Microdermabrasion is a common cosmetic procedure in which the skin is scrub or abraded with finely ground mineral crystals to exfoliate the skin. Usually, it is performed in a health spa or at a doctor's office. However, you can use a microdermabrasion cream and/or microdermabrasion kits to get the same benefits in the comfort of your own home.

First, we will take a look at the history of microdermabrasion. Then we will move on to how you can attain its benefits with having to go to the doctor's office.

Before Microdermabrasion

The concept of abrading the skin is not recent. It has been shown that Egyptian doctors as far back as 1500 BC would use a type of sandpaper to smooth out scars. During the 1900's in Germany, a device was designed with rotating wheels and rasps to be used as an exfoliating apparatus.

Fifty years later, motorized wire brushes were used to replace hand powered tools. This way dermabrasion was born. This procedure quickly became a common treatment for skin blemishes, aging skin, scars and acne scars. However, its popularity could not disguise the problems that dermabrasion caused. For example, the procedure was painful and required anesthesia, it required weeks of downtime to heal the epidermis and, worst of all, it often led to scarring.

In response to these side effects, the first microdermabrasion machine was created in 1985. Since then, the market for microdermabrasion machines has increases exponentially. Most of these machines are used in doctor's offices and day or health spas.

Home Microdermabrasion Kits and Microdermabrasion Creams

Due to the popularity of microdermabrasion, now there are microdermabrasion kits that are available to the public in general. There is a wide offer of kits and creams that you can purchase for an affordable price and in the comfort of your own home.

There are two kinds of microdermabrasion kits. The first comes with the same type of 'wand' used by professionals. This wand usually includes special attachments, a special scrub or gel and a microdermabrasion guide.

The second kind is a cream that contain an abrasive agent to exfoliate the skin. Our creams combine the most balanced and complete skin regenerating serum with the same abrading micro-crystals used in doctors' offices and estheticians' salons. The special serum is derived from the Helix aspersa (common garden snail) and is known for protecting, renewing, repairing and deeply moisturizing the skin.

Price is the differentiating factor between these two kinds of kits. The cream kits are more affordable than those that come with wands. Nevertheless, both types can help you get rid of skin imperfections.