What is VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen?

A Korean serum infused with hydrolyzed sea sponge spicules designed to create micro-channels in the skin for enhanced absorption of active ingredients like collagen, niacinamide, and hyaluronic acid.

Is VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen worth it?

The gurus are split. 10 of the 16 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 5 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 59%.

What is VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen's Guru Score?

VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen holds a Guru Score of 59%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 16 expert reviewers we have collected.

Who is VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen best for?

VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen is generally suited to dry skin, sensitive skin and mature skin.

VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen: a Guru Score of 59%

What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Darnell Cox | 50+ Healthy Aging Expert

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~Yay

"These are the VT Reedle Shots, made famous by VT. I'm loving them. What's inside is naturally occurring in sponges in the sea, and when you rub it in it creates little micro channels so that any skincare you put over the top soaks in better, almost like a mini micro needling session. A 100 shot you can use daily, a 300 about three times a week, and a 700 once a week."

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"This is the new stuff. One of the new things that I added to my skincare routine over the past year that I think has really moved the needle even more. Think of it as kind of like microneedling in a topical form. What it does is it creates these little micro traumas in the skin that help the product sink in deeper. [...] It's actually derived from sea sponges. It comes in multiple different strengths. [...] I use a Reedle every night. The 100 you can use every day."

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"This is the VT Reedle Shot, one of the RLE products coming out of South Korea. It's like micro-needling your skin in topical form, physical spindles that create channels in the skin so any subsequent product soaks in more. They come in different strengths, [...] a 100 you can use every day, a 300 three times a week, and a 700 [...] once a week, and this really intensifies any skin care you put on top."

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CYoung

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~Yay

"Between the global spicule serum and this one, I'm going to pick this one. It's a bit more spicy than the other but it doesn't last as long, but I definitely like it more because I can feel a little more tightening, and I put it here and around the eye area too. Because of the little spicy tingle it also makes the skin pretty moisturized. If you're older than me, over 40, just try it out, but if you have sensitive skin be careful, it can make thin or red-prone skin [...] more red."

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"After you use it, it leaves tiny scars on your skin so you have to seal it with a moisturizer afterward. I don't recommend it to my students, but if you have oily skin and care a lot about your pores, or you have an important event and want your makeup to sit really well, it makes sense to use it for a short period. They also sent me a new version with PDRN, red tea, and collagen added, and their influencer marketing is amazing, but it's so heavy."

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"This makes tiny holes with small needles, which tightens your pores and makes your skin more elastic, but it's not like a normal serum, why would you make micro scars on your skin every day. If you have sensitive skin or redness, be careful. It's a super big hit all over the world, but I'm not a fan of this concept because I have redness and it feels like too much to use every day. I'd say this is a C, but if you love it you can try it out, I'm just not a fan of it, sorry."

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"There are a few types, 50, 100, and 300, the most famous is 100 and that's the one I tried, the bigger the number the stronger it is. I don't use this, my face stings, itches, and the redness got worse. If you have thin skin, atopic dermatitis, inflammation, or melasma, never use it. I got more negatives than positives from it. For people with thick skin and big pores, I'd recommend starting from the 50."

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"I think it does more harm than good for my skin, which is thin, dry, and sensitive. It has tiny particles inside that create micro wounds in the skin so the other skincare can penetrate, and while it does that your pores shrink and your skin texture becomes much smoother. There are a few strengths, 50, 100, 200, and 300, the higher the number the more needles and the more irritating it is. The most famous one is 100, and if you're scared you can start with 50."

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Nay

"I do not like this product. I filmed a short testing it out. [...] It's meant to plump up your lips and make them puffy. [...] I was putting it on and my lips are on fire, burning, painful. It hurts so bad. It's getting hot, not in the Nelly way, my gosh, my lips are on fire. [...] The burning, the stinging sensation. It's like somebody took a habanero and rubbed it all over my lips, and [...] not in a fun way. [...] Really really really really really burny."

Mad About Skin

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~Nay

"This was the viral Korean skincare sensation of 2024, but its popularity really hasn't followed forward into 2025. It used to be the world's bestselling Korean skincare product, but it's probably not going to be in the top 10 list next year in 2026. Its popularity is on a downward spiral and to be honest I think there are better spicular products out there. [...] I prefer the ones that have added beneficial ingredients such as the PDRN or the vitamin C version."

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"The VT Reedle Shot is a potent potent Korean skincare product that uses spicules to kind of almost inject those amino acids which are the core bases of the serum deeper into the skin. I love this and I got great results. You get super quick wins with that VT Reedle Shot."

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"It's not out of the ordinary but it's definitely worth noting. I would care to say I think if you've got very sensitive skin I probably wouldn't use this serum. While a lot of the ingredients are calming and soothing which look great for sensitive skin, I think because of those spicules I probably would avoid it. [...] The technology behind this is these spicules are designed to drive the ingredients deeper into the skin beyond what you'd normally get from a topical application."

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"For short-term fix this is a phenomenal option to get your glow game and your plumpness back. However, I don't really think you're going to see a whole lot of long-term benefits from this. I [...] went through an entire version of these with probably 20 applications and saw some great immediate results, but in the long term I was left a little disappointed. I don't think you're going to get a lot of long-term benefit from this."

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"I'm going to experiment with some of the others particularly the Collagen one really excites me"

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"I prefer the vitamin C one and the retinoid-based one, and I really like the PDRN one, which is great for anti-aging. [...] This one is great if you want really juicy, plump skin in winter and it will work really well, but I think the others will still give you that. [...] It's good, but I think the brand has done better. [...] The collagen version is great for plumping and hydration, but [...] I'll be sticking with the vitamin C one and the PDRN one instead."

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"Pressing rather than rubbing it in is going to give you the very best results. After 12 months I'm still really impressed with this product. [...] From first use you notice your skin is more hydrated, it's plumper, it's glowier. I don't think there's any other product I've used in skincare that's given that immediate glow up. The [...] 100 strength [...] gives a really nice glow [...] without too much prickling and sensitivity, which for me was Holy Grail territory."

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"They have so many amazing versions of this with added ingredients that help you streamline, get you a little extra bang for your buck. I would go for one of the other versions rather than the plain 100. This is the product that kickstarted it all. It contains spicules as does the whole line which kind of push the ingredients deeper into the skin for some extra benefit. I love that and they work really well for my skin."

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"You'll start to see that glass skin plumpness and glow in as little as three applications. [...] It's got collagen in here which is fantastic at hydrating and plumping the skin. You've also got a lot of different components from within centella asiatica such as masic acid and mass aside things that are really going to help calm and reduce inflammation. You've got some saccharide action so it's ticking all of those boxes to get your glass skin on point."

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"The collagen one is the best one if you want plump firm and juicy skin."

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"I have the vitamin C one, but this is the collagen one and there's lots of different ones. This I think is my personal favorite, but all of these do work. Use this on an evening or a morning, trust me you will have the smoothest, the softest, the plumpest skin of your dreams after just one use. This is so so good."

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"The VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen is one of my absolute favorites, a great product for instantly plumper skin. It comes in individual sachets, one does two uses, and you just pat it into the skin. [...] The vitamin C version is also so good for plumping plus fading hyperpigmentation and dark spots."

Dr. Mamina

282k subs

~Yay

"It contains tiny [...] little spicules, I think they're from some kind of marine creature, and they're essentially microneedling or penetrating the skin so that you can get other skincare products to penetrate better into the skin. I was initially concerned about foreign body reactions, so I emailed the company and asked to see the studies on how deep these spicules actually go. What I found to be very reassuring was that they actually don't go past the epidermis."

April Basi

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~Nay

"What's really popular about this specific serum is that it has microneedles that create tiny little punctures in the skin so all the functional ingredients in the formula can go deeper into the skin, like injecting it in, versus a regular serum that still has to create pathways to get in. I used this on a test portion of my skin and it did not feel good."

AliceintheRabbitHole

59k subs

~Nay

"I got to try the VT Reedle Shot along with some sheet masks that go with them, and I remain convinced that it's just one of many ways to increase absorption. [...] I've had strange experiences with them getting too close to my eye area, and I do not like feeling those needle sponges in my skin all day. If you like the Reedle Shot products, that's great, more power to you, but they're not for me."

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"I did get to try out the VT Reedle Shot and I didn't like it, it [...] was kind of painful for me."

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"It's an interesting, novel idea, I give it to them, [...] but I do not like this product, [...] it hurts, I have sensitive skin. This [...] may not be difficult for some people to use at all, but [...] I feel there is [...] a pretty decent risk factor since this isn't even a wash off product. I do microneedling myself very cautiously and don't leave the needles sitting in my skin, so I'd think you should be as cautious with this."

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"I felt it was uncomfortable, and [...] I already micro needle so I don't [...] need a micro needling serum too on top of my actives. I also have acne so I have to be careful about overusing actives, and [...] VT Cosmetics says not to use this with devices, which I do use. [...] I don't necessarily think it's a bad product, I've only used it three times, but there's just not enough good days for me personally to use it and it's not for me."

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"I don't necessarily love the way it feels and the restrictions I have with it, it really has to be used in a simple routine and I don't do a simple routine every day, so I don't love the way I have to use this. But I found a study showing spicules combined with EGF gave a significant improvement in wrinkles versus EGF alone, so I don't want to write this product off, it does sound like there may be some potential."

Nipun Kapur

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~Yay

"The first one is what I really, really enjoyed, and this is the one that I've almost finished as well: the VT Reedle Shot 100 Collagen. In addition to niacinamide, you obviously have hyaluronic acid and you have collagen, which is generally a very moisturizing and a very nourishing ingredient. This is a serum infused version, same technology as the needle. But I will put stuff on, best use to use it with my retinol, because this has collagen, this has niacinamide, retinol and peptides."

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Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Nay

"Once I saw this had spicules in it, it was an immediate no for me. I was not interested in using it. Foreign body granulomas are really challenging to get rid of, and that's one of my major reservations with this. [...] I'm really nervous about spicules. [...] I would just like to see more long-term safety data with these. You might say, well, you use those microneedle dissolvable patches, but those dissolve."

No BS Beauty

89k subs

~Mixed

"People when they use this will notice a tingling, which is probably more from one main ingredient, and [...] that ingredient is hydrolyzed sponge. I have only seen that in a few other products, but I've only tried one other product with that in there. [...] When the sponge, I think it's taken from [...] a sea life like a sponge that grows in the oceans, or perhaps they're grown now."

208SkinDoc

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~Yay

"I've personally experienced using it, which has genuinely been positive, like smoother texture, a nicer glow. The user experience is really fun and unlike anything else I've had in any other skincare line. When used appropriately based on your skin type, maybe doing some patch testing, starting with a lower concentration and pairing it with sun protection, I feel confident saying you're going to enjoy the user experience and probably see great results from it."

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Dr. Jenny Liu

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~Yay

"Is Reedle Shot worth the hype? In my mind, yes. When used correctly, you can definitely improve skin texture and skin tone, as long as you understand the product and how to best use it and how to progress your journey within the Reedle Shot line. It can definitely help with your skin's overall health and barrier function."

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Doctorly

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~Yay

"This takes little spicules and increases the absorption of other ingredients into the skin, marrying the idea of microneedling at home without really much of these structural needles. [...] This helps with texture, it helps with pores. I find it amazing how this has lasted, and not only that, people have engaged with this technology and are expanding on it over time."

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"VT Cosmetics does have a million different derivations of this. I got the coolest gift box from them with all of the colors. It's a beautiful setup, beautiful packaging. By increasing the absorption, you probably are going to increase the likelihood of getting great results from it. The question is, it's somewhat uncomfortable sometimes the way it feels on your skin, but the lower the number, the more comfortable it really will be. And so that can help enhance the penetration."

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"I think there are better ways to get better penetration of ingredients into the skin and I just don't like the sensation of it. Plus I don't know what happens with those needles over time. So I'm not a big fan of the Reedle Shot, even though you probably will see some exfoliating benefits of it. But to me it's no different than [...] using an apricot scrub on the face, right? Like both are going to exfoliate the skin in an uneven way. So I just don't know. I'm not a huge fan of it."

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James Welsh

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~Yay

"VT's Reedle Shot 100 uses those micro spicules to help ingredients penetrate deeper into the skin, while also gently exfoliating, with centella asiatica and hyaluronic acid to calm and hydrate. I've been talking about it non-stop."

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"The VT Reedle Shot 100 has to be my favorite of the year, possibly my third favorite product of the whole year in general. [...] This supposedly is supposed to mimic the effects of microneedling treatments. It uses microneedle-shaped ingredients called spicules to very gently stimulate the skin, enhancing the absorption of active ingredients and promoting a more even, brighter complexion."

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"This is the one I've actually been using daily because the way it just makes my skin look so much more bouncier and it feels more hydrated too without that irritation that I often get from hydrolyzed collagen. It's amazing, I love it. This is probably the 100 I'm swapping the normal 100 out for because I love this version so much."

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"The results online have been amazing. I use this as much as I would exfoliate so maybe three times a week. I've been really really really enjoying this. I love it. I would personally recommend it if you're struggling with dark spots, if you're struggling with enlarged pores, fine lines, whatever, and you want to boost your actives that you feel like aren't really doing anything anymore. Give this a go."

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"It's not quite the anti-aging ingredient that a lot of brands want us to think it is, but it's a very very good humectant. It does hold that hydration close to the skin, helping to plump out fine lines temporarily, and can possibly help with elastin, maybe potentially. But I also find that the Reedle Shot has massively helped with my skin texture. It's gently exfoliating, it makes the skin look very very smooth. I feel like Reedle Shot is something I can't live without now."

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"They launched the Reedle Shot, which if you don't know is essentially a micro needling inspired essence serum that gives you like this postfacial glow without the downtime of a facial and allows your active ingredients to penetrate the skin better. It's like a skincare primer."

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"This uses marine sponge spicules to puncture the skin and help other ingredients penetrate the skin better, [...] I personally love this, 100 is one of the lower levels of the reedle shot, but as far as skin texture, redness and pore size, I've noticed a difference mainly on my forehead, everything just seems a lot smoother."

Lab Muffin Beauty Science

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~Yay

"I have used it with a very gentle vitamin A/C and that's been fine so far. I'm really excited about using this. I'm hoping to maybe graduate to a higher level soon. I think this is a really nice safe starter product that's not too hard to incorporate into your routine and I think it's really cool to have a product that is truly innovative."

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Hyram

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~Yay

"The ingredients in this formula is really what caught my attention. There's niacinamide, panthenol, macadamia seed oil, a ton of amino acids, just a bunch of ingredients that really help with repairing the skin. I've loved Reedle Shot and the technology for a while now, but if you have considered getting it, now is the time. The prices are so good, and if you've struggled with any of the problems that I've talked about, I'd highly recommend giving them a shot."

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"The Reedle Shot 100 has 95,000 seaweed needles and it's perfect for all over the face and everyday use. [...] The first time using this product is trippy, it's a very light tingling sensation but you can actually feel it working on your skin, it's so cool. I personally have enjoyed using the 100 specifically all over my face or in those areas that are a little bit more sensitive."