The Beautiful Skin Blog — microdermabrasion

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You can think of microdermabrasion as exfoliation on steroids. Well, not literally. It doesn't involve steroids. It's just a more aggressive way than exfoliation for remove dead skin.   Microdermabrasion involves using rough grains or crystals to (aggressively) remove not only the normal layer of dead skin cells, but sometimes also scars and wrinkles. The crystals are sprayed onto your skin as a thin film, and then removed via pressurized air – in other words, essentially vacuumed up, along with the dead skin. This type of treatment has been referred to as an "instant facelift" that is intended to be...