Before we venture into personal microdermabrasion I should tell you what the skin resurfacing is. The skin resurfacing essentially means that you will have skin layers get corrected. Some treatment target the upper layer which is the epidermis and some target much more deeper layer like the dermis. There are a variety of techniques like the chemical peels or the microdermabrasion or the Dermabrasion or the ipl. All of these do the sin resurfacing.
In microdermabrasion the uppermost layer of the skin I would say the 150-20 microns of the epidermis have to be removed. These 20 microns are dead skin cells and these have to be removed and bring the new rejuvenated skin on the front. This helps as then the you get a good skin and in addition the brown spot or the age spots or the acne scars removal.
Personal microdermabrasion refers to the at home microdermabrasion kits which are have been put out by the leading skin care and cosmetic companies. These kits essentially try to mirror what is used by the dermatologist microdermabrasion machines.
The most common kits are the
Youthful Essence
Dermanew
Neutrogena
Olay regenerist peel
L’oreal refinish
Mary Kay TimeWise
That said the microdermabrasion at home or personal systems kits and the professional microdermabrasion systems use the same aluminum oxide crystals for doing the abrasion.
There are benefit to doing the stuff at home as opposed to doing the abrasion at the dermatologist.
The biggest advantage is that you can do it at your own sweet will and it is also saves the effort to go to spa or the skin acre clinic. It takes about 10-15 minutes to do the microdermabrasion procure at home.
The effectiveness and results of the two differ. The dermatologist microdermabrasion will be very effectives and the results are good. There a trained aesthetician will be doing the abrasion with a good machine. In the personal microdermabrasion kit you have the cream which is applied by fingers on the face or the special applicator. After that the whole process is different. The removal of the dead skin cells is done by the vacuum machine whereas at home you will have to just remove the dead skin cells as well as the cream by just washing it off. The bad thing is that it is not as efficient and the cream along with dead skin cells may clog the pores.