Would you go to a salon or Dr. for microdermabrasion?

Question

mdelyn, i KNOW what it is, i asked where a person would prefer to get it done. Thanks anyway.

Answer 1

I go to my dermatologists clinic but her aesthticians are the ones who do this and not her or her doctors. They do a good job and are very well trained by her though

Answer 2

Dermabrasion is a technique that uses a wire brush or a diamond wheel with rough edges (called a burr or fraise) to remove the upper layers of the skin. The brush or burr rotates rapidly, taking off and leveling (abrading or planing) the top layers of the skin. This process injures or wounds the skin and causes it to bleed. As the wound heals, new skin grows to replace the damaged skin that was removed during dermabrasion.

Factors that affect the depth of the resurfacing include how coarse the burr or brush is, how quickly it rotates, how much pressure is applied and for how long, and the condition and features of your skin.

Dermabrasion is no longer the treatment of choice for resurfacing deep facial scars and other defects. Newer treatments, such as laser resurfacing, offer shorter recovery times and quicker results. However, dermabrasion is still used in people who are not able to use other methods of skin resurfacing.

The face is the most common site for treatment, but other areas of the skin can be treated as well. Dermabrasion is used most often to improve the appearance of acne scars and fine lines around the mouth. It also may be used to treat an enlarged nose (rhinophyma) caused by rosacea, an inflammatory skin condition

Answer 3

I'd definitely have such a thing done by a dermatologist as I think too many things could be done incorrectly/unhygienically at a mere salon.