| Microdermabrasion is not exactly a new procedure | | | | with no stray particles. The procedure actually |
| on the dermatological scene. I had not heard of it | | | | peels away the outer layer of skin (about 15 |
| until the year 2003, but it has been around since | | | | microns). This layer is so slim that it can't be seen. |
| 1982 in Europe. This procedure is now one of the | | | | This procedure is equally as effective as surgical |
| most popular non-surgical cosmetic procedures | | | | procedures like painful laser and skin peels, but it is |
| performed in 2008 and has exploded in popularity. | | | | painless with no anesthesia required, and only |
| This technique is a really just what it sounds like, | | | | takes about 45 minutes for the average |
| a skin sanding or re-surfacing on the micro level | | | | treatment. Microdermabrasion machines are varied |
| of the epidermis. The microdermabrasion machine | | | | in complexity and multi functionality, but the basic |
| will use tiny abrasive particles blasted into the skin, | | | | microdermabrasion machine does the same |
| then vacuumed away in a tiny compressor. The | | | | function for the skin re-surfacing. There is very |
| diamond microdermabrasion uses a diamond tip | | | | little difference from a consumers perspective. |