| The cosmetic industry is now experiencing an | | | | removed because it can help lessen the appearance |
| unprecedented boom. All over the world, women and | | | | of scars and sun and age spots on the face and |
| men from all different walks of life are running to | | | | other parts of the body. |
| their nearest dermatologist, plastic surgeon or medical | | | | The most common way today to remove this layer |
| spa in order to get myriad cosmetic procedures done. | | | | of skin is with pulsed light therapy or laser therapy. |
| From minimally invasive procedures such as laser hair | | | | There are other methods of removing this layer of |
| removal to full on surgeries such as Rhinoplasty or | | | | skin for microdermabrasion which include: |
| breast augmentation, people all over the world have | | | | Mechanical abrasion from jets of zinc oxide or |
| gone youth and perfection crazy. | | | | aluminum oxide |
| Cosmetic procedures used to be something only | | | | Abrasion using fine organic particles or other |
| really ever pursued by movie stars or socialites. | | | | roughened surfaces |
| Socialites had the money to do it and movie stars | | | | These other routes for microdermabrasion, however, |
| had to do it for their career. But even when movie | | | | are not nearly as popular as they are a good deal |
| stars had cosmetic surgeries done, they kept it under | | | | more painful and take a much longer period of time |
| wraps-hiding out sometimes for months while they | | | | to recover from. They also have a greater potential |
| recuperated. Today movie stars do six page spreads | | | | for post procedure scaring as it is very rough on the |
| in celebrity gossip magazines where they talk about | | | | skin itself. |
| every single aspect of the procedures they recently | | | | Microdermabrasion is very popular among people who |
| had. One of the very common cosmetic procedures | | | | have spent a good deal of time in the sun and suffer |
| done by both movie stars and every day folks is | | | | from aging and often defacing sun spots. Sun |
| microdermabrasion. | | | | exposure hurts the outer most layer of skin the |
| How Microdermabrasion Works | | | | worse, although the damage can go much deeper. |
| Microdermabrasion is a procedure in which the dead | | | | This therapy is also popular among acne sufferers. |
| outermost surface of the skin is partially or | | | | To learn more about microdermabrasion, visit the |
| completely removed. This part of the skin is called | | | | website of the Austin cosmetic dermatologists of |
| the stratum corneum. People like to have this | | | | Zimmet Vein & Dermatology. |
