Microdermabrasion treatments will make your skin feel healthy, smoother and softer will acting as a wrinkle reducer.

Microdermabrasion Treatment - FAQ

WHAT DOES A MICRODERMABRASION TREATMENT ACTUALLY DO?

Microdermabrasion treatment - reduce wrinkles Microdermabrasion is a treatment that provides a gentle, progressive form of abrasion to the superficial layers of the your skin. This treatment, over time, (two to three months) helps your skin to renew itself to a astonishing extent. It is also helpful in the reduction of blocked and enlarged pores plus it smoothes and softens facial lines and areas of age/sun damage. Microdermabrasion is also used as a wrinkle reducer.

HOW UNCOMFORTABLE IS HOME MICRODERMABRASION?

Most patients experience no (zero) discomfort during or after the treatment. Microdermabrasion treatments are like using a pumice stone to smooth the rough skin on a foot. The particles called "microdermabrasion crystals" are extremely fine and only interact with surface tissue when used properly. i.e. With minimum progressive force over time until you discover how much is enough and how much is too much.

WHAT WILL MY SKIN FEEL LIKE AFTER MICRODERMABRASION TREATMENT?

The skin should feel vibrant and healthy. You should notice an immediate difference in the way the skin feels because it will be softer and smoother. Microdermabrasion treatments are like using extremely fine sandpaper to polish a scratch off of a piece of furniture or reduce wrinkles in the skin.

HOW LONG DO THESE SKIN CARE TREATMENTS LAST?

Microdermabrasion treatments are painless and are the best way to improve the appearance of your facial skin and neck. As long as you continue to perform them. If performed daily, the appearance of your face should improve fairly dramatically and further aging will be slowed. (Provided you stay out of the sun, of course.) Facial treatments usually take about 1 - 2 minutes. Face, neck, and upper chest about 3 minutes. If you wash your face completely pre treatment and use a premium cell regenerative product post treatment, plan to add about 5 or 8 minutes to your routine. You should always plan on cleansing your face thoroughly before doing your daily microdermabrasion treatment.

HOW MANY MICRODERMABRASION TREATMENTS DO I NEED?

In a normal course of once/day home Microdermabrasion treatments for 3 - 4 months will produce optimum results. After the initial course of treatments, some people discover that every other day or even twice a week maintains their appearance very well. It all depends on how often you use it and the type of skin you are trying to treat. As a wrinkle reducer it may be necessary to use the treatment daily but to fade light scaring it may take a few weeks of every other day use.

HOW IS MICRODERMABRASION DIFFERENT TO A GLYCOLIC PEEL?

Microdermabrasion treatments eliminate the pain and discomfort plus the risk of an adverse reaction to a conventional peel. Microdermabrasion treatments are more predictable in the way they interact with your skin. Another method of removing wrinkles and lines involves a laser, which you have probably heard about. Laser treatment is expensive, penetrates quite deeply and requires local or general anesthetic. While this is a good procedure for deeper wrinkles the healing time is long, sometimes requiring months.

WHAT IS THE CORRECT SPELLING OF MICRODERMABRASION?

There is a lot of confusion surrounding proper grammar and terminology for microdermabrasion. I will list a few examples of common spelling practices. Obviously "microdermabrasion" is the correct spelling but below are a few subtle variations.

dermabrasion - Usually refers to a medical procedure called skin planeing which actually abrades the skin much like a scrape wound. This procedure improves the appearance of scars resulting from acne, chicken pox, and accidents. It is also used to treat tattoos, age spots, chronic sun damage, wrinkling, precancerous skin degeneration, and other diseases.

micro-dermabrasion, micro dermabrasion - Are commonly used acceptable spellings