

The device. Microneedling pens are not one product.

SkinPen Precision was the first microneedling device the FDA authorized through the De Novo pathway (DEN160029, granted March 1, 2018), and its authorized indication is narrow — improving the appearance of facial acne scars in adults 22 and older, as a prescription-use device.

Ask which device a practice uses, whether it is FDA-authorized, and whether a new needle cartridge is included: the FDA says the cartridge should be new for each patient and each session, and that re-using one is unsafe even if cleaned.

The provider. The American Academy of Dermatology describes microneedling done by a dermatologist as minimally invasive and safe for all skin tones.

The FDA's patient guidance separately flags darker skin types, noting a risk of the skin darkening or lightening and that some FDA-authorized devices were not studied in darker skin types — two positions worth reading together.

The AAD also warns that at-home products, and microneedling performed at a non-medical spa, are not meant to puncture the skin and give less noticeable results, with at-home use risking overuse, infection, scarring and the spread of warts or herpes.

A cheap at-home pen is a different purchase from a session performed by a trained provider with an authorized device.

The city and the practice. We found no national rate for microneedling — the national sources we could read publish no fee table for it — so the quotes that matter for your budget are the local ones, collected practice by practice.

The add-ons. Treat PRP, exosome serums and radiofrequency as separate line items, and ask for each one quoted on its own.

Radiofrequency microneedling — which the AAD says adds heat through the needles and may boost collagen — is a separate device category with its own clearances, so its quote is a separate question from the session's.

The PRP and exosome add-ons get their own section below.

Microneedling plans are built as a series, so the package question is really the plan question.

For acne scars, the AAD says a dermatologist may recommend 3 to 5 treatments performed every 2 to 4 weeks, and that studies have found this plan can fade acne scars by 50% to 70% — a research finding the AAD reports, not an outcome anyone is owed.

Cleveland Clinic describes the same shape of plan with different spacing: most people need multiple treatments about 3 to 8 weeks apart, results can take 3 to 6 months to appear, and a yearly maintenance treatment may be needed.

The closest thing to a tested benchmark is more modest.

In the FDA's SkinPen pivotal study, 20 adults treated with the final device had three treatments about 30 days apart; at 6 months after the last treatment, 55% (11 of 20) had improved on blinded photo grading, 45% showed no change and none were graded worse.

That is one trial's result for one device and one plan, not a preview of any individual result.

No source we could read sets a national package price, so the only package total that means anything is the one a practice puts in writing.

The honest way to price a series is to ask for three numbers: the price of one session on its own, the package total and the session count it includes, and what happens to unused sessions if you stop.

Your per-session quote, times the 3-to-5 range the AAD describes for acne scars, gives a planning range for a full plan — before add-ons, and before possible yearly maintenance.

For PRP, the one estimate we could source is a dated one.

The American Academy of Dermatology estimates US cosmetic PRP treatment sessions at about $250 to $1,500 each and notes they are not covered by insurance.

That figure comes from the AAD's own patient page — an estimate for a whole PRP treatment session, not a med spa price survey and not a figure for what PRP adds to a microneedling session — so read it as a scale, not a quote.

We could not confirm a price range for exosome add-ons from any source we could read; ask any practice offering one what the product is and what it costs.

Price is only half the question.

The AAD describes PRP for skin rejuvenation — the "vampire facial" — as having little evidence behind it: an unproven treatment, with unanswered questions about the number of sessions, their spacing and the dosing.

It notes that most patients who see results have 3 or more treatments.

The regulatory picture matters before you pay.

FDA states that microneedling devices are not approved for delivering cosmetics, topical medications, vitamin solutions, drugs or blood products such as PRP into the skin, and that the risks of combining microneedling devices with other products are not known.

On exosomes, the FDA's December 2019 public safety notification says there are currently no FDA-approved exosome products, and it reported serious adverse events in Nebraska patients given unapproved exosome products.

We found no study that evaluates discount microneedling deals — on Groupon or anywhere else — for safety, so no one can honestly tell you a deal is safe or unsafe as a category.

What you can judge is the practice selling it, and the FDA's patient guidance for microneedling works as a checklist that has nothing to do with price:

• A new needle cartridge for each patient and each session — the FDA says re-using one is unsafe even if it has been cleaned.
• How the device is cleaned between patients.
• Whether the device is one the FDA has authorized.
• Who performs the treatment, and with what training and license — the AAD warns that treatment by someone lacking medical training raises the risk of infection, scarring or long-lasting skin discoloration, and it recommends a board-certified dermatologist.

The AAD adds that microneedling performed at a non-medical spa is not meant to puncture the skin.

A discount is a reason to ask these questions, not to skip them — and a practice that will not answer them tells you more than the coupon does.

We cannot give you a number for your city: we found no readable national fee survey for microneedling, so the quotes that matter are the ones you collect yourself.

They are only comparable if each one names the same things.

Ask each practice you are considering:

Two money notes round this out.

Cosmetic microneedling is generally not deductible: IRS Publication 502, for 2025 returns, excludes procedures directed at improving appearance that do not meaningfully promote body function or prevent or treat illness — and by the same definition, purely cosmetic skin treatments are generally not HSA or FSA eligible.

If you are weighing how to pay for a multi-session plan, our med spa financing guide explains the common options and their terms.

For what the treatment is, what it is authorized for, who it suits and what the evidence supports, start with our microneedling guide.