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Microdermabrasion is a skin-freshening technique that
helps repair facial skin that takes a beating from the
sun and the effects of aging. The plastic surgeon uses
a device like a fine sandblaster to spray tiny
crystals across the face, mixing gentle abrasion with
suction to remove the dead, outer layer of skin. As
with other skin rejuvenation techniques, more than one
treatment may be needed to reduce or remove fine
wrinkles and unwanted pigmentation. |
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Your
skin is made up of two main layers, the epidermis and
the dermis. The epidermis is the layer closest to the
outside world. It's a set of dead skin cells on top of
another layer of cells that are in the process of
maturing. The topmost layer is called the stratum
corneum. The stratum corneum mostly acts as a barrier
between the outside world and the lower skin layers.
It keeps all but the smallest molecules from getting
through |
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When you
put lotions or creams on your skin, some of the
moisture passes through the stratum corneum, but not
all of it. This layer is home to many minor skin
imperfections like fine wrinkle lines and blemishes. |
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All of
the action in microdermabrasion takes place at the
level of the stratum corneum. Since it only really
targets the epidermis (and not the dermis), it is more
accurate to call it micro-epi-dermabrasion. Affecting
deeper layers of skin would be painful and harmful,
and it would risk permanently embedding the tiny
grains into the skin. |
