Microdermabrasion To Achieve Beautiful Results

You’ve probably heard this word, if you haven’t already tried it out. Microdermabrasion uses physical exfoliation to slough away the top layer of skin, helping to give it a healthy glow and helping to increase cell turnover.

Why Is This Beneficial

microdermabrasionWhen we are younger (think anytime before we turn 21) our skin turnover rate gives us an entire new layer of skin every 28 days. As we age, that time decreases. Environmental factors contribute to this, i.e.; free radicals, UVA/UVB exposure, smoking, etc.

With a Microdermabrasion your skin tone and texture are renewed while fine lines, wrinkles, sun damage, hyperpigmentation, and mild acne scarring are reduced. The Microdermabrasion process polishes the skin and stimulates production of healthy skin cells and collagen. A Microdermabrasion is also perfect for maintaining healthy-looking skin.

Microdermabrasion can:

  • Improve age spots and black heads.
  • Improve hyper-pigmentation (patches of darkened skin).
  • Exfoliate your skin, resulting in a refreshed appearance.
  • Lessen the appearance of stretch marks.
  • Reduce or eliminate enlarged pores.
  • Treat acne and the scars left by acne.
  • Helps to thicken your collagen, which results in a younger looking complexion. Collagen is a protein in your skin that’s abundant when you’re a child and makes skin appear taut and smooth. Collagen production declines as we age, resulting in looser, uneven skin.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Maybe you’ve been to a spa or dermatologist’s office for a Microdermabrasion treatment. If so, you may have loved how each and every dead skin cell was removed, leaving you with softer skin, fewer fine lines and even a reduction in acne. A microderm treatment can be done in about an hour. Your complexion will continue to improve for a few days following the procedure. Microdermabrasion can be done as needed or as a series to treat specific concerns.

Microdermabrasion procedure steps

diamond, skincare,Imagine a very fine sand blaster and you’ll get a picture of how microderm works. It uses microparticles, or a diamond-tipped wand, to remove the top layer (epidermis) of your skin and stimulate new skin growth.

*Microdermabrasion is not recommended for keratosis sufferers, people with undiagnosed lesions, active rosacea or severe acne, those with diabetes, auto-immune disorders, fragile capillaries, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis or lupus.

Two kinds of procedures

There are two kinds of Microdermabrasion treatments.

  • One approach involves a hand-held device that streams tiny crystals across your skin.
  • An attached vacuum simultaneously suctions those exfoliating crystals back into the machine, along with the dead or loosened skin.
  • The newer approach uses a diamond-tip wand that is gently moved across your skin to exfoliate.
  • Each treatment will last about a half hour. You may feel a very mild scratching as the procedure removes the superficial skin cells.
  • Additionally, you’ll notice a vibrating sensation akin to a massage. There is also a suction mechanism to lift off the dead skin.

At Home Treatments

While we LOVE a professional treatment, sometimes you don’t have the time or the money to get into your favorite esthetician or dermatologists office. What if we told you that you could find similar benefits to these professional treatments using at-home microdermabrasion products? It’s totally possible. There are tons of tools, scrubs and creams out that claim to do the job, so Deynece and I did the dirty work and narrowed down the list of those that give the best results.

  • PMD- This is OUR favorite at home system so far! We will be doing an in-depth review and tutorial of this snazzy little device.
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  • Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion Exfoliating Cream
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  • DDF Revolve 400X Micro-Polishing Systems
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  • Olay Regenerist Microdermabrasion and Peel System (less effective than those on this list, but at the top of the budget-friendly options).
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Have you ever tried a professional Microdermabrasion? Have you tried any of these at-home treatments? Or any others you either love or hate? We’d love to hear your experience!

As our skin care series continues, we are going to share some DIY exfoliation recipes that you can incorporate into your skin care regimen as well! We hope you join us!

XOXO- M&D

**This was a guest post by Deux Bella.

About the Deux Bella

Melissa & Deynece are two best friends who now live 2500 miles away from each other. One of the ways they have stayed connected is sharing their love of all things beauty, style, home, travel and life. Between the two of them, they have over 20 years of experience in the beauty & esthetic industry. Deynece is currently a national artist and trainer for Bobbi Brown cosmetics. She loves traveling with her job and teaching women all over the country as well as working at various events including New York Fashion Week. Melissa is a master esthetician, makeup artist and psychotherapist (her love of beauty helped finance her education) who is currently practicing the art of being a WAHM (work at home mom) and learning to balance. They have 2 husbands, 2 fur babies and 3 kids between the two of them! So they understand that a beautiful life is not just skin deep. Their goal is to share their knowledge and the tips and tricks they have learned (and continue to learn)during their many years in their professions. 

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30 Comments

    1. Nicole Escat

      January 19, 2016

      These is such a great post and really worth to read, I want to try this since I had some uneven skin tone and also it is very helpful to many on how they should take care their skin.

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    1. Joan Harrington

      January 18, 2016

      Hi Ana,
      Great information and post on “microdermabrasion” as it is always a good thing to learn more about how you can benefit from taking care of your skin as you age 🙂 Awesome tips. Will be bookmarking 🙂

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    1. Christine - The Choosy Mommy

      January 18, 2016

      I do at-home microdermabrasion treatments. I use BeautiControl’s products and love them. I tend to shy away from them in the summer time as any color that I get from being outside I like to keep, but come winter, I feel like I am exfoliating all of the time because I get dry skin.

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      1. Melissa

        January 22, 2016

        Karin, great question! I would start out doing a test patch- on your neck towards your ear. It’s really sensitive there and it is also less noticeable. I have pretty sensitive skin as well and as long as I start out really mild and build up I can get treatments. Microdermabrasion has less contraindications than a lot of professional treatments like IPLS and Chemical Peels which is nice but is not recommended for keratosis sufferers, people with undiagnosed lesions, active rosacea or severe acne, diabetes, auto-immune disorders, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis or lupus or if you have had recent laser surgery or Accutane acne treatments. If you were my client I would do test patch as part of a free consultation. If you order the PMD and try the sensitive skin discs I believe they have a good return policy in case. Hope that helps!

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    1. Laura Adney

      January 18, 2016

      I’ve never done microdermabrasion but I recently, as in it arrived today, got an at home microdermabrasion tool that I can’t wait to try out!! If it works I’ll be posting it up on my blog!
      xo, Laura

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