Diamond microdermabrasion is an advanced method of the skin exfoliation. The procedure is used to get rid of dead cells layer from the skin surface and to encourage production of fresh and healthy new skin cells.
This treatment is one of the most popular because it helps to treat various skin imperfections such as scars, wrinkles, age spots and so on and this procedure is quite simple, painless and highly effective.
It is becoming popular alternative to traditional microdermabrasion treatment because it differs from traditional crystal treatments in that it doesn’t use crystals to perform exfoliation.
Who can have Diamond Microdermabrasion?
It helps to improve the texture of the skin, reduce fine lines, wrinkles, stretch marks, age spots, sun damage and acne scars and works especially well on issues which are caused by abundance of dead cells. Except increasing circulation to the skin the procedure helps to bring Oxygen to the tissues, makes deep cleansing of the skin, initiating cellular turnover and improves skin elasticity. Suction process during the procedure also stimulates collagen and elastin production and increases blood flow to the skin.
This method is preferable to crystal in treating such areas as eye area and skin around the mouth.
This procedure is ideal for dry dull, sun damaged and oily skin, open pores, pigmentation problems, acne and acne scars treating.
How is it done?
It is done with the help of tips covered in tiny uniformly sized diamonds. The fine diamond shaped crystals are used to buff off dead cells from the skin and to refine it. The tip makes contact with the skin and abrades against the top layer pulling it off. Then the dead cells are sucked away by the machine. The wand is usually passed over the treated area for three times.
The tips are usually synthetic because of the lower cost, but also can be natural. Diamond microdermabrasion machines can have an assortment of tips with varying sizes. The tip used in the procedure depends on the patient’s skin. Usually tip 100 is used for course skin, 200 – for normal, 300 – for sensitive skin. Machines can have from 2 to 9 different microdermabrasion tips.
The tips are not disposable and need a great cleansing between treatments. Usually tips are sterilized with alcohol, steam or UV light.
Diamond microdermabrasion is a combination of suction and diamond tip exfoliation processes, increasing of the suction makes the whole microdermabrasion process stronger. The stronger microdermabrasion is suitable to treat body skin, old stretch marks and deeper scars. Suction also stimulates collagen and elastin production and increases blood flow to the skin.
Advantages
The results of Diamond microdermabrasion treatment are similar to crystal microdermabrasion. Also this procedures are similar in treatment time (about 30 minutes), number of treatments, cost and post treatment.
The main advantage of diamond microdermabrasion treatment is that this procedure doesn’t use crystals which can cause some side effects and so it is safer for such areas as eyes area and skin around the lips. These areas are the first places for the wrinkles and fine lines to appear. Also it isn’t associated with the risk of microdermabrasion crystals getting stuck into skin pores.
