The exfoliation process can be performed in your home and this article will outline the basics. The goal of the microdermabrasion is to remove the external layer of the skin know as the epidermis. In order to understand how microdermabrasion work it's best to start with the skin. The microdermabrasion may be done until you start to see your skin reddened or until you feel the first pain of abrasion. When you palpate the surface of the abraded skin, you will notice roughness of the skin, as you are touching keratinocytes, which are better hydrated than the surface corneocytes.

Keratinocytes appear in the basal layer from the division of keratinocyte stem cells. They are pushed up through the layers of the epidermis, experiencing gradual differentiation until they reach the stratum corneum where they create a layer of dead, flattened, strongly keratinized cells named squamous cells. This layer forms an efficient barrier to the entry of foreign matter and infectious elements into the body and reduces moisture loss. Keratinocytes are shed and restored continuously from the stratum corneum. The time of transit from basal layer to elimination is generally one month.

Corneocytes are cells derived from keratinocytes in the late phases of terminal differentiation of squamous epithelia. Corneocyte desquamation at the skin surface is a complex natural event which is usually controlled for providing an inconspicuous shedding of single corneocytes.

What is Microdermabrasion?

The microdermabrasion is done to remove some of the corneocytes. These cells are responsible for the impermeability of the skin. The minimizing or removal of scars, skin lesions, blotchiness and stretch marks from the skin can be an easy process with the use of skin exfoliation. The result depends on how well the procedure called "skin remodeling" works. The skin is capable to heal lesions quickly to avoid blood loss and infection. Scar tissues are made from a quickly formed "collagen glue" that the body deposits in an area for defense and strength when damaged. In ideal skin healing, injured skin is quickly reconnected or closed, then the healed area is slowly reconstructed to remove the residual collagen scar tissue and blend the skin patch into the nearby skin. Excessive collagen is eliminated and replaced with a mixture of skin cells and imperceptible collagen fibers.

Microdermbrasion Guide To Softer Skin

Microdermabrasion evolved from a technique known as dermabrasion. Dermabrasion has been around for decades and was used to treat severe scarring by polishing the uppermost surface of the skin with an abrasive, metallic attachment. This highly effective technique needs recovery time, not to mention anesthesia. Microdermabrasion is a more natural skin care that is a softer, less invasive procedure to use for performing an exfoliation on the skin. And, there is no risk of dyschromia on darkly pigmented individuals.

Skin Exfoliation Helps Scar Reduction

Results are better and fewer treatments are required with more recent and/or superficial scars or stretch marks. Still, microdermabrasion improves stretch marks that appeared during puberty or many years after pregnancy. Before initiating the treatment you must know that the final result of the aspect of stretch marks will be a softening but never a full disappearance. So you have to make a final decision when to stop the treatment.