The website says and very correctly so that over a million people have tried the microdermabrasion spas treatments and yes of course it costs a lot of money. Therefore it is better to have the at-home microdermabrasion kit available to you so that you can very easily make sure that you get the youthful looks without the high prices.

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Ingredients

Susan Lucci Microdermabrasion kit contains the following products

Cleansing Facial Wash

Youthful Essence Vitamin-Enriched Resurfacing Cream

Facial Mist and Toner

Daily Protection Moisturizer

Pluses

Very effective for enlarged pores

Fine wrinkles on forehead not visible

It definitely delivers on the promise

Very good equipment

Facial cleanser and moisturizer are very effective

Minuses

None

The price for the kit is $40.00 and I would say that for this price this microdermabrasion kit works absolutely stunningly and has the best foam applicators that apply the cream very very evenly. It has one triangular cream applicator too which helps in applying the cream in odd areas.

Instructions to apply the ingredients

Use the kit only two times a week for first two weeks

Wash the face with the cleansing facial wash

Then apply the cream using the sponge. Once the cream is applied then use the resurfacing tool to get the best out of the cream. Next after the tool has been used make sure that you rinse the cream along with the dead skin cells with water. Afterwards use the moisturizing cream.

Overall the microdermabrasion system works wonderfully well on the acnes scars as well as the enlarged pores and fine wrinkles. You should definitely go in for the Susan Lucci Dermabrasion system.

The way the Netrogena kit has been built with the cream and the applicator along with the pads I would say that it is much more effective than a lot of other creams and you can read my reviews of the other creams also.

Pluses

This microdermabrasion treatment is very effective

This reduces the age spots very effectively

The skin after 3 weeks of use appears much more effective

Ease of use

Minuses

It causes break out however I believe that is expected with a lot of creams.

No major impact on sun spots

Skin has the tendency to go dry

Ingredients

The kit contains the Micro-oxide Crystallized Cream

System applicator

A sponge head with soft foam

AA batteries

Rejuvenator puffs

Instructions to Apply for Nutrogena Microdermabarsion

The instructions say that you need to apply this for the initial five nights for the first week and then have a break for about a week and then go for the microdermabrasion cream application for the 1-3 times for next few weeks.

It has a very good applicator and you should use that for applying the microdermabrasion cream.

Always rinse your face before applying the cream as well as make sure that after the treatment use the moisturizer.

Overall Nuetrogena kit seems to be the best of the at home microdermabrasion kits. The Neutrogena brand name and the good technology you can see all in this kit. For me even though this cream has a lot of drying tendencies it is still worth a buy. Rather than paying a visit to the spa every time this seems to have worked well with me.

This kits is a must use in your arsenal of skin care products if you wish to get the best in the lot.

Micro Dermabrasion is a skin resurfacing technique which essentially removes the skin’s top most dead skin cells layer. The underneath skin which now comes on the top is very very clean and gives you face a very good rejuvenated look.

The wrinkles that are not deep ones can be effectively removed with this abrasive technique because of the fact that the skin which the microdermabrasion removes is just a very fine layer. So any fines lines and wrinkles which are deeper that the top 15-20 microns will not be removed using this technique.

The best thing to do is to make sure that you always be on the look out for the wrinkles which are appearing as you age. As soon as you start seeing even the faintest of the wrinkles then it is the time to go in for the microdermabrasion treatment. This helps as then you can very easily prevent the onset of wrinkles.

For deep wrinkles the other techniques like ipl or the Dermabrasion will work better.

For early wrinkles you can also go in for the microdermabrasion at home kits. This is also effective and there are a number of at home kits that are available in the market. These kits are prices between $20 -$150 and can be easily used at home.

The microdermabrasion is done using two methods and these are the aluminum oxide microdermabrasion and the diamond microdermabrasion. Both these methods used the same basic principle which is essentially removing the old skin using the exfoliating technique and removing the old dead skin cells.

In short the microdermabrasion for wrinkles is very effective but not for the deep wrinkles.

The microdermabrasion machines be it the diamond microdermabrasion or the aluminum oxide microdermabrasion machines are costly and if need be it is better to select the machines from an existing owner and buy the sued machines.

There are variety of places where you can go to find that and the one of the places if you are looking offline is the distributor of the spa equipment. These people will generally have all the used as well as the original products to sell.

Then comes the next part which is online and in this you can easily look for the bets site which sells the products and that is eBay. All used equipment can be bought here. Make sure that you check the seller rating so that you have the authentic equipment in your hand after the sale.

There are specific Spa Equipment retailers online which dabble in the spa equipment exclusively.

Buying used equipment helps as then you can very easily save on thousands of dollars and this will work absolutely wonderfully.

For example a brand new machine may cost you around $12000-$13000 whereas the used one you can get for around $3000-400. Now that will be a bargain if you can ensure that the used equipment is in absolute healthy condition.

Last I Checked on eBay even the at home kits were available for sale for at least one third the price of a regular cream.

Microdermabrasion means abrasion of skin to get a youthful skin by exfoliation process. Exfoliation removes the dead skin cells and getting the new skin from beneath. That said there has been a plethora of products that are aimed at women to get that youthful skin but very few specifically made beauty treatments for men.

Going to the spa for the men can be a tough thing. The spa is one place where you can get the professional microdermabrasion treatments for men. That said there are spas which now have the men only spa timings. That helps in case you are conspicuous about the going at times when women are also there.

If you still feel that going to the spa will be a problematic issue then there are several microdermabrasion home kits which will help you avoid going to the spa. These kits have all the necessary ingredients that you can safely do the microdermabrasion at home.

Lancome has a very good microdermabrasion product for a man which goes by the name Exfoliating Microdermabrasion.

Do men need Microdermabrasion?

Absolutely yes. Men are no different when to comes to skin issues. Men can also get the fine lines and the wrinkles as they age. Also they will also have the special needs since they have skin which rarely gets as much attention as females take care of the skin.

Excessive Smoking by men

Drinking

Long work hours

These all are factors which lead to the main part of the skin that is the upper layer go bad and microdermabrasion removes these top 15 to 20 microns such that it rejuvenates the skin.

The procedure for microdermabrasion is absolutely the same as for men. The best thing which is there is that it can be done from the comfort of your home.

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.

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Apart from this the way it works is that they have small individual capsule filled with micronized aluminum oxide capsules. You need to put the capsule in the special dual action wand then glide it over you face and this will blast the crystals over area and the it has a vacuum suction to remove the dead skin cells. They say that it is a better method to remove the dead skin cells and also it is almost similar to the skin care clinic’s big microdermabrasion machines. The company also have a patent pending on this technology.

Pluses

Works on all skin types and had the adjustment for system settings which helps as then you can have the proper setting for different skin types

Good safety mechanisms

Very good system despite the price.

It makes the skin very smooth

Minuses

Very expensive at $299.00. There is an introductory discount at $199.00 on the website.

Expensive monthly supplies. These cost about $39.00.

This treatment I believe is still in its infancy and not that widely known. It may be because of the price. If you can afford it then you should definitely go for it else stick to the regular aluminum oxide microdermabrasion creams as well as diamond microdermabrasion machines.

Again the better part of this system is that vacuum which helps as then you have a very clean technology to lift the old dead skin cells from the skin rather than have them cogging your pores.

If you want to know more about other abrasive techniques then I have published a comparison between microdermabrasion vs. Dermabrasion.

Chemical peels – how does it work

First the chemical peels have three different strengths in which they are generally found and those are the light, medium and deep peels. The light peels are very less risk as they can easily be done at home and do not do much harm to the skin face. The deep chemical peels can be harmful and can use the strong acids to do removal of acne scars and deep wrinkles. The light peels for home use have several brands offering them like Avon and Neutrogena.

Medium and deep chemical peels are done at the skin acre clinic and cannot be done at home. Of course the prices can be very high and can go up to $2000.

Microdermabrasion on the other hand has no such extreme risks and can be done at the spa or with specially made at-home kits. In microdermabrasion you have the special tool with aluminum oxide crystal are blasted on to the skin which exfoliates or removes the old dead skin cells and a vacuum machine then sucks the cream as well as the dead skin cells. This technique has no major risks and side effects. In fact this technique is considered the best among the skin abrasion techniques.

You at most need an hour to get this done.

In the case of the chemical peel you need to have a good skin care doctor to do the peel especially with deep peels. The recovery period from a chemical peel can be very long. In fact after chemical peels you just cannot go for another chemical peel soon. You can however have a microdermabrasion session after two weeks for the first session.

The cost of chemical peels starts from $200 for a light peek and can go up to $2000 for a deep peel. In the deep peel you may need to be under anesthesia and use the doctor’s facility. All this will add to the cost of chemical peel.

That said the chemical peel is effective for deep scars and deep wrinkles and if you have these then go for the chemical peel else go for the microdermabrasion treatments.

How it works

The Machine has a wand which produces ultrasonic waves at about the speed of 28000 cycles per second. This helps to provide the massage to the skin and the it also stimulates the underlying blood vessels thereby you benefit not only from the dead skin cell removal but also with the increased cell turnover. This cell turnover helps in making sure that you get a good skin underneath.

A lot of soaps use this ultrasonic machine for microdermabrasion because of the fact that it can provide the skin rejuvenation in there steps and these steps are

Step1 – Cavitation . This helps to remove the dead skin cells using the ultrasonic waves

Step2 – Helps to increase the cell turnover

Step3 – Ultrasonic sonophoresis helps in opening up pores and these help in a way as the essential nutrients can help you increase skin elasticity and youthfulness.

The cost of ultrasonic microdermabrasion may be a bit higher than the traditional methods. The overall cost of 60 min treatment will be about $15–$200.

Most of the spas use the ultrasonic microdermabrasion along with the other treatments such as peels so as to get the befit of the increased penetration capabilities.

That said there is no inherent disadvantage in using the aluminum oxide microdermabrasion and hence I must say that if you do not have any special preference then go for the traditional ones as that has much more reliability and it is better cost wise too.

The cost of the Homedics kit is around $28.00 and it has been selling very decently in large online stores and drug stores.

The kit as advertised has these and these accessories help .

The total cost of the Homedics Microdermabrasion Total Face Care System, FAC-300 cost about $40. This price is about an average price that you would pay for most of the anti wrinkle creams as well as the microdermabrasion kit.

Do not be guided by the number of things that this kit has.

The kit contains the following

Two Microdermabrasion creams,

Hydrating facile cream

Skin toner

Four sponges

Pore refiners

Cleansing brush

Pros

This product comes with a two year warranty

This has two suction heads and that can be a big bonus as you can use them appropriately.

Cons

The brush is not as good and it can be harsh on the skin. So you need to be careful.

The hydrating cream does not hold much of a promise. You are better off using your regular hydrating cream

There are much better quality microdermabrasion kits available in the market.

Overall I must say that I am terribly disappointed at this product. I did not do any proper research and that is why I spent $40 on something which was not worth a buy. I would suggest that you buy any other at home microdermabrasion kit than this one. A lot of other quality products are available at similar prices and this one is not worth the price.

All sorts of companies have rushed into the microdermabrasion bandwagon thinking that it is just a cream to be applied. I would suggest that it is really not the case and you need to have the appropriate cream which has very good corundum crystals as well as the applicator or the microdermabrasion tool has to be of good quality.