At Home Microdermabrasion

I know that you have all heard of microdermabrasion, and well if you haven’t, um, well what the heck have you been living under a rock? just kidding. Everyone seems to have tapped into this market. All the major drugstore and beauty counter brands have an at home microdermabrasion kit. but they are not cheap, and from what I hear they are pretty rough on the skin!

I used to do microdermabrasion treatments on patients at the plastic surgery office I worked at. I was the Esthetics manager and I managed 3 Estheticians. Sometimes when someone didn’t show up i would perform the peels and run the microderabrasion machine, basically it is a mini sand blaster. It is pretty gentle though, as long as who is running it knows what they are doing! (thank goodness we all did!) The part that was made easy by the machine is getting a totally even exfoliation of the skins surface. It was like a mini-vacuum, and sent tiny particals out, to blast the skin, then quickly suck them back up, but you could see where you had been. so you would do the amount of passes “prescribed” for said patient and whalla, beautiful healthy skin!
Now this can help with wrinkles, over sun exposure over the years, acne marks, hyperpigmentation, etc.

SO here is the good part. You CAN do this at home. Yes, you do not need to pay someone $150 X ’s 10 treatments in order to have these wonderful results!

Do you know what baking soda is? (man I hope so!) I bet you have some in your kitchen cabinet or your fridge. Can you spare an extra 10 minutes before you go to bed tonight?
This is so simple. Wash your face as usual, do not use a scrub, use a gentle cleanser. keep your face wet, now dab out a little baking soda. using soft circles and your fingers tips and start massaging it into your skin. start with your face and make your way down to your neck and your decollete

Make sure you do this evenly, and don’t miss a spot except for of course your eyes! make sure you get around your nose and above your lip really well! Make sure you don’t just stick to your cheeks and forehead, remember your temples, in between your eyes above your nose, your chin, eyebrows and behind your ears!

Do this for 10 minutes once a week for 10 weeks, and remember to wear your sunscreen! If you notice any redness or are super tender the next day back off the time, maybe go down to 5 minutes and use more water. and of course follow up with your regular night time moisturizer. If you normally use a retinol, skip it this night.

Good luck! you can always use this baking soda scrub after you are done when you are done with your at home microdermabrasion treatment, you just won’t need to do it as long, do the 10 minute treatment once a month!

Ciao!

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