Christine KellerWrinkles can affect your self-esteem and confidence and make you look older than your actual age. This is where microdermabrasion can help you out. But does microdermabrasion help with wrinkles in the first place?
Microdermabrasion is an effective non-invasive skincare treatment that can reduce wrinkles and fine lines so you can regain your confidence in your own skin. Read on below to learn more about microdermabrasion, its benefits, and more.
What are Wrinkles?
Wrinkles show in the form of folds, creases, and lines at the skin’s surface. Wrinkles are an unavoidable part of the natural process of aging. As you get older, your skin becomes drier, thinner, and less elastic. Its ability to protect itself from damage also decreases. Wrinkles have two major types, and these are static wrinkles and dynamic wrinkles.
What are Dynamic Wrinkles?
This type of wrinkle occurs when you use your muscles to form some facial expressions such as frowning and smiling. When you smile, for example, your eye wrinkles become more visible, and every time you frown, those vertical lines between your eyebrows become more prominent.
Wrinkles as a result of facial expressions can start forming as early as your 20s. However, when you are still young, your skin can still go back to its original position or appearance once you are done with forming the facial expression or you are at rest. But once you become older, these dynamic wrinkles will stay on your skin, and as a result, static wrinkles will form.
Static Wrinkles
This second type of wrinkle forms even if you never used your facial muscles to frown or smile throughout your life. Static wrinkles form as you get older since natural substances like hyaluronic acid, elastin, and collagen that provide volume and structure to the skin lessen with age. Loss of skin volume and structure means that your skin can no longer return to its original position after you make the facial expression, thus resulting in the formation of static wrinkles and folds.
Common Causes of Wrinkles
Aside from natural aging and facial expression, here are other minor factors that can contribute to skin aging:
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Clothes
People who love to wear long sleeves and hats often form wrinkles later on in life compared to those who have the same type of skin.
Genetic factors
When any or both of your parents formed wrinkles much earlier than others, it also increases your risks of having them than someone whose parents formed wrinkles much later than others.
Hair
Certain hairstyles shade the face better than others.
Light skin
Light-skinned people tend to suffer from a higher sun damage level that often speeds up the formation of wrinkles.
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Smoking
Experts discovered that smoke could cause reduced collagen production. Wrinkles develop if no collagen is produced. Skin needs continuous collagen regeneration to retain a healthy appearance.
Exposure to sunlight
People whose jobs often expose them to the sun may form wrinkles earlier than others. Good examples of these people include farmers, fishermen, tanning booth employees, gardeners, sailors, and golfers.
What is Microdermabrasion?
Microdermabrasion is the procedure of skin rejuvenation and exfoliation used for the removal of wrinkles and acne scars. Doctors first started to use this method during the 1980s when they found out that microdermabrasion provides the same advantages as those of traditional techniques for skin resurfacing but this time, with fewer side effects.
What are the Benefits of Microdermabrasion?
The microdermabrasion treatment works excellently when it comes to addressing different skin issues. Aside from helping with wrinkles and facial lines, microdermabrasion can also improve acne scarring, age spots, rough skin, large pores, and scar revision from wounds.
Microdermabrasion offers immediate results. Almost all parts of the body can take advantage of this procedure, and the most common areas include the face, decollete, and neck.
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Other notable benefits of microdermabrasion include the following:
- It enhances skin texture.
- The procedure is relatively quick and can be performed even during lunch break.
- It doesn’t involve surgical downtime at all.
- It has lesser risks compared to other types of resurfacing procedures.
How Does Microdermabrasion Work?
The microdermabrasion treatment involves gentle abrading of the surface of the skin to get rid of its outer surface. Skin professionals and dermatologists use a powerful microdermabrasion machine to spray small crystals on the skin that will help loosen dead skin cells found on the skin’s first layer.
The skin debris or dead skin cells are vacuumed up using a different chamber of the handheld machine used for the procedure. While the small particles whisk by, these cause a very fine polishing and sanding effect. This polishing effect can help eliminate the dead skin particles that give the skin a softer, smoother, and more glowing appearance.
Microdermabrasion is a procedure that you can perform on yourself provided that you use a special homecare kit. Only trained professionals can perform professional microdermabrasion treatment since microdermabrasion may cause skin damage if not done properly.
How Long Does It Take to Notice Microdermabrasion Results?
The results of your initial microdermabrasion treatment are often not that noticeable. This is why dermatologists often recommend several treatments, typically 6 to 19 sessions to achieve satisfactory results. The sessions are often spread out over two weeks.
Once you have completed the first several treatments, your skin will start to look softer and healthier. After a series of microdermabrasion treatments, you will see more dramatic changes, and the wrinkles and fine lines will become less defined and visible. Your skin will also become smoother and thinner, and pores will no longer be noticeably dilated.
But remember that even though microdermabrasion can improve the appearance of shallow fine lines and wrinkles, the procedure may not be effective for getting rid of deep scars and wrinkles.
Don’t confuse microdermabrasion with dermabrasion, though, which is a more aggressive procedure. Dermabrasion gets rid of the outermost skin layer and is often used for the treatment of deep wrinkles and acne scarring. Dermabrasion requires a substantial recovery time, and many patients require some mild anesthesia when getting this procedure.
No matter what your skin issues may be, including wrinkles, you will surely appreciate how microdermabrasion can leave you with a fresher and younger-looking appearance.
