No RF Heat · Growth Factor Serum · 3-Session Series
Procell Microchanneling in La JollaScarring and texture, corrected without the heat that causes pigment.
Procell creates thousands of microscopic channels and delivers its stem cytokine serum straight into them, so the repair is directed rather than left to chance. There is no radiofrequency heat anywhere in the treatment — which is what makes it safe on melanin-rich skin, where thermal trauma is itself a pigment trigger. $475 a session, or $1,199 for a series of three. For La Jolla that means a barrier that has to hold against salt water and salt air, every session of it.
- No RF heat — no thermal pigment trigger
- Safe for Fitzpatrick types IV–VI
- LED and barrier protection included
- Series pricing: $1,199 for three
Procell Microchanneling — Single Session
$475
- By appointment only
- Free parking
- Consultations included — the plan is set before you book
“I've been going for 4–5 years now, and I honestly wouldn't trust anyone else with my skin.”
Quick Answer
The approach
Why La Jolla clients choose Procell over RF microneedling
RF microneedling devices combine needle penetration with radiofrequency heat delivered through the tip. In lighter skin tones the thermal effect stimulates collagen remodelling without significant risk. In melanin-rich skin — Fitzpatrick IV, V, and VI — that heat activates melanocytes near the treatment zone, which can trigger post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation as a response to thermal trauma. La Jolla clients who train outdoors, surf, and live in bright coastal light are often exactly the skin types where a thermal treatment would leave more marks than it removed. Procell creates mechanical channels without any thermal component, so the inflammatory trigger is controlled and predictable. Kiki has 7+ years treating scarring and texture across the full Fitzpatrick range.
The local concern
What does year-round ocean exposure actually do to skin and scalp?
La Jolla has a genuine, year-round ocean swimming culture — the La Jolla Cove Swim Club has operated since 1916, and a group swims there every morning regardless of season. Windansea has a year-round surf community, La Jolla Shores draws swimmers and divers, and the blufftop above the Cove gets direct afternoon sun with no tree cover. Salt water strips the skin barrier with every session — the rinse afterward removes the salt but also washes away the oils that hold the barrier together. Over weeks and months that leaves skin tight, reactive and prone to sensitivity under products it used to tolerate. The scalp takes it hardest: the part line receives UV directly, salt builds up under hair, and daily rinsing never fully clears it. Keravive scalp therapy was built for exactly that state — it clears the buildup, delivers growth factors into the follicle, and rehydrates the scalp skin. A HydraFacial does the same structural work on the face: cleanse, extract and infuse without the abrasion that sensitised skin cannot handle.
What sets it apart
What microchanneling in La Jolla actually does
Five stages, with depth control and the serum application being the two that distinguish this treatment:
- A skin review first — active inflammatory acne, a compromised barrier, or recent retinoid use may change the protocol
- Topical numbing for 20-30 minutes, so the pass itself is comfortable
- A grid pass with depth set region by region, according to skin thickness and the concern
- Stem cytokine serum applied directly into the open channels in the same pass
- LED light therapy and barrier protection at the end, both included in the appointment
The process
What happens in the room
The pass itself takes 20 to 30 minutes. Most of the appointment is the assessment, the numbing, and the aftercare — and for a client making a twenty-minute drive, it is worth booking the slot knowing the full arc rather than only the treatment time.
Skin assessment and prep
Microchanneling pass
Growth factor serum application
LED light therapy
Barrier protection and post-care
Who books this
Who books microneedling in La Jolla
La Jolla clients most often book for atrophic acne scarring and for texture that no exfoliating product has moved — the general unevenness that years of sun, wind, and salt water leave behind. Others are mid-series, booking the second or third session of a three-treatment course, and the series is scheduled in full at the first appointment so the appointments sit around recovery. KIAMO Skin fits when the priority is depth control rather than a fixed setting, a treatment that will not create new marks while correcting the old ones, published pricing, and one practitioner for the whole course.
Getting here
How to reach us from La Jolla
From La Jolla Village Drive, take I-5 south to the Washington Street exit, head west on Washington Street to Reynard Way and turn right. The studio is at 3067 Reynard Way. From UCSD, take Gilman Drive to I-5 south. From La Jolla Shores, take Torrey Pines Road to La Jolla Village Drive, then I-5 south. Free parking on site.
Quick Answer
A published case
Atrophic softening of the kind that lingers long after the breakouts close — the deepest change in the set, and the slowest.
- Procell Microchanneling
- 3
- Over 4 months
Every figure is the studio's own record from that case, photographed with written consent and published in full. See the full case
Before you commit
The price comes first
Procell microchanneling is $475 per session, or $1,199 for a series of three — a series costs less than three single sessions. Nothing is quoted at the door.
Nothing is treated before it is assessed
A full consultation and skin analysis come first, and the treatment is chosen around what your skin is doing that day.
A stated cancellation window
Please give 48 hours notice to reschedule. Cancellations inside 24 hours are charged 50% of the service; no-shows are charged in full.
Every Google review of the studio is published in full, named and dated, at the reviews page.
Before you book
La Jolla questions, answered
How far is KIAMO Skin from La Jolla?
How much does microneedling cost in San Diego?
Will microchanneling help my acne scars?
Is microchanneling safe on melanin-rich skin?
How many treatments will I need?
Other treatments in La Jolla
Every treatment available in La Jolla
Facial
La Jolla — 20 minutes south
HydraFacial
La Jolla — 20 minutes south
LIRA Chemical Peels
La Jolla — 20 minutes south
Dermaplane Facial
La Jolla — 20 minutes south
Across San Diego
La Jolla in the other cities we serve
Procell Microchanneling in Encinitas
About twenty-five miles — near thirty minutes on a clear I-5
Procell Microchanneling in Carlsbad
About thirty-five miles — a genuine thirty-five to forty-five minutes
Procell Microchanneling in Chula Vista
About thirteen miles — twenty to twenty-five minutes north off-peak
Procell Microchanneling in North Park
Three and a half miles — about ten minutes, no freeway needed