Acne

Microdermabrasion acne treatment is a technique of smoothing theskin and unclogging skin pores. The treatment is relatively new,but its results are more than promising.

There is even more good news for acne sufferers!Microdermabrasion is much less invasive than classical acnesurgery and it offers similar results.

How does it work?

It uses a mechanical device. The Microdermabrasion acne machineis used first to clean the skin and peel out the dead cells’layer. In doing that it clears out the blocked pores. Themachine works on the same principle as a vacuum cleaner. TheMicrodermabrasion treatment is similar to rather gentlyvacuuming your skin as opposed to the cutting action of invasivesurgery. The second phase of the process is spraying the skinwith an aluminum oxide. This spray eliminates the outer layer ofdead skin cells.

The Microdermabrasion treatment works in two ways:

1. It heals already existing acne by cleaning the pores; 2. Thenby eliminating the dead skin cells’ layer, it prevents pimplesfrom appearing. Pimples are most often caused by dead skin cellsthat clog the skin’s pores. When you eliminate the dead skincells the chance of having pimples is greatly decreased.

Wait, there’s even more. Microdermabrasion does not only cureacne. A very pleasing side effect of repeating this treatment isincreased smoothness of skin by removing minor skinirregularities.

How many treatments are necessary?

Usually even one Microdermabrasion treatment can give resultslasting several months. However, because Microdermabrasionconcentrates mostly on the effects, not the cause of acne, it isnot capable of a final cure of the disease.

You can expect that you will need to repeat the treatment aftersix to seven months. Used with other treatments, even one “skinvacuuming” can have almost permanent results.

Are there any precautions?

As Microdermabrasion is not a surgery and there’s no anesthesiarequired, there are few side effects. The one warning is thatthe patient should not be using Ro-accutane.

Unfortunately this very effective treatment is usually notcovered by health insurance. The cost of Microdermabrasionbecomes an important factor when deciding on treatment.

About the author:

Mark Walters battles against acne with free expert remedy andtreatment guides online at www.AcneRescue.com />

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