The exfoliation process can take place in your home and this article will explain the basics. The goal of the microdermabrasion is to eliminate the superficial 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 begin to see your skin reddened or until you feel the first pain of abrasion. When you touch the surface of the treated skin, you will notice roughness of the skin, as you are touching keratinocytes, which are more hydrated than the surface corneocytes.

Keratinocytes originate in the basal layer from the division of keratinocyte stem cells. They are moved up through the layers of the epidermis, experiencing gradual differentiation until they reach the stratum corneum where they form a layer of dead, flattened, highly keratinized cells named squamous cells. This layer forms an efficient barrier to the entry of foreign matter and infectious agents into the body and reduces moisture loss. Keratinocytes are eliminated and replaced continuously from the stratum corneum. The time of transit from basal layer to shedding is approximately one month.

Corneocytes are cells derived from keratinocytes during the late stages of terminal differentiation of squamous epithelia. Corneocyte shedding at the skin surface is a complex natural event which is normally regulated for providing an inconspicuous shedding of individual corneocytes.

What is Microdermabrasion?

The microdermabrasion is done to eliminate 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 able to heal lesions quickly to prevent blood loss and infection. Scar tissues are formed from a quickly formed "collagen glue" that the body gathers in an area for defense and strength when damaged. In perfect skin healing, injured skin is rapidly reconnected or closed, then the healed area is slowly reconstructed to eliminate the residual collagen scar tissue and blend the skin patch into the nearby skin. Excess collagen is removed and replaced with a mixture of skin cells and imperceptible collagen fibers.

Microdermbrasion Guide To Smoother Skin

Microdermabrasion evolved from a technique called dermabrasion. Dermabrasion has been around for decades and was employed to treat severe scarring by polishing the uppermost surface of the skin using an abrasive, metallic instrument. This highly efficient technique needs recovery time, not to mention anesthesia. Microdermabrasion is a more natural skin care that is a gentler, less invasive technology to use for performing an exfoliation on the skin. And, there is no risk of dyschromia on darkly pigmented patients.

Skin Exfoliation Helps Scar Reduction

Results are better and fewer treatments are required with more recent and/or shallow scars or stretch marks. Still, microdermabrasion works for stretch marks that showed up during adolescence or many years after pregnancy. Before starting the treatment you should know that the final result of the aspect of stretch marks will be a softening but never a complete disappearance. So you have to make a final decision when to end the treatment.