I wish I had known more about the risk of infection beforehand. I ended up developing what looked like a really bad pimple on my chin that became crusty and pus-filled after the procedure. It took around 2.5+ weeks for it to fully calm down, which was much longer than I expected the recovery from microneedling to be. I think I would have felt very differently going into it if I had understood that infection was a possibility and what that could actually look like. I wish I had been given clearer information about what was normal during healing, what wasn't, and what signs meant I should reach out to a provider. For me, dealing with that complication made the experience much more stressful than I anticipated.